Los Angeles Lakers Report: Was Rajon Rondo telling truth about Chris Paul?
By Ronald Agers
Rajon Rondo held his grudge on Stephen A. Smith’s take on how long his suspension should be.
Rajon Rondo wasn’t too thrilled about Stephen A. Smith’s opinion about Rondo deserving 15 games for the fight with Chris Paul. For the record, most thought that is what Ingram and Rondo would get for their part of the fight.
Based on past history with the “Malice at the Palace” and the brawl that happened with Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith back in 2006 is a barometer for early speculation.
Stephen A. Smith went on his radio show to address Rajon Rondo’s behavior a couple of weeks later when they were in the same area.
He also had this to say on First Take before discussing the Lakers loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
"“As an aside, I just wanted, if you don’t mind, I just wanted to deviate away from this particular subject. I wanted to start off the show saying something — when I was in the Lakers locker room last night, Mr. Rondo directed a very disrespectful comment my way. He didn’t say it by name. I was standing right next to him. I just kept my head down because out of respect to the Los Angeles Lakers as an organization, I didn’t want to make a scene. So, I just left it at that. I just want Rondo to know I know that. Number 1. And Number 2 — I stand by my proclamation that he deserved a 15-game suspension for spitting in the face of Chris Paul. And last but not least, I just want to say out of respect for him, I would remind him … I never said anything about why he left Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Sacramento, it goes on and on. I’ll just leave it at that. “Anytime he wants to have a big man conversation, I’m more than willing to have a conversation because I do respect him.”"
The funny thing about Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo is that they have the exact same competitive personalities. With both having the same high basketball I.Q., that’s why they can easily get under people’s skin the way they do.