Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo put himself in the “Best PG in the NBA” conversation with his play in the past two postseasons. He nearly averaged a triple double (16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assist) in the 2009 playoffs and followed that with 15 points, five boards and nine dimes in the Celtics’ 2010 run to the Finals. Plus he has the all important ring. Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Steve Nash and Derrick Rose would all gladly give up the honor of best floor leader if they could add champion to their resume.

The jewelry makes all the difference and if you don’t believe me you can read Rajon Rondo’s t-shirt. He shot a 2K11 commercial with Derrick Rose and David Lee yesterday in Los Angeles and his shirt read “I Have A Ring. I’m Better Than Derrick Rose & David Lee.” I can’t wait to see how that plays into the ad.

Derrick Rose has a shirt too:

Rondo took in some LA nightlife after the commercial shoot. He bumped into Arash Markazi (who I assume introduced himself for about 25 minutes) on the red carpet of the Power Balance party at Drai’s Hollywood and the first thing he said was no Shaq questions. Good call. There’ll be plenty of time to talk about Shaq and his new nickname.

2K11 Shoot in LA [Rajon Rondo-Facebook]

For all of his incredible skills Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has two big weaknesses in his game. His jumper is improved but still suspect and he’s a career 63 percent free throw shooter. Dribbling, driving, dishing and defense are no problem for Rajon but there’s no telling what’s coming when he’s at the charity stripe. So you can imagine how uncomfortable Rondo must have been when he stood at the free throw line with 33 seconds left in the game and the Celtics holding a six-point lead.

Rondo bricked the first free throw and then yelled “shit” loud enough for ABC microphones to catch. He didn’t cuss after he nailed the second free throw so Nate Robinson stepped in with a few words of his own.

Blake Griffin heard Nate Robinson’s comment and tweeted about it right away:

The U.S. Olympic basketball team is in Las Vegas getting ready for a run at the gold while the Boston Celtics are living it up. KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Sam Cassell and Rajon Rondo put their Sin City partying on pause to check out Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz. As you can hear in the video one of Pacman’s dreams was to meet Kevin Garnett, and the two share a mutual respect for one another.

There’s no telling when Youtube will pull this video down so enjoy it while you can. Slow motion and several angles of Manny Pacquiao’s 9th round knockout of David Diaz:

People were worried that Manny Pacquiao would lose some speed when he moved up to 135 lbs. I have some bad news for his competition.. He didn’t. Pacquiao looked just as fast and he says he’s even stronger. David Diaz’s face and the ring canvas agree.

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