Former Bulls guard Rajon Rondo was arrested Sunday in Indiana, a Louisville television station reported.
The 37-year-old Rondo, who played for the Bulls in 2016-17, was pulled over Sunday in Jackson County, Indiana, because of a traffic violation when a trooper smelled marijuana, ISP spokesperson Sgt. Stephen Wheeles told TV station WDRB.
According to WDRB, Rondo was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, drug paraphernalia and marijuana.
Sunday’s reported arrest is Rondo’s latest legal issue in recent years.
In May 2022, he reportedly pulled a gun on his family during an argument at their Louisville home. The mother of Rondo’s children, Ashley Bachelor, was granted an emergency protective order against him after the incident. One month later, a judge dismissed the order.
Rondo was the No. 21 overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He played 16 years (2006-07 to 2021-22) in the NBA, winning titles with the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers — only the second player to win rings with the league’s two most historic franchises.
He was a four-time NBA All-Star (2010 through 2013), a four-time NBA All-Defensive Team honoree and was part of the All-NBA third-team in 2012.
Rondo led the NBA in assists on three occasions (2011-12, 2012-13 and 2015-16), one of just 10 players in league history to top the regular-season leaderboard in that department three or more times. Among that illustrious group are six Hall of Famers (Bob Cousy, Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Oscar Robertson and John Stockton), two more future Hall of Famers (Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook) and Kevin Porter, who ranks 14th in NBA history in career assists per game at 8.06, two spots ahead of Rondo (7.92).
Rondo also led the NBA in steals per game (2.3) during the 2009-10 regular season.
Rondo, a Louisville native, had two stellar seasons with the Kentucky Wildcats. In 2004-05, he earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors after recording 87 steals — a single-season mark that still stands — for a club that went 28-6 overall, captured the SEC’s regular-season title and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Rondo followed that up in 2005-06 by leading the team in assists (167), total rebounds (209), points scored (380) and steals (69) as a sophomore, landing on the All-SEC second team as the Wildcats finished 22-13.
Last September, Rondo was one of six inductees in the UK Athletics Hall of Fame’s 2023 class.
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