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    Rondo: Issues in Boston Locker Room

    Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba...ory?id=4883285

    Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo hinted after last week's loss to the Atlanta Hawks that some changes needed to be made in the Boston locker room, but are there issues also growing behind closed doors in Boston?
    "We gotta make a change and do something about it quick," Rondo said after the Hawks capped a four-game season sweep of the Celtics on Friday at Philips Arena. "Not a trade or anything, but just making some changes in the locker room, amongst ourselves. Every guy has to look in the mirror and hold themselves accountable."


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    Asked to elaborate his thoughts this week, Rondo went further, suggesting to the Boston Herald that some players might have individual agendas.
    "I can't really elaborate on it too much, but I think we've just got to be a team with no agendas," Rondo told the paper. "We've got to play unselfish, you know? That's on defense and offense. You've got to want the best for the next man out there regardless if you're in the game playing well or you're out of the game not playing well."
    Asked if he and the Celtics had tried to clear the air on this, he said, "We haven't really been talking about it, but you've just got to know.
    "In the locker room, you can feel it," Rondo added. "You don't feel like it's the same continuity and camaraderie in the locker room as it was the first year. The first year, it was a crazy spirit in the locker room. But now it doesn't feel the same. It's not the same right now. We've got to find a way to get that back somehow, some way."
    For his part, Celtics center Kendrick Perkins stressed after Sunday's loss to the Lakers that the players in Boston's locker room are behind each other more than ever.
    "I don't think it's anything," Perkins said. "I know a lot of people are turning their backs on us, which is cool, that's fine with us. We just gotta keep believing. Everybody's got to be accountable for their actions ... Don't point the finger, everybody look at themselves in the mirror and go from there.
    "We're cool, we real cool. There's no beef. Guys still talk, laugh, joke -- we've all got each other's back. That's one thing you don't have to worry about in this locker room, especially with [Kevin Garnett], Paul [Pierce], Ray [Allen], and [Rasheed Wallace] in here. Guys will stick together."

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    Boston made a mistake getting Sheed. KG just wanted another black panther on the team. Guy is old as hell and cant guard a barstool.

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    They actually didn't need Sheed.

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    What an overblown story. This team is content being the 2-3 seed and I believe will make a strong playoff run. They don't have the legs to bring it every night in the regular season.

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    Who gives a shit.........Rondo's attitude ****ing sucks. Hes the one who needs to grow the **** up and stop pouting after every call and stop trying to look cool.

    Its YOU rondo. Pierce, Allen, Garnett...those kind of guys dont need to grow up....ITS YOU

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    Very funny and very true that being said any opinion on the game against the Heat tonight?

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    Bill Simmons was on to this months ago. He noted that Rondo would eventually grow tired of playing fourth fiddle to Garnett, Allen, Pierce etc and grow tired of Garnett's on floor coaching. He said that it would be because he was fine with this his first few years in the leauge but now he has proved himself and shouldn't be subject to the yelling Garnett dishes out while on the floor. He also said Sheed wasn't gelling with the team right and you could tell players were getting tired of his bad shooting nights, all he does is chill at the 3pt line and miss open looks.

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