http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/01/02...h-for-now-if-it-lasts-he-will-push-for-trade/ Rondo maybe on his way out of Chicago if the benching continues
Cancer Rondo popping up in another locker room? He's running out of options. Is there a place in the NBA today for "floor generals" who can't shoot?
Even Jason Kidd learned to shoot in his old age after he lost his quickness to get to the basket. Rondo will become more and more obsolete while getting older and slower.
It's not that he is a cancer, it's that the modern NBA game is passing PGs that can't shoot by. (Rubio) YOU NEED to be able to knock down an open shot, period.
You guys are wrong. It's not only the shooting that's the problem with Rondo. The more important is the defence. He just doesn't give a damn and doesn't try anymore. Otherwise you think they would opt to replace him with MCW who is 10 times worse in running an offence and just as bad in shooting? (if not worse). Also Rondo hasn't been cancerous this season. It's his play that put him on the bench not his behaviour. I watched the game when they first benched him last week and he was supportive of his teammates and even tried to help Butler to find the open Mcdermott in the corner by standing up and pointing to him (to no avail).
The problem with the Bulls is not just Rondo, but the fact that they built the team so poorly. They have so many non-shooters and are stuck in the previous decade of basketball. Rondo would work a lot better if he had four other shooters around him. Rondo is also at fault for not developing a reliable three point shot by this point of his career. The guy is deemed a basketball genius by many, but it's really telling that he has yet to develop a three point shot. He needs to get with the times if he wants to extend his career, same goes for Rubio.
The only place left for him to go is wherever Doc Rivers is. As a defensive specialist I think he'd make the Clippers better. Just trade that crappy Austin Rivers kid that makes $12m per year for him.
Disappointing season has front office shopping Mirotic and Rondo According to multiple sources, the Bulls have been actively shopping Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic in hopes of shaking up the roster, as well as making a second-half run in the wide-open Eastern Conference. However, according to one of the sources, neither player is moving the needle as far as what general manager Gar Forman deems a worthy return. “Obviously, you knew that would be the case with Rondo,’’ the source said. “But they don’t like what they’re hearing back on [Mirotic] either. Then again, that’s a [front office] that tends to overvalue its assets.’’ ... ... ... ... As far as what moving Rondo or Mirotic would do, well both are very different chips to be trading. Rondo lost his starting job last month, and let the front office know then that he would like to be elsewhere. The problem is his reputation – fair or unfair – makes it difficult to accommodate. Mirotic has never lived up to the hype that Gar/Pax threw on him, and while his outside shooting – as inconsistent as it is – is still a need area for this team, his defensive breakdowns are numerous. Considering this is a team with too many defensive problems in the first place, they can only make up for Mirotic’s lapses on the floor for so long. The bottom line on Mirotic is he doesn’t impact games consistently enough, entering Sunday as the 30th ranked power forward in real plus/minus this season. Oh by the way, second-year big man Cristiano Felicio was 28th on that power forward list. Even in the last month, Mirotic was solid in wins over Charlotte, Cleveland and Toronto, before disappearing in losses to Oklahoma City, Dallas and Atlanta. Heck, in the four games Mirotic missed with flu-like symptoms last week, the Bulls went 2-2, including one of their best wins of the month, beating the Grizzlies in Memphis with Paul Zipser in the starting lineup. A perfect microcosm of what the Mirotic experience has become.
LAC just makes too much sense. CP3 out for 6-8 weeks. Reunion with Doc. That said, I'm sure LAC has already considered Rondo in the past, and there may be a reason he isn't already there.
