I dont understand. I read in here that the biggest difference between Rondo and Westbrook was that Rondo could attract good players to play for us but Westbrook couldnt cause Wesbrook was not a true PG and didnt feed his co-players while Rondo did. What I see is that Westbrooks is in the finales; We couldnt convince David West to sign with us this year and Brandon is leaving.
This has nothing to do with Rondo not being able to attract free agents. This is Bass feeling like he is worth than the $4 Million option he has, and taking a gamble on the market to pay him better than that.
Honestly, he had a pretty good season here, so I imagine he could get more than $4 Million per season. He also mentioned his first option would be return to Boston if they are willing to pay him, but I don't know if I'd want to pay him more than what his option was for considering our biggest strength is flexibility regarding cap space.