5 most entertaining Boston sports athletes of all-time

1. The Behind the Back Fake Pass

Am I crazy for this? Probably. But give me a chance to explain.

Rajon Rondo is an entertainer. That seemed to be his number one goal on the court. To be fancy. To do shifty spin moves. To do crazy behind the back fake passes.

He spends warmups trying weird shots from weird angles. Shots we’d try in a game of H.O.R.S.E. Rondo is the definition of entertaining.

You watch him stare down players, weave through defenders, and create shots for his supporting cast. Rondo was the main reason the 2007-08 Celtics were so good.

You can say, well, they had Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. They were the scorers. Rondo was the magician – he had the flare of Magic Johnson and the handle of Allen Iverson.

The Boston Celtics don’t make the NBA finals two years in a row, win one, without Rajon Rondo. From his freakishly large hands to his classy headbands, number 9 always brought it in the Garden. Full of surprises, Globetrotter like passes and more no-look underhand sidespin assists than you could count on your hand.

His stat line was entertaining in and of itself – five points, seven steals, 27 assists. He wasn’t the greatest player ever in Boston sports history, but Rajon Rondo is the most entertaining.

So you probably are wondering where a few players are. For starters, there are no hockey players here, simply because, unless you are named Wayne Gretzky, you aren’t all that interesting to me. Yes, there’s Bruins legend Bobby Orr, but hockey players can be hard to relate to at times, and it’s hard to put hockey in this mix when the typical game has no more than a few scores.

No Bird or Ainge? No Gronk? Pedroia? Pedro? What about little Isaiah Thomas? All superstar talents and entertainers, no doubt, but to each his own.