Out With the Old

It was a year for the young stars to finally light up.

From Wade to Paul, Rajon Rondo has been able to play with, and to the caliber of some of the best point guards in the leage, in one years time honing his skills and techniques to ball with the best of them.

At the conclusion of the Playoffs this year, he nearly averaged a tripple- double with 16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists. He has played professionally for only 2 years, and was hardly noticed around the leage. After this year, his name will be brought up in all cirlces of talk, amoungst some of the most versatile guards in the league. He truley shined when on the floor with Garnett, adding to his arsenal what was almost the nightly alley-oop, behind the back scoop and shoot, dazling passes and overall professionalism.

Another big contributer, probably the most important and surprizing of all, was Glen Davis. I never expected him to play half as good as he did, playing in the wake of the loss of 3 starters ahead of him, taking what he had dealt and playing his role. If ever there was someone more deserving of praise, it is Davis. He jumpred from a 7-point average during the regular season to a 15.8 Playoff average, not to mention his rebounding average went up as well. You can say it's all the playing time due to lack of anybody else, but I call it significant progress. For all the jokes that can be made about him crying after Garnett yelled at him (and who honestly wouldn't have?) and his personality off court, he truley stepped up to his calling this year, and we're going to have to come up with a better name for him than "Big Baby."