10 things you might not know about Rajon Rondo, from his five showers a day
to his math skills
1. According to Sports Illustrated, when Rondo was born a doctor looked at him
in awe. “His hands are humongous,” the doctor said.
根據《SI.com》報導，Rondo出生時，醫生驚訝地看著他說：「手也太大了吧。」
2. Rondo learned to ride a bike without training wheels. According to the
Boston Globe, Rondo told his mother “They’d slow me down,” and he wanted
to keep up with the big kids in his neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. After
crashing multiple times he figured it out by the end of the day.
Rondo學騎腳踏車時沒有用輔助輪。根據《波士頓環球報》報導，
Rondo告訴媽媽說：「輔助輪會讓我的速度變慢。」
他想跟上肯塔基州路易斯維爾附近的大孩子，在摔了無數次後他終於學會了騎腳踏車。
3. While at Kentucky, Rondo at times struggled to play within coach Tubby
Smith's regimented system. At one point Smith benched Rondo for six games.
But when he declared for the NBA draft after two years, Smith paid Rondo a
giant compliment. “I don't think I've coached a better athlete, or a more
talented basketball player in my entire life,” Smith said.
當Rondo在肯塔基上學時，他有些難以融入教練Tubby Smith的戰術體系。
有一次，教練6場比賽都將Rondo按在板凳上。但是當他在兩年後參加NBA選秀後，
Smith教練極力稱讚Rondo，
他說：「在我生命中，不曾有一個球員比Rondo更好、更有運動天賦。」
4. Rondo takes five showers on game days, the last one 45 minutes before
tip-off, because he does his best thinking in the shower. He also drinks
five bottles of water on drives to the arena so he doesn’t have to deal
with Gatorade cups on the bench. (Source: Sports Illustrated)
Rondo在比賽當天要洗5次澡，最後一次洗澡是在跳球前45分鐘，他習慣在洗澡時思考。
在開車前往球場時他會喝5瓶水，這樣他就不用收拾板凳席上佳得樂的杯子了。
5. Rondo spurned his hometown school in Louisville to play for Kentucky.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino recruited Rondo but waited on him in the hopes
of landing Sebastian Telfair. Rondo got tired of waiting around and
committed to Kentucky while Telfair chose to declare for the draft out of
high school. Rondo and Telfair eventually played together on the Celtics
for during the 2006-07 season.
Rondo拒絕了家鄉球隊路易斯維爾，選擇了為肯塔基打球。
路易斯維爾教練Rick Pitino曾招募Rondo，但同時讓他等待，因為Rick Pitino還想招募
Sebastian Telfair。最終Rondo厭倦了等待，與肯塔基達成協議，而Sebastian Telfair
最終決定以高中生身份參加選秀。最後Rondo與Telfair在06-07賽季成為賽爾提克隊友。
6. As a high school senior, Rondo transferred to basketball powerhouse Oak
Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. There he played alongside
now-Rockets small forward Josh Smith.
當Rondo還是高中生時，他轉學去了籃球名校弗吉尼亞州的橡樹山學院，
他在那裡與現在火箭球員Josh Smith成為隊友。
7. Rondo’s favorite pregame meal is grilled chicken. His favorite car is a
Lamborghini. His favorite movie is Cinderella Man and his favorite NBA
player growing up was Isaiah Thomas.
Rondo最喜歡的賽前餐點是烤雞肉，最喜歡的車是藍寶堅尼，
最喜歡的電影是《Cinderella Man》，成長期最喜歡的球員是"微笑刺客"Isaiah Thomas。
8. Known as a passer, Rondo has led the NBA in assists the past two years. He
averaged 10.8 assists per game, tops in the league, with Boston, but he
chips in just 6.2 assists per game since his trade to the Mavericks.
作為一名大家熟知的助攻好手，本賽季，他在賽爾提克時場均10.8次助攻排在聯盟第一，
但被交易到小牛後，助攻下降到場均6.2次。
9. Rajon is a combination of two names. According to Sports Illustrated,
Rondo’s mother wanted to call him Roderick after an uncle while his oldest
brother Will wanted to call him Johnny. They compromised with Rajon.
Rajon是兩個名字的組合。據《SI.com》報導，Rondo的母親希望給他取名Roderick，
但他的哥哥喜歡叫他Johnny，這兩個名字組合在一起就成了Rajon。
10. Rondo is extremely good at math. One of his high school teachers was
former NBA player Mike Bibby’s cousin, Doug. Bibby gave Rondo special
tests to ensure he wasn’t cheating. Rondo aced them, but was contentious
with Bibby at times, so Bibby gave Rondo a D. (Source: Sports Illustrated)
Rondo的數學非常好，他的一位高中數學老師是前NBA球員Mike Bibby的表弟Doug Bibby。
Doug會給Rondo一些特殊的測驗以確定他沒作弊。
Rondo通通搞定了這些測驗，但有時會和Doug有些爭吵，所以Doug最終只給了分數Ｄ。
（來源：《Si.com》）。
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