Would you trade Rondo to clear cap space?

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What do you guys think?

Trade Rondo to point guard starving team for expiring contracts and picks. Go all out for GIGANTIC summer. First thing first, Anthony Davis lottery balls. Couple of bounces here and there
Celtics get #1 overall Anthony Davis. But most importantly, Celtics will have a shot at both Deron and Dwight.

What if Celtics go 3/3 this summer!! They get the #1 overall picks, and sign both Deron and Dwight. Long shot I know. But at least give yourself a chance.

[Roy H.]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

[esel1000]

I would only do this if I was an idiot... if you trade rondo, you're getting real talent back not more unneeded cap space...

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Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you can kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

[Roy H.]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

Is the difference between, say, the 15th pick and the 9th pick really worth dumping Rondo?  I say no.  Heck, even if we fell all the way to the worst record in the league (which is basically an impossibility) we'd still have something like a 38% chance of landing outside the top-3 picks.

[CelticG1]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

So do you mean trade a bunch of our guys?

Really don't think we will hit the lottery with just Rondo gone, even if it was a complete salary dump.

[Chris]

I don't think any team with a chance at the number 1 pick would trade that pick for Rondo.  So, no, I wouldn't do this. 

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Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

Is the difference between, say, the 15th pick and the 9th pick really worth dumping Rondo?  I say no.  Heck, even if we fell all the way to the worst record in the league (which is basically an impossibility) we'd still have something like a 38% chance of landing outside the top-3 picks.

Yes. One is in the lottery, the other is not. Bulls had %1.7 chance the Derrick Rose year.

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Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

So do you mean trade a bunch of our guys?

Really don't think we will hit the lottery with just Rondo gone, even if it was a complete salary dump.

at this pace, Celtics are a lottery team. Trading Rondo fast tracks it.

[Roy H.]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

Is the difference between, say, the 15th pick and the 9th pick really worth dumping Rondo?  I say no.  Heck, even if we fell all the way to the worst record in the league (which is basically an impossibility) we'd still have something like a 38% chance of landing outside the top-3 picks.

Yes. One is in the lottery, the other is not. Bulls had %1.7 chance the Derrick Rose year.

Yes, and 98.3% of the time the Bulls would have ended up out of luck.

[Eja117]

absolutely not

In other news I won't be trading our aircraft carriers to switzerland for all their watches even though they are landlocked and would therefore have a hard time using it against us.

I won't be trading my kryptonite for a gun, even if it's nickel plated.

I won't be trading in my first born for the ability to weave very well

I won't be trading Fenway Park for the Brooklyn Bridge, even though the bridge would probably make me a lot of money some day.

I won't be trading my backyard for a large WW2 era minefield in Libya, even though it is very historically significant.

I won't trade a 57 chevy for three Priuses.

And I won't trade my cow for magic beans.


There....I feel better now

[CelticSooner]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

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Cap space won't matter if free agents don't want to come.

[CelticG1]

Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

So do you mean trade a bunch of our guys?

Really don't think we will hit the lottery with just Rondo gone, even if it was a complete salary dump.

at this pace, Celtics are a lottery team. Trading Rondo fast tracks it.

Just because we are on pace doesn't mean thats what's going to happen.

I could just as easily say that when Bradley is starting over Rondo we win a lot more games.

Reality is that it's somewhere in the middle. Most likely we wouldn't do as well without Rondo but most likely our team will play better than they have been lately. Unless you think Pierce and Allen are in an utter downward spiral and KG will continue to miss games for personal reasons and Bass will never get healthy

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Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

Is the difference between, say, the 15th pick and the 9th pick really worth dumping Rondo?  I say no.  Heck, even if we fell all the way to the worst record in the league (which is basically an impossibility) we'd still have something like a 38% chance of landing outside the top-3 picks.

Yes. One is in the lottery, the other is not. Bulls had %1.7 chance the Derrick Rose year.

Yes, and 98.3% of the time the Bulls would have ended up out of luck.

that's irrevlant now. All that matters Bulls have Derrick Rose. If Bulls weren't in the lottery that year, there would be no Derrick Rose from them.

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Trading Rondo simply for cap space doesn't make a lot of sense.  We'd be better off keeping Rondo until the summer and then using him in a sign-and-trade to facilitate one of the big free agents coming here.  In the alternative, we could hold on to him and then deal him to another team with cap space during the summer, and then sign Deron.  It doesn't make a lot of sense to dump Rondo now, though.

you kiss the lottery goodbye then. One of strongest draft in a long time. Talent heavy in the lottery.

So do you mean trade a bunch of our guys?

Really don't think we will hit the lottery with just Rondo gone, even if it was a complete salary dump.

at this pace, Celtics are a lottery team. Trading Rondo fast tracks it.

Just because we are on pace doesn't mean thats what's going to happen.

I could just as easily say that when Bradley is starting over Rondo we win a lot more games.

Reality is that it's somewhere in the middle. Most likely we wouldn't do as well without Rondo but most likely our team will play better than they have been lately. Unless you think Pierce and Allen are in an utter downward spiral and KG will continue to miss games for personal reasons and Bass will never get healthy

Celtics are 8th seed with Rondo. And a lottery team without Rondo.