The distraction needs to be traded.
Is there a market? Of course there is. The ? is, how much or less will another team offer or the Celtics take for a player who cannot create his own shot, shoot, shoot free throws and be a Team player.
Rondo is not a Leader. He proved it this season by hanging his coach out to dry during his birthday bash weekend..
If this Player had the talent of a CPaul or DRose do you really think MELO signs back with NY. I'd even go out on a limb to say if the talent was there, LOVE even with Lebron in Cleveland would have thought long and hard about playing in Boston.
Rondo had great value with the big 3. All Rondo had to do was create. And he did a very good job doing that. There is NO TALENT coming to Boston where rondo can Play HIS GAME.
He is a free agent to be not worth the max due to limited physical abilities on the court.
MOVE ON and let the rebuild take its course.
If Im Wyc, tell Danny to trade him or find someone who will...
IMHO a healthy Rose is not better than a healthy Rondo.
Rose is not a great shooter either - he has traditionally been a pretty poor shooter from three and from midrange, while also being horrendously bad defensively (his defence is shockingly overrated, even despite the fact that most people acknowledge it's nothing special).
Rose has only one elite skill, and that is finishing with contact around the basket - that's it. He can't play defence, he's a mediocre shooter, he's a mediocre rebounder, he has mediocre BBIQ, and he's soft as a marshmallow (zero leadership skills, zero toughness). But he scores a lot of points (because he takes a lot of shots), he dunks a lot and he's good at making off balance shots around the basket - that stuff makes for good TV ratings, so the NBA endorses him like he's a semi-god.
Rondo for his position has multiple elite skills - passing, rebounding and defence (when he can be bothered) are all elite talents that Rondo possesses. In terms of intangibles he has elite BBIQ and has one of the toughest players in the league both mentally and physically - he'll play through anything and I've lost count of the number of times he has won possessions with his hustle play. From midrange, he is a better shooter than Rose is. Rondo's big weaknesses is that he isn't a consistent three point shooter (which he's improving at) and he is a terrible free throw shooter...that's pretty much it.
would I trade Rondo for Rose? No. Especially when you combine Rose's busted knees with his absolute softness.
Interesting point also that Rose apparently said he'll change his game from now on and be less aggressive so that he avoids further injuries. You know what Derek Rose minus the aggressiveness/explosiveness equals? Steve Francis 2.0 - remember what he looked like late in his career? Yep, that's your new age Derek Rose.