The veil has been lifted.

Rajon Rondo has emerged from his self-imposed exile, relenting to coaches, friends and teammates who urged him to reveal more to a discerning basketball public that has been alternately electrified, disheartened, elated and perplexed by his considerable talents and mystifying visage.

For all his brillance, three adjectives have muddied Rondo’s image: stonefaced, stubborn, moody.

“Like Bird, right?” Rondo offered. “Danny [Ainge] told me Larry was the same way.”

via Jackie MacMullan of ESPN Boston