The argument being made to neither trade Rondo nor let him walk is that we'll be further away from contention.
Rondo does not have much time left to prove he is worthy of us matching the near-max/max offers he will receive this summer from other teams like the Lakers.
How far away from contention will we be if we tie up cap space heading into two crucial summers by overpaying Rondo?
Rondo has stated several times that he wants to remain in BOS. I also believe that he would take less money if Ainge thought he could get some serious talent to BOS this summer - which I believe Ainge will.
Just my speculation, but I think that it would be more important to Rajon to WIN with HIM being the top dog and having a contending/competitive team around him. Just like Pierce was our anchor to contention, Rajon is in that same place, now.
The issue with trades like this is that some posters have such a dislike of Rajon Rondo that they would take just about ANYONE back rather than keeping him and building around him - that's the issue with my previous posts/comments in this thread.
Such a dislike only harbors bias.
We must have a SERIOUS outlook for the future if either of these trades went down. And trust me - most GMs that are eyeing Rondo will TRY to undersell us. Thankfully, we have Danny.
This is absolutely false. You can think that bc i dislike Rondo , i would like him to be traded. But the actual trade ideas are not give me "crap" for Rondo. You must be dreaming if Rondo can fetch someone like Drummond, Klay Thompson etc.
Danny did not let KG, PP walk. He traded them and got paid. We totally robbed the nets.
Danny is not going to let Rondo have a chance to walk. Look at what happened to Lester. He walks and i mean its not the end of the world for the Celts, but it would be nicer to get some assets back. Also trading Rondo is better for Rondo's legacy as a Celtic. Imagine if he signed with the Lakers? alot of booes from the crowed.
Except it is. Rondo for Stauskas and Derrick Williams? Seriously?
(again, did not mention the Knicks, because they wont do that trade).
remember last season?? Rondo for Mclemore and Williams? Seriously?
So what happened ?? How is Mclemore doing?
Averaging 11 points for the season. But I'll give you efficient shooter.
Come back to me when Ben McLemore can be an important piece in a winning team, because Rondo has shown that he can.
Yes playing with three future HOFers
Rondo has proven without these kind of players in the lineup he can't help a team win. He has too many flaws.
You switch Rondo with Nowtizky, Aldrige, Westbrook, Paul, Paker and we be winning alot more games
The question is, does Danny want to move fwd with Stevens and this unit (without Rondo) that he has been training or wants to dismantle this unit to get the pieces that can mask Rondo's flaws? which is going to be easier to do??
Portland is not giving up Aldrige for Sullinger and 2 1sts btw. Like already said rondo has brought in no FA so far. Unfortunately the Celts organization in general have problems bringing in big name FA's. We can't move fwd with this unit + Rondo. It won't work
He had as much big an impact as those 3 HOF. Don't be blinded by your hate, boy.
And you're right, he has proven that he can win with great talent. So instead of adding prospects that has a much bigger bust potential than being a good starter, how about using the picks and the expirings we have to give Rondo a HOF teammate or two. Or if we can't find that player/s, someone who's close?
I'm not taking away all the good stuff Rondo did . But he can't carry a team to wins. We don't have a crappy unit also
KG, RA, PP all carried teams to win as the main guys.
You keep saying lets get the one or two HOFers. Well how? Have you heard any rumors of Aldrige wanting out? Or Durant? Or Lebron? . Look at what happened with Klay Thompson. Teams are reluctant to give up these kind of players.
Dude have you seen our team? Paul had Antoine, Ray had Sam Cassell, Big Dog, Rashard Lewis and Jerome James (okay that one was so funny I can't help). KG is the only exception here.
Edit: KG had Sprewell and Casell in his most successful years.
And how do we get HOF players? WE USE OUR ASSETS TO DO SO. That's why we have them. Will we able to get one? Probably not. But can we get someone close? And All-Star player? We could. Can we use it to land better players than we already have? Absolutely.
We can use our assets to get higher picks and land a future All-Star or HOF in the draft. We can use our assets to good players like (and I'm just going to throw names here) Gordon Hayward, Lance Stephenson, Larry Sanders and others. All three could improve our team in a big way.
As it is right now, if we can just defend better, we could easily be sniffing the 8th seed in the East, or better. And that's a Rondo led team despite shooting poorly. We can use our picks and expirings to get better players to help us win more games. And those new players coming in would be very helpful with Rondo in our lineup.
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Topic: Poll: which one of these Rondo trades do you prefer? (Read 9014 times)