Rondo Reacts To Mann Having His Rookie Card: 'I Realized How Old I am'

The newest LA Clipper came to a rough realization.

Mason Bissada | Apr 2, 2021

Rajon Rondo is by no means old in terms of everyday life. The 35-year-old was born in 1986, the same year that Ferris Bueler’s Day Off was released. That’s not too bad, right?

However, in NBA basketball terms, let’s just say he’s got quite a few miles on him. He is one of only seven players that are still active from the 2006 draft class, and he’s played in over 1,000 career games (regular season and postseason combined). Any layman can Google Rondo’s resume and realize that, when it comes to basketball experience, he’s old.

What made Rondo himself realize this possibly depressing fact was a recent revelation from his new LA Clippers teammate Terance Mann. In a recent postgame press conference, Mann pulled out a Rajon Rondo rookie trading card from his wallet, and told the media that he’d been holding onto it since middle school.

"Gotta get him to autograph it," Mann said. "The story is, somebody gave it to me and then I had made the A-team for my travel team. They gave it to me that day, and I made the A-team... I've had it in my wallet ever since. It's like a good-luck charm."

On a recent segment of The Jump, Rondo admitted that hearing this story was the glass-shattering moment. He realized he’s now a geezer in today’s league.

“You know what’s crazy is my daughter sent me a TikTok of it,” Rondo told Rachel Nichols. “I was like, ‘what do you think,’ and she was like ‘you’re old’ and I was like ‘yeah, it’s about that time.’ I realized how old I am, and I realized I’m one of the oldest in the game as of now.”

At least Rondo knows what TikTok is.

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