I'm with those who say you simply don't.
To me, Rondo is half the reason to watch the games. He reminds me of Pedro Martinez(in his prime) in that regard. A gifted athlete who can do things no one else can, is exciting to watch, is a winner, and seems to be playing chess while the opponents are playing checkers.
It was a long twenty years between titles and the team we have right now is so good, some of us are already taking it for granted. I wouldn't trade Perk, PP, Ray(well maybe), Leon, KG, or Rondo. And Scal and Eddie ain't that bad either. Baby sounds like he only wants the big bucks, and I question his long term health.
It would be nice, but probably not do-able salary wise, to bring back D West and Posey to strengthen the bench. And a solid backup center who can at least defend a little bit, and is less than 40 years old.
But getting back to the original point, if Chris Paul was in the trade I'd probably do it. But didn't Paul's team lose a playoff game by 58 points? If the C's had done that, half the bloggers here would be whining about Rondo's inconsistency, failure to get his teammates the ball, immaturity, horrible shooting, bad attitude, etc.
Anyway, go Magic! I'll be dvr'ing the game and watching it in the morning, so I can skip the media slobbering over Kobe.
