"There were so many rumors like I was looking Ray off. Why would I look Ray off? That doesn make sense. He the best shooter, Authenitc Richard Sherman Seahawks Jersey so why would I look him off? People can see it how they want to. They can talk to Ray. But from my standpoint, he made his decision. I don know why he made the decision, but he Elite Matt Forte Womens Jersey made the decision. I don think it had anything to do with me."Allen might not share the same warm feelings for the Nike Lavonte David Authenitc Jersey time he spent with Rondo. After five seasons in Boston, Youth Sidney Rice Navy Jersey Allen signed with the Miami Heat in Kareem Jackson Youth Jersey July, and his strained relationship with Rondo was dissected. Rondo admitted Navy Julius Peppers Limited Jersey the two didn always get along, but he also said he respected Allen as a player."There are only five teams right now that can say they can compete for a title realistically. And we one of them.""My team won," Rondo said. "We dominated. I had seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. I Seahawks Christine Michael Kids Jersey had a nice kickoff return back. We had fun. was the quarterback of the other team, but they had to sub him out because he wasn getting any touchdowns."The Celtics are expected to enter training camp with nine newcomers, including Womens Kevin Burnett White Jersey five rookies and Green, who missed all of last season after having heart surgery. With all the new players, Rondo Youth Matt Kalil Purple Jersey thought it would help the jelling process on and off the court to have a playersonly minicamp outside of Boston for five days. After considering Las Vegas, Rondo settled on Los Angeles where Pierce and Garnett live in the offseason. The only Celtic that didn attend was center Darko Milicic, who signed with Boston just last week.[Related: Ainge twice calls Rondo the Celtics best player]"I wanted the guys to have fun. When you with me I want you to say, I had a good time with Rondo. And I think that what they did."Rajon Rondo commits to leading CelticsThe event planner Kids Gerald McCoy Elite Jersey for the week of bonding was point guard Rajon Rondo. After an offseason in which his maturity was questioned and his relationship with former teammate Ray Allen was scrutinized, Rondo wants to show he can lead the Celtics. retreat. to play with Kevin. I wanted Courtney to see how Paul likes to play. I wanted Paul Lawrence Timmons Limited Jersey and Jeff Green to go at each other," Rondo told Packers John Kuhn Navy Jersey Yahoo! Sports. "I wanted to play with those guys. It was getting guys away from our actual training facility to get a new view."It too early to say what we gained [while in Los Angeles]," Rondo said. "It was about building relationships before we get to Blue Star Lotulelei Limited Jersey Turkey."[Also: Dorell Wright thinks new teammate Andrew Bynum is better than Dwight Howard]Rondo has developed into one of the NBA top point guards and helped the Celtics win the 2008 championship. His only goal now is to deliver another title. While he calls the defending champion Heat "the team to beat," he thinks the remodeled Celtics have enough talent to dethrone them."The game is about tempo," Rondo said. "We don want to make it more complicated. It just basketball. and Courtney. That is why I wanted to get to work early, so I can know where I want them to be when I drive baseline or drive to the middle and where they Pink Javier Arenas Youth Jersey like the ball."[Also: Chris Paul is convinced the Pink Arthur Moats Game Jersey Clippers have the secret to beating the Youth Morris Claiborne Authentic Jersey Lakers]"People act like because me and Ray didn get along or they think me and Ray didn get along that I a bad person or he a bad person," Rondo said. "No. It just life. If you look Black Terrelle Pryor Limited Jersey at your job, everyone doesn always get along with every coworker they work with. It just part of life. People are blowing the Ray thing out Elite Joe Haden Browns Jersey of proportion. We had some words, but other than that it was no big deal."I kind of taken that leadership and veteran role because I am a point guard and I have been in Doc system," Rondo said. "Other than [Pierce], I have been here the longest. I know exactly what Doc wants, especially for me and this team. I trying to lead the team the best that I can.""We won a championship and that great, but I don want to settle," Rondo said. "I have a lot of NBA time left on my clock and I got the talent around me. Everyone can say they can compete for a championship each year. With the talent around me now with the Celtics, it time to obtain that goal.The UCLA workouts were especially valuable for Rondo to help him get to know Lee and Terry. In addition to Allen, guards Mickael Pietrus, Keyon Dooling and Marquis Daniels Nike Fletcher Cox Game Jersey are gone from last season. Celtics coach Doc Rivers has previously said guard Avery Bradley could be back from shoulder surgery in late December.Rondo said he has already grown to like Lee athleticism and Terry high basketball IQ.To add some fun, Rondo also put together a flag football game at UCLA that included referees. Rondo said the only Celtics that didn play were Pierce and 7foot, 255pound rookie Fab Melo "because Mark Sanchez Navy Jersey he might hurt somebody." Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, a close friend of Rondo also played.Rondo averaged 11.9 points and 11.7 assists last season. (Getty Images)The Celtics leave later this week for Europe, where they will have training camp and play preseason games in Turkey and Italy.Rondo, 26, now has six seasons of experience, enough to give him confidence he can lead the Celtics even with a couple of strongwilled veterans (Pierce and Garnett) on the roster.