Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo is the Most Improved Player so Far

The NBA has many spectacular basketball players that play in the league. Players from all over the world come to play for the NBA and because of it, the NBA is the most competitive basketball league in the world. With that said, it is hard to determine what a player has accomplished if that player is not among the league's elite players, i.e. Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Duane Wade, etc. Since the 2008-2009 season began, there is one player who is not considered among the league's elite, who has improved his game in a major way. That player is Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics are obviously the reigning NBA champions, and usually we wouldn't so much look at a championship team for the most improved player in the league. Some may even argue that the Celtics were doing an awesome job with the way that Rondo was playing before, but with the way that Rondo is playing now, makes the NBA champion Boston Celtics even better.

Even though the Boston Celtics were the best team last season, this year they have gotten off to the best start in franchise history, and the difference is basically Rondo. Rondo has definitely been playing more like a leader which is how the starting point guard is supposed to play. The NBA playoffs are played on a different platform than the regular season, and we all know that Rondo played some shaky basketball during the playoffs last season. It clearly showed with how many games they had to play before winning the championship. As the midway point of the 2008-2009 NBA regular season approaches, Rondo has really been showing much improvement statistically speaking.

So far this season Rondo has the 15th best field goal percentage per game amongst all qualified players in the NBA and is ranked 6th in the Eastern conference. Last season he finished 12th in the Eastern conference and was pretty much off of the list amongst overall players in the league. He also finished last season ranked 23rd in assists and ranked 10th in Eastern conference compared to 8th overall and the 3rd in the Eastern conference so far this season. Another category that Rondo has improved his rank in is steals. So far he is ranked 3rd overall in steals per game and is ranked 1st in the Eastern conference. He finished last season ranked 8th overall in steals and 3rd in the Eastern conference.

The fact that Rajon Rondo plays for the NBA championship Boston Celtics team probably does give him a lot more attention than other players get. Rondo absolutely deserves the attention simply based off of his overall improving performance. The Boston Celtics team we have seen so far this season is a better team and we saw last season. Rajon Rondo is not the only cause of this improvement, but he definitely is the key factor.