A couple of weeks ago, the día after the Celtics won Game 2 of their series against the Cavs in Cleveland, I spent a couple of hours hanging out with Celtics PG Rajon Rondo. Doc Rivers had dado the Celts a día off, but instead of me going up to Boston to see Rondo, I only had to travel as far as 57th calle here in Manhattan; with a día to kill, Rondo had stopped in New York City for the día to attend the premiere of Just Wright, in which he has a cameo.

I met up with Rondo in the lobby of the Four Seasons, where he was crashing for the day, and where he was hanging out post-lunch, rocking...