Everyone wants to trade him for deron williams or chris paul or whoever.

First of all, why aernt yall more concerned with addressing our soon to be vacant center and power foward positions?

Second of all, what has he done to get on all of you peoples bad side. Hes played his heart out for us and the only knock is that hes a bad shooter. Why are yall so unhappy with one of the best point guards in the game? I mean we have it better than almost every other team at the point guard position.



I love Rondo and am in awe of his passing ability. You guys just dont know what you got.

Talk to DA. Maybe he can explain things to you.

DH

I think trading Rondo gets so much play because he is our mos tradable commodity. most likely to bring back a marlin.

And, moving forward, some believe that Rondo's limitations will become more Pronounced after the big 3 leave.

I don't think people are 'not happy' with Rondo as our PG, he is a very good player and one of the best passers in the league and fits in perfectly with the team we have at the moment.

My perspective on it however is that next year as we start to rebuild Rondo's stock is going to take a dip, he can't score very well and shoots FT's terribly that's not good characteristics of your foundation player. His passing and assist number's will probably go down as the Big 3 retires so I think it's important that we look into upgrading the position.

If we can get a Deron Williams who can score 20 points efficently and dish out 10 dimes a game we will be in a lot better position moving forward.

I love Rondo.  I really like him as a player.

But I love the Celtics more, and what matters most to me is that the Celtics are the best team that they can be.

I believe that Rondo is a very good player, but he's also a seriously flawed player; his weaknesses are as glaring as his strengths are awesome.  

I don't view Rondo as a player to build around -- hence, since the Celtics are going into rebuilding after this season, I see Rondo as having more worth in terms of his trade value than as a player to hold onto long term.

In short, it's nothing personal.  I appreciate what we have in Rajon Rondo.  That doesn't mean I'd take him over any other player, though, and I think it's silly to suggest (or imply), as some here have done recently, that true Celtics fans would want to stick with their own players regardless of who they might get for them.

My willingness to seriously consider and advocate for trade scenarios involving Rondo is not a result of my taking for granted that Rondo is really good; rather, it's because I appreciate precisely how good he is.

as if he didn't help us get to where most of the top pg's today have not been NBA FINALS!!

Derek Fisher has been to the Finals more times than Rondo, and has a few more rings than Rondo does.  Does that mean he's better?  Would you prefer to have Derek Fisher (even in his prime) over Rondo now?


I wish people would stock making this "starting pg on a championship team" argument.

Rondo is not as good as Chris Paul or Deron Williams. That's why people wanted to trade Rondo.

That's pretty much it.

I have never wanted to trade RR with CP3 or deron.

Totally disagree with the last post.

Pass-first was fine with three premier scorers in their primes in Allen, Garnett and Pierce.

But as the Miami series proved conclusively last year, those three are in decline as scorers. They can't create points at key stretches against younger defenders any longer.

And with Rondo's offense still stagnant - and that's putting it kindly - there were no points to be had down the stretch in those games.

The Celtics don't need a pass-first offensively-challenged PG any longer. They need points - from the perimeter and at the rim. I certainly agree with other posters in this thread. Until and if - a huge if at this point - Rondo develops a consistent ability to score and his horrific FT shooting improves, he is not a building block for any rebuild, he's a liability.

I applaud Ainge for trying to obtain that kind of PG. Rondo's game has not evolved into what the current incarnation of the Celtics need, and he's certainly not as talented as Chris Paul and Deron Williams.