{"id":85410,"date":"2016-12-28T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoops.co.il\/?p=85410"},"modified":"2017-01-01T03:49:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T01:49:20","slug":"%d7%94%d7%98%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%9e%d7%9c-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%91%d7%a2%d7%a8%d7%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoops.co.il\/?p=85410","title":{"rendered":"\u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05dc \u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1: \u05e1\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d0\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/media\/6\/5\/651b73400365f64a599f865965bac54767672346\/lp_crop\/8322700.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1.\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d2'\u05e7\u05e1\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d2'\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e1 \u05d4\u05d7\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e1\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd<\/p>\n<p>\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05d4\u05d0\u05d4\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d7\u05ea, \u05d5\u05d4\u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d3\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d4\u05dd \u05e8\u05d5\u05db\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e8\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8, \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05db\u05e9\u05d4\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd &#8211; 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What made the event even more remarkable was that point guard Rajon Rondo was benched for the entirety of the quarter, with youngsters Jerian Grant and Michael Carter-Williams playing\u00a0in his place. That was absolutely the right move, and one that Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg must implement more often in the future.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re only 31 games into the season, but there is already <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/29018\/2016\/12\/09\/why-fred-hoiberg-needs-to-bench-rajon-rondo-in-the-clutch\/\" target=\"_blank\">boatloads<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/25633\/2016\/11\/11\/rajon-problem-are-there-too-many-alphas-on-the-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">evidence <\/a>on how the Bulls perform better without Rondo. He\u2019s an awful defender and the worst shooter of any starter in the league. True shooting percentage combines 3-point, 2-point, and free throw shooting into one measure, and Rondo\u2019s 42 percent mark is dead last by a mile of the 107 players with at least 25 starts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31551\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28101414\/rondo-true-shooting.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28101414\/rondo-true-shooting.png 866w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28101414\/rondo-true-shooting-300x239.png 300w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rondo is well below-average shooting the ball from every spot on the floor. He\u2019s been airballing layups with a higher frequency than any player I can remember, and general manager Gar Forman is the only guy in Chicago better at avoiding contact. (<strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Damn.)<\/p>\n<p>Rondo has hit the same amount of free throws as he\u2019s yelled at assistant coaches in December\u00a0(1-of-5 on both). His 24 free throw attempts on the season pales in comparison to the 111 average from\u00a0other starters league-wide.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo still brings some value with his clever passing, but even in that area his talent doesn\u2019t really fit this team. He rarely assists on 3-pointers \u00a0\u2014 not because he can\u2019t but rather because the Bulls are so bad at taking them \u2014 and a high percentage of his assists come from mid-range shots that take little skill to create.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo is at his worst though in\u00a0fourth quarters, where teams completely ignore him and send an extra defender at Jimmy Butler or Dwyane Wade. It\u2019s not a coincidence that the Bulls\u2019 27 fourth quarter points on Monday sans-Rondo were the most they had scored since a Dec. 15 blowout loss, much of it against the Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 bench unit. Yet Hoiberg had ridden his star point guard religiously to close out games.<\/p>\n<p>The horror may be coming to a close, as Monday night marked an important turning point in the Hoiberg era. The Bulls coach\u00a0is still a pushover when it comes to treatment of his stars. Look no further than his \u201cdecision\u201d to play Wade the entirety of the fourth quarter in that game. Wade explained\u00a0how the Bulls made that choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Coach Fred Hoiberg] looked at me, and I was like\u00a0[shaking his head no],\u201d Wade said.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo no longer gets that kind of leeway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31585\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28132641\/USATSI_9768630_168381809_lowres.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2253px) 100vw, 2253px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28132641\/USATSI_9768630_168381809_lowres.jpg 2253w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28132641\/USATSI_9768630_168381809_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-media-theathletic-production\/app\/uploads\/2016\/12\/28132641\/USATSI_9768630_168381809_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" width=\"2253\" height=\"1502\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"credits-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vertical-offset-small credits-text\">Bulls point guard Rajon Rondo tries a reverse layup past San Antonio Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge during the first half at AT&amp;T Center. He didn\u2019t make it. (Soobum Im\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hoiberg is a mild-mannered coach, but his laissez-faire attitude does seem to\u00a0evaporate when his players don\u2019t reward his trust. He benched Nikola Mirotic for two games after a horrid stretch of play and minutes for his young players have been all over the place, ranging from week-long DNPs to closing out games at the drop of a hat. For his stars, the decisions on what to do are ultimately up to them, and Rondo\u2019s star is fading fast.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo played the part of good soldier and congratulated his teammates afterward on their solid play in the victory on Wednesday. He has said all the right things to the media, and could still be a veteran voice with diminished playing time. But he wants to play in the end of these games. He\u2019s essentially a mercenary, having signed a one-year $14 million deal with a partial $3 million guarantee and option for next year that nobody believes the Bulls will pick up. He\u2019s auditioning for his next contract at a time where average starters will make upward of $15 million per year.<\/p>\n<p>The Rondo-Hoiberg marriage was supposed to work because Hoiberg would be hands-off enough to let Rondo do his thing. Is that model sustainable when the point guard is sabotaging the team? Will Rondo stay level-headed for the first time in his life, mentoring a group of players that he\u2019ll likely never see again in the pursuit of a 42-win season?<\/p>\n<p>Kevin O\u2019Connor at the Ringer<a href=\"https:\/\/theringer.com\/nba-2017-trade-deadline-blake-griffin-andrew-bogut-rajon-rondo-958c77cd1a5d#.rwis2qtyv\" target=\"_blank\"> suggested in his Tuesday column<\/a> that the Bulls should\u00a0explore trading Rondo. He\u2019s a toxic asset and they\u2019ll have to take on an equally bad deal or pair an asset like a draft pick or promising young player with him on his way out.<\/p>\n<p>Still, that may be the move, and there are some point guards that look like they could be had. Devin Booker has made\u00a0Eric Bledsoe or Brandon Knight available from the Phoenix Suns, the Miami Heat may be looking to rebuild without Goran Dragic, and Jrue Holiday is in the last year of his deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, who are going nowhere and might not be able to re-sign him.<\/p>\n<p>If the Bulls can\u2019t find a suitor via trade, waiving Rondo may be an option as well. Vice president of basketball operations John Paxson has paid players to go home in the past. He amnestied Carlos Boozer in 2015 and waived Tim Thomas in 2006\u00a0and Eddie Robinson in 2004. The Bulls could waive\u00a0Rondo, eating his current salary and using the stretch provision on his $3 million guarantee to spread out the salary cap damage to $1 million per season over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo is not only bad, but\u00a0he\u2019s also blocking the development of younger guys behind him who are better and more promising. Grant and Carter-Williams both play far better defense, grade out better in advanced statistics like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/statistics\/rpm\/_\/page\/2\/sort\/RPM\/position\/1\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s RPM<\/a>, are bigger threats to shoot and are more a part of the team\u2019s long-term future. The right move is to play those guys, and the Bulls are finally showing signs of moving on from their Rondo mistake.\u00a0Paxson foreshadowed Rondo\u2019s benching in a Christmas day radio appearance on 670 The Score.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point this year,\u201d he said. \u201cWe may have to give young guys more opportunities, to see if they can develop into players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The year\u00a0is coming to an end, and that time is now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-comments\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 1.\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d2'\u05e7\u05e1\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d2'\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e1 \u05d4\u05d7\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e1\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05d4\u05d0\u05d4\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d7\u05ea, 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