Rondo: This team is more talented than '08 champs

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The Celtics' Rajon Rondo says the current roster is more talented than the Celtics team that won the championship in 2008.

Rondo was a second-year point guard on that Celtics team that won the title. He says the additions that have been made this off-season to the current Celtics make them better than the team that won it all.

"I believe this team is more talented than that team," Rondo said. "But the key to the 2008 team is that everyone bought into the system."

Rondo said that will have to happen again with the group for the Celtics to be successful.

"Guys probably won't play their normal amount of minutes that they have in the past because we're such a talented team."

That depth is something coach Doc Rivers can't wait to exploit.

"It fits in a lot of ways," Rivers says of the roster, adding that when Avery Bradley returns from injury, having a stable of guards made up of Rondo, Bradley and new additions Courtney Lee and Jason Terry give him the deepest backcourt he's had as Celtics coach.

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