Rajon Rondo is in camp with the Milwaukee Bucks as a visitor coach, which is a task he’s anticipated to play all through the 24-25 season.
Rondo retired from his enjoying profession this previous April and was quickly recruited by Doc Rivers to hitch the teaching ranks.
“There’s loads of elements that go into teaching,” Rondo mentioned. “You simply cannot say, I will be a coach, after which every part works out and that is the way it occurs. So sure personalities must mesh, [and there’s] loads of sacrifice. There are specific issues that I am studying. The morning conferences, the quantity of hours you are spending watching movie, it is rather a lot.”
Rondo mentioned he would not have an actual path in thoughts.
“You see individuals go from not teaching to head-coaching jobs on a regular basis,” he mentioned. “Lots of people go straight to turning into assistant coaches. So there’s simply no path. I simply wish to search as a lot data as potential.”
“He is the neatest participant I’ve ever coached — and never simply good,” Rivers advised ESPN. “He is aware of when to and when to not say stuff. He is an amazing group builder. It is simply enjoyable, and it is nice to have him round.”
Rivers is reminded of his personal journey from enjoying to teaching.
“I simply assume there’s sure guys that ought to be a coach,” Rivers mentioned. “It is humorous, I by no means thought I used to be going to educate, and Pat Riley advised me I am teaching. I mentioned, ‘No, I will do TV.’ He mentioned, ‘You will be a coach’ and Pat Riley by no means relented. And after I did TV these first three years, he would ship texts or letters like, ‘Get your f—ing ass on the sideline.’ And I really feel the identical manner [with Rondo].”
