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Marc J. Spears ?@SpearsNBAYahoo 25m25 minutes agoKendrick Perkins on Rondo: "I’m not happy he is in the West, but I’m happy for him. His time was probably up in Boston. He did his (job)."Marc J. Spears ?@SpearsNBAYahoo 23m23 minutes ago“(Rondo) wanted out, but he would never say that though,” - Thunder center Kendrick Perkins said about his ex-Celtics teammate to Yahoo.
So when Perkins was asked on Wednesday before the Thunder pounded the Celtics, 109-94, about Rondo’s desire to remain in Boston, he, of course, disguised nothing.“He should [re-sign],” Perkins said. “I think it’s a great place for him. I think he wants to stay here. You know, we talk on a regular basis and I think he should stay. If I was him, I would stay.”Perkins expounded.“I just think it’s a perfect situation for him,” he said. “He’s got a good group of guys around him, good coach. It’s his team, he’s able to play the way he’s capable of playing. He’s almost averaging a triple-double. He’s got some good talent around him, [Jared] Sullinger, Jeff the young kid [Kelly Olynyk]. He’s got some good talent around him. I think he wants to stay. I think he should. But you never know how it works out.”
The two are not necessarily contradictory, though they did give me a good chuckle. Lip service is not exclusively reserved for Ainge.
Uh... of course Rondo wanted out. Some fans can't see through PR. It's a bad team. Rondo wants to win. I've been saying for a long time that Boston wasn't the frontrunner to sign him. It's been common knowledge around the league for a couple years that Rondo was a sitting duck. We had to get something instead of nothing.
This is not all that surprising. Eventually the losing wears on a competitor like Rondo.If not a Mavs-Grizzlies or a Mavs-Rockets WCF, I'd love to see a Mavs-Thunder WCF. All the matchups in the West are intriguing, really.