It's a given that Rajon Rondo will have the ball in his hands most of the time for the Boston Celtics, with the its departure from his mitts likely resulting in an assist.
That's how it is when you're an elite NBA point guard who has finished in the top four in assists each of the last three seasons, something only Steve Nash and Chris Paul can stake a similar claim to during that time.
But what has made Rondo such a dynamic talent is that regardless of how much his game has grown, he fully embraces the notion that there's still room to improve.
Even after averaging a league-best 11.7 assists per game last season, there's no question Rondo believes he can do better than that.
Do you?
As good as Rondo is, he'll be hard-pressed to have an even better season in terms of assists.
For starters, only three players (Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson and John Stockton) in NBA history have averaged 11 or more assists in three or more consecutive seasons.
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Bob Cousy, the greatest Celtic point guard of them all, never averaged more than 9.5 assists in any given season.
And like Cousy, Rondo has spent a considerable portion of his career with future Hall of Famers (Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen who is now with the Miami Heat) which to some degree, tends to overshadow what was a record-setting season.
He was named to the all-NBA third team, the first Celtic since Paul Pierce who was picked as a member of the second-team in 2009. During the C's championship season in 2008, both Kevin Garnett (first team) and Pierce (third) were all-NBA picks.
Not only was Rondo's 11.7 assists per game the highest assist average ever for a Celtic, but only five players (Utah's John Stockton, Detroit's Isiah Thomas, Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson, Detroit's Kevin Porter and Phoenix's Kevin Johnson) since the league began tracking assists has ever led the league with a higher assists per game average than Rondo.
The last time any NBA player averaged as many assists as Rondo did last season, it was 1995 with Nintendo Game Boy in high demand and Stockton was rocking the (way too short) short-shorts, on his way to an NBA-best 12.3 assists per game.
But in Rondo's effort to continue expanding his game, he has shown he can occasionally post players up, play some off the ball and occasionally knock down a mid-range jumper which has been a major weakness of his game for years.
If he's looking to do more off-the-ball action, it'll certainly make him and the Celtics a much more dangerous team.
But expanding his game will come at a cost - which for Rondo would likely mean more assists.
"I'm a pass-first point guard," Rondo said earlier. "It's not like I try to go out there and dominate the ball as far as shots. I try to keep my teammates happy, and get a win."
And continue to make his case for being the NBA's top point guard.
"The world knows what I can do," he said. "Like I said, the world knows what I can do; go out there and continue to do what I do best and that's be the best point guard in the NBA."