Here's a trade I'd throw at Orlando.
Boston gives: Rondo
Orlando gives: Beno Udrih, Quinten Richardson, 2014 #1 pick (unprotected), Boston has option to switch 2013 1st rounder.
It would be the ultimate gamble trade. Orlando gets a perennial all-star, face of the franchise type player, Boston gets two lotto tickets to try and get two more building blocks for the future. Beno would help a bit next season, but this trade would be all about the future.
OMG -- that's even worse than the original proposal which was horrible.
IF Rondo is traded, that deal needs to bring back at least a CURRENT all-star level talent and at least some of the following depending on that all-star:
- a high 1st rounder (preferably in 2014 which is projected to be a very good draft). Of course the issue is that if Rondo comes back healthy the team that gets him will not miss the playoffs by much if at all.
- another starter-quality player or 6th-man type of player.
- a young can't-miss prospect that may need only another year or 2 of development to become a very productive player.
The original proposal fails because Jameer is not a current all-star and Vucevic, while an intriguing prospect, isn't exactly a can't miss. Also, put Rondo on that team and Orland would make the playoffs in the East thereby making their 1st rounder less valuable.
That last proposal has 2 guys that shouldn't be in the league, a 2014 1st rounder that becomes less valuable when Rondo plays for them (since their record will improve) and a swapped 2013 pick that, while no worse than #5 at this point, is in a fairly weak draft where the C's might be lucky to get an end-of-the-rotation-eventually quality of player.
I say hold on to him and watch how much better the team plays with him and Sully back next year now that the rest of the roster seems to have learned to play together effectively.