I think with the hand we were delt with perks money requirements and the long term plans for the celts and even in the short term we made the best move for us!
I love Perk and his attitude and his obvious loyalty to the team and orginization as a whole, even with his flaws, and I would have loved to keep him, but we could not make it happen and be better for it and we could not afford to pay him what he was worth and deserves.
I think the funk we were in is partially because Rondo and Perk are so close that it affected Rondos heart and drive on the court and especially off of the court as he probably has a lot of down time at home now where he used to pal around with Perk, Human nature at its best.
I don't think Rondo is a bad guy at all, I love this kid.
We were without the big Turk as well as Perk and this was a big hit to us as I was pleasently pleased with him. And I think he was the biggest loss to us after loosing Perk and especially since we suddenly had neither.
Green has a LOT ot untapped tallent and is showing something every night. Having him run the court with Rondo when Rondo is in the groove will be special, hopefully for years to come.
Another thing, I havent heard any complaints about not having a competent backup for Pierce latly, we have complained about this since Posey left and now we have one, and he will be able to play the 4 in crunch time just like posey making us more athletic and better shooters as well.
One thing I think some people on here dont understand is just how good of a job Von Wafer was doing at backup 2. We had been without him for nearly the entire time since trade and this kid IS making a difference on offense and defense. He has overachieved since being here and has been nothing but positive as far as i am concerned. He is another key element to our sucess as we are playing team bball and every part is important to the whole package.
Just my thoughts on the trade. ok you can now rip me one if you must.