I actually enjoy watching or finding out what players pre-game rituals are. It gives some insight on the individual. Apparently Rajon Rondo has a pre-game ritual that he does before every game – home or away and it’s kinda long and crazy. Check out how teammate Jason Terry describes it…
Accoording to Matt Moore at CBSSports:
Jason Terry describes Rajon Rondo’s pre-game action to ESPN:
“Rajon Rondo, for sure. His routine is long-winded and it lasts all the way through tip-off. It starts in the back hallway. He runs down a corridor and he throws the ball to our team chaplain, who throws it back. Then [Rondo] runs out into a circle, high-fives the whole team and then he does the layup lines for five minutes.
“Then he will stand under the goal and Paul Pierce will shoot every ball on the rack from half court. Rondo will catch four balls at one time and then after that, it’s just amazing — one pass off the backboard to KG, one bounce pass to Paul Pierce and then he throws it all the way up to the scoreboard and Jeff Green finishes with an alley-oop.
“It’s every game, even road games. I have no idea how he started it; I’m new to the team. I was still going through layup lines and I almost got hit with one of those balls in the head. I wasn’t aware that’s what they were doing. It threw me off.”
