Celtics guard Rajon Rondo ruined by President Obama joke, says Shaq

President Obama: Closet Muslim, Socialist, Celtics hater.

Still looking for someone to blame for the demise of the 2010-2011 Boston Celtics? Shaq has the answer (and it’s not his injuries, his age, or his commitment to basketball).

According to excerpts from Shaq’s new book, courtesy of CSNNE.com, the problem started at the top.

The very top.

In early March some of the guys went to the museum of Fine Arts for a fund-raiser and got to hang with President Barack Obama. Everyone was a little bit in awe. The President turns to Ray, points at Rondo, and says, “Hey, Ray, why don’t you teach this kid how to shoot?” Everyone starts laughing.

KG told me he saw the look on Rondo’s face and the kid was devastated, embarrassed. Dissed by the President, even though I’m sure Obama didn’t mean any harm. Rondo smiled and went along with all of it, but KG told me he could see it in his eyes. It bothered Rondo. It killed him.

The next day Rondo shot the ball horribly. He stopped taking shots after that. He’s so sensitive. I think it was a real jolt to hear the outside perception of a basketball fan who happens to be the President of the United States. It messed with his mind. I’m sure of it.

According to Shaq, it was all President Obama’s fault.

Barack Hussein Obama, middle name included to remind you that he’s a closet Muslim, had the audacity (pun intended) to make a joke about Rajon Rondo’s jump shot.

That Socialist bastard!

Between destroying the stock market, sabotaging the economy, talking about taxing poor rich people (not actually taxing them, mind you, but talking about it), and ruining Rondo’s ability to hit jump shots, how has this guy not been impeached?

Rondo, meanwhile, is so sensitive that a single presidential joke ruined him.

Of course, that’s assuming Shaq didn’t just making this whole thing up. He wouldn’t just make up a controversial story to help sell a book, would he?

Regardless, if I’m Rondo, I’m not happy.

Either Shaq is a liar, or Shaq just revealed to the world that the Boston Celtics starting point guard has the skin thickness of an 11 year old girl.

If I’m Mitt Romney, I’m asking Rondo for an endorsement in the off chance the story’s true.