{"id":613734,"date":"2026-02-20T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:39:20","slug":"celtics-alum-rajon-rondo-is-one-of-the-greatest-teammates-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613734\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics alum Rajon Rondo is one of the greatest teammates of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 20, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Boston Celtics point guard alum Rajon Rondo is one of the greatest teammates of all time. Or at least that is the point of view of the folks behind the &#8220;Rick Strom&#8221; podcast, who took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk over why it is that Rondo has been so beloved by teammates (save one particular defector to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/miami-heat\/14\/\" data-autotag=\"2fc7081f-f0b3-4b1d-b589-781c9028a4e7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Miami Heat<\/a>, anyway) over the course of his likely Hall of Fame career in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Strom, the eponymous cohost of the show, sits down with a former teammate of the Celtics floor general from his time suiting up for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/sacramento-kings\/23\/\" data-autotag=\"3167e433-c189-4ca5-b7ab-4c9e41dbb11b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> as evidence of this G.O.A.T. status as a teammate, as well as some other Celtics-adjacent history from his time in the Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about why Rondo was such a great teammate and more.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AAtGvI-YUrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Why Rajon Rondo is the G.O.A.T. Teammate\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AAtGvI-YUrw\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Listen to &#8220;Havlicek Stole the Pod&#8221; on:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Blue Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">YouTube:<a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 20, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET Boston Celtics point guard alum Rajon Rondo is one of the greatest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[72400,7,45,75,3798,46,6,72493,72494,72404,72912,72929,72459,72442,72444,72422,72405,72414,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-613734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-celtics","12":"tag-bostonceltics","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sstssportsnbaceltics","16":"tag-sstsnceltics","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","19":"tag-tagevergreen-content","20":"tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","21":"tag-tagmiami-heat","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnba","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsacramento-kings","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116103243609222839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}