Rondo says LeBron passing Jordan ‘the real story’ not his seat in crowd

Rajon Rondo had a message for people on Thursday who, like most people watching the Lakers in yet another loss, read into his action of sitting in courtside seats and away from his teammates.

Rather than address it directly, he said all conversation should be about James’ accomplishment of passing Michael Jordan for 4th on the NBA’s All-Time scoring list. .

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Let me help y’all out. Since everyone wants to over analyze, gaslight, and over interpret situations, let me help y’all with your due diligence. The real story that everyone should be talking about right now is how my teammate, Lebron James, accomplished a huge milestone in last night’s game. What he has accomplished in this game shows where hard work, dedication, and perseverance can take you. It shows little kids that don’t come from privilege that success is attainable. It shows that no one can tell you how great you can be. Y’all are so busy analyzing what happened in the last 48 seconds of the game that y’all missed the opportunity to highlight, congratulate, and praise Lebron wholeheartedly on his accomplishment. Most of y’all have made a career out of discussing Lebron James, and y’all can’t pay the man some respect. Since y’all missed it, let me do it publicly. Congratulations Lebron on EVERYTHING. You deserve all the success and happiness that God and the Universe has to offer. Congratulations My Brother. Keep being great! 👊🏾👊🏾

A post shared by Rajon Rondo (@rajonrondo) on Mar 7, 2019 at 3:45pm PST

Obviously, even if Rondo was upset for say, getting benched in favor of Alex Caruso, it doesn’t behoove him to say it. It’s also a class move for him to make the moment about LeBron, when the Lakers season will likely have very few positive moments remaining over the next 17 games.