Rajon Rondo â€" whom NBA fans know to be a quiet, reserved and occasionally volatile sort as it is â€" was a little bit salty when he spotted a cameraman filming him after Boston's Tuesday night loss: While waiting to take the podium for his postgame media session, Rondo noticed a cameraman filming his idle chatter. The point guard pointed at the cameraman before walking over to voice his displeasure. Listen â€" how many times I'mma tell you?" Rondo asks. "You are not filming me. I told you to quit filming. Do not film me. I'm not doing an interview right now. I just told you." The progression is simple â€" Emotional Dude fresh off a tough loss wants to have a couple of moments with some people close to him before he steps up to the podium and talks about not having his best performance and his team dropping a winnable playoff game; Emotional Dude sees a camera encroaching on those moments; Emotional Dude responds in an emotional fashion; Emotional Dude comes off looking lik! e kind of a jerk, especially after "Inside the NBA" host Ernie Johnson tags the encounter with a terse "Whatever." You can understand Rondo's frustration, and he didn't escalate the hostilities beyond a reasonable level â€" any reasonable person sees the difference between this and stuff like the run-ins that guys like Randy Johnson and Kenny Rogers had with cameramen â€" but he's pretty clearly in the wrong here Seeing someone look that angry while wearing something like that â€" that amazing combination of thin ...
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