985, the sports up. We're Toucher and Rich. That is the sound of Sean Grandy, who should have called on the Wall of Man.

Mm-hmm.

To fill in for him, but he was calling the game against Chicago. The series is 2-2.

You can see Chris Mannix on CSN during these very contests.

He joins us on the AT&T expert hotline.

Hello, Mr. Chris Mannix.

Good morning, guys.

We appreciate you coming on.

And what are you hearing about Rondo?

Obviously, he is not playing tomorrow night,

but is there a possibility he plays game six?

Well, I mean, first, I don't think there's, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion, but he doesn't play tomorrow night. I know Fred Hoyberg has officially ruled him out, but, you know, that doesn't carry any kind of weight behind it. He doesn't have to sit him if he decides to change his mind. It happens. I mean, the Bulls, you know, about a month ago ruled Dwayne Wade out for the rest of the regular season. He was back in a couple of weeks. I mean, that things change on the fly. And in talking to a couple of people that are close to Rondo, they don't know if he's going to play, but they know that he's going to keep that door open all the way up until about an hour, an hour and a half for the start of the game. But he's going to try. He's going to do everything you possibly can to get out there on the floor. There's one thing we know about Rondo in Boston, it's that he plays through pain. I mean, he's among the tougher players that I've ever covered. I mean, to go 12 minutes in a game with a torn ACL, to play the part of that Miami series

a few years back with a broken and dislocated arm, I mean, this guy's tough.

And if it's possible for him to play through it, I think he's going to do it.

And I don't rule him out completely yet for tomorrow night.

All right.

So what's more effective on the floor?

Would it be an Isaiah Thomas starting with a broken thumb on his dribbling and shooting hand,

or would it be Isaiah Cannon?

You mean Rondo starting?

I'm sorry, not to say, yeah, Rondo.

What would be more effective for the Bulls, having a broken Rondo or what they've got left sitting out there and starting

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