Veteran guard Rajon Rondo has agreed to a settlement with the woman who accused him and his girlfriend of assault and battery in 2020, according to TMZ.
As the report notes, Rondo was allegedly upset at the plaintiff for parking too close to his car. The altercation happened in a parking lot outside of an apartment complex. Rondo’s girlfriend was seen punching and causing injuries, while Rondo appeared to nudge the woman with his elbow.
The 36-year-old is currently a free agent. He played parts of 39 games with the Lakers and Cavaliers last season, averaging 4.8 points and 4.4 assists in 17.9 minutes per game on 39% shooting from the floor.
Here are some other odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- ESPN’s NBA insiders pose five questions they’re eager to see answered this season. Among the questions is what will happen in Brooklyn, as the team welcomed back Kevin Durant last month after failing to find a trade for him. Kyrie Irving is also expected to return full-time after last season’s vaccine mandate, while Ben Simmons will suit up for the first time in over a year.
- The 2022 EuroBasket All-Tournament Team is Dennis Schröder (Germany), Lorenzo Brown (Spain), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), Willy Hernangomez (Spain) and Rudy Gobert (France), according to veteran writer Marc Stein (Twitter link). As we relayed, Spain won EuroBasket 2022 by defeating France 88-76 on Sunday.
Rajon Rondo just need to get his legal stuff behind him. I think he’s a Hall of Fame player and will make for a very good head coach.
I’m excited to see what the Brooklyn Nets can be with a healthy Kevin Durant Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons. Then they got plenty of shooters.
It’s just Steve Nash is a terrible head coach and when they get into a playoff series they doomed for failure because he won’t know how to make adjustments or draw up a game plan.
Man I must (finally) be getting thru to yall lol. But just bc Nash has been bad so far doesn’t mean he’ll always be a bad coach. Just look at his playing career. Took a second to get that rolling to. His basketball iq is very high & like you alluded to he has arguably the most talented roster in the league. I think they’ll be alright in the playoffs. Keep in mind that they were a second away from going up 1-0 vs Boston in thst series. If they win gm1 of that series & steal homecourt their postseason problem goes a lot differently