Sorry if this is a repost. I didn't scour the forums.
I saw
this posted and it intrigued me. I'm a huge Rondo fan and I really don't relish the idea of trading him for anything short of an top-10 player. This trade has been thinking though:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oktnvzvGetting Drummond, Knight, an expiring and a 2014 1st is a really good offer. I expect a lot of "Detroit would say no" posts but that doesn't bother me. Also I'm not sure they would. They have a stacked front court and basically no PG of note. A lineup of Rondo/Pope/Smith/Bass/Monroe looks a little better to me than Knight/Pope/Smith/Drummond/Monroe. Actually their current lineup reminds me a lot of what we saw in Utah and Atlanta last season. A lot of big talent with little offensive coordination.
Drummond is a freak athlete. I get that. He's put up some good-to-great numbers 5-10 times in NBA games. He's still not an NBA star, though he's certainly on the right track with a per36 of 13/13. Rondo was the starting PG on the all-star team last season before his injury. These two guys are not on the same level, yet. That is why I personally wouldn't trade Rondo for Drummond straight up. When you add in Knight who might end up being a pretty good PG, a 2014 mid-first-round pick and an expiring deal in Stucky...I'm really thinking about it. The only thing that would make it better would be to shed a less than friendly contract...Bass!
I'd do this trade. The problem is that if Drummond doesn't become a dominant player you've stunted this team for a few years. Still, the idea of having three first rounders next year along with AB/Green/Sully/Drummond/KO is really a good start to the next chapter in Celtics history. It would also give us a reason to draft Marcus Smart, a slightly more attainable goal than Mr. Wiggins.
So what do you guys think? Would you move Rondo for that package? Rondo is my favorite NBA player and I'm thinking I would.