Rajon Rondo is in camp with the Milwaukee Bucks as a visitor coach, which is a job 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 a whole lot of components that go into teaching,” Rondo stated. “You simply cannot say, I’ll be a coach, after which every part works out and that is the way it occurs. So sure personalities must mesh, [and there’s] a whole lot of sacrifice. There are particular issues that I am studying. The morning conferences, the quantity of hours you are spending watching movie, it is lots.”
Rondo stated he does not have an actual path in thoughts.
“You see individuals go from not teaching to head-coaching jobs on a regular basis,” he stated. “Lots of people go straight to turning into assistant coaches. So there’s simply no path. I simply need to search as a lot data as potential.”
“He is the neatest participant I’ve ever coached — and never simply sensible,” Rivers instructed ESPN. “He is aware of when to and when to not say stuff. He is an incredible workforce 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 must be a coach,” Rivers stated. “It is humorous, I by no means thought I used to be going to educate, and Pat Riley instructed me I am teaching. I stated, ‘No, I’ll do TV.’ He stated, ‘You may 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 approach [with Rondo].”
