Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, in a game last Friday night against the Washington Wizards, soared to the status of an elite class of Hall-of-Fame point guards when he earned 10 or more assists in his 29th consecutive game.

Just one day later, against the Milwaukee Bucks, Rondo cemented his place in the lore of National Basketball Association history. He registered 10 more assists to extend his streak to 30 games, passing point guard John Stockton's streak of 29 games with the same mark.
Rondo needs seven more games of 10 or more assists to bypass Stockton's most acclaimed mark, and then, 17 more to climb all the way to point guard Magic Johnson's momentous 47-game run.

In fact, Rondo is the first Celtic to even have such a streak of 10 games. He earned a mark that only three players-point guard Bob Cousy, small forward John Havlicek and small forward Larry Bird-have achieved.
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This streak is not an aberration, either. With 10 assists on Saturday night, Rondo ended a streak of 27 straight games with 11 or more assists, an unparalleled statistic.
He has also penetrated some of the league's best defenses, including recording 16 assists against the Denver Nuggets, 17 against the Philadelphia 76ers, 14 and 15 against the Miami Heat in two games, as well as 20 against the Atlanta Hawks.
Rondo's only difficulty throughout this streak arose in last Saturday's game.
He notched his 10th assist with two minutes left in the game to keep his streak alive.
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There is no reason for his streak to end.

As long as he has the talents of small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Kevin Garnett, newly acquired guard Jason Terry, as well as power forward Brandon Bass, Rondo's assists total should only continue to increase.
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He is a man on a mission.
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Rondo, since his first season at the point in 2008, has matured from occasional contributor to perennial All-Star.
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He recorded 8.2 assists per game in his first full season in the starting lineup in 2006-07. His breakout moment came during the 2009 playoffs. He averaged 16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic, and after recording three triple-doubles in that year's playoffs, his superstar status was all but assured.
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Ever since then, Rondo has been one of the strongest statistical point guards in the league.
Rondo averaged career highs in 2010 with 13.7 points per game, 9.8 assists per game and 2.3 steals per game. He also set the franchise record for steals with 168, bypassing Celtics forward Rick Fox, while also shattering Cousy's record for most assists in a single season.
He has made the past three All-Star games, and after a memorable postseason run in 2012 in which he became the all-time Celtics leader for postseason assists, Rondo has affirmed his place in Celtics legend.
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In light of his offensive acumen, Rondo also exhibits a tenacious defensive intensity that he exhibits in each game.
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He has led the NBA in steals-both in total and per game-over the last three seasons, helping lead to the acclimations of All-Defensive First Team honors in 2010 and 2011, as well as All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2009 and 2012.

 
Rondo has etched a rather peculiar path to the Celtics record books, but regardless, he has matched the feats of legends such as Cousy and Havlicek.
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With another guaranteed three years in Boston, Rondo looks to continue to take the league by storm.