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Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers got breakfast together Thursday morning at The Paramount in Beacon Hill. Just two professional basketball players with a noted mutual admiration talking shop on an off day for their rival squads. A couple of years back, we probably would have been none the wiser of the confab. But in the age of social media, the pictures popped up on Reddit, then went viral on Twitter. In a week, your grandfather will get wind of the meeting and shake his fist while screaming about how Bill Russell would have never fraternized with a rival player. But in this modern NBA, friendships abound. What makes the Rondo-Bryant tandem so intriguing is the fact that both players seem to have bonded over being antisocial. The Rondo-Bryant friendship is well documented. Back in 2013, after Rondo's season ended due to a torn ACL, Bryant got a good belly laugh when told how some believe Boston might be...