It might sound ridiculous but I'm doing it just for discussion purposes. I am against trading Rondo unless we get Lowry or Curry and some good role players for him. But while I was poking around NBA2k12 I tried this one out and it worked.
How about they trade Rondo to the depths of unknown called the Toronto Raptors?
Celtics give:
Rondo, Wilcox, Clips 1st
Raps give:
Calderon, Kleiza, Alabi, their 1st.
Now the details.
Why for Boston:
- Because they want to get rid of Rondo
- Calderon is not a good defender, but is a better shooter and as close as good as a passer and cheaper than 2 million, with less years. So it is at the expense of defense but the Celtics won't lose much on ball movement as Jose is a willing passer.
- Kleiza is not a good defender but can score, something the Celtics need off the bench. Can hit 3 pointers, can drive. But again at the expense on defense (but he's in the second unit so why not). He can be a solid role player. His contract though, albeit just 4 million will stay for 3 years.
- THE PICK, which could be lottery bound (Austin Rivers hopefuls would like the sound of this). Celtics are rebuilding right, what better way to do it than having a lottery pick. Jose and Kleiza isn't taking a lot of what cap space we will have so the ability to sign another big name is still there.
- Alabi is 7'1'' 250 who's a defensive big (back in Florida State at least).
Why for Raps:
- They get Rondo, an All Star
- They get Rondo, an All Star
- They get Rondo, an All Star
- They could also build up a nice core of young players that could potentially be good in the coming years. With them being "aggressive" on landing Wilson Chandler ( and Denver admitting they won't give him the amount of money the Raps are rumored to be willing to offer) and Jonas Valanciunas coming in (assuming all that hype would be right), DeRozan (him and Rondo running the floor), and James Johnson starting to become a good all around 3, and Bargnani starting to live up (at least a little) on that #1 overall pick, that's not a bad core to work with. Plus enough cap space to sign a couple more solid role players after clearing Kleiza off the books. Adding Rondo, an All Star to that potentially solid core would make them even more better. Athletic, fast, shooters, capable defenders (yes Bargs is a good one on one post defender).
- It is at an expense of a lottery pick but they still get a first. Hey, at least they turned it into Rondo, an All Star.
- Wilcox is solid.
I'm just throwing this out here. I don't know if it's a bad or good trade, I'm actually kind of in the middle. What do you think?
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