Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks agree on Rajon Rondo trade

Rondo going to Lakers with Love.

 

That Connect 4 feud spilling over into games.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="http://t.co/bZ9LvfJmXe">http://t.co/bZ9LvfJmXe</a> RT <a href="https://twitter.com/mi_6ers">@mi_6ers</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh">@tomhaberstroh</a> So far Rondo is a bad fit?</p>&mdash; Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/570421413246599169">February 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rajon Rondo didn't want to talk to the media after the game. The thing he would say: &quot;We won. Discuss it with Rick.&quot;</p>&mdash; Bryan Gutierrez (@BallinWithBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallinWithBryan/status/570437924522565633">February 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rondo threw his jersey to a kid heading out the tunnel. Don't think he does that often, &amp; I don't think the intent was to make a kid's day.</p>&mdash; Bryan Gutierrez (@BallinWithBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallinWithBryan/status/570434009177526272">February 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Rondo to LA in 2015/16 incoming.

 

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Glad the Rockets didn't trade for him. Probably would have had to given up DMo, TJones, and NOP pick at least.

 

It's not like Rondo helped the Mavs beat the Rockets recently or anything.

 

Yes! Haha Dallas

 

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Team sources told ESPNDallas.com that friction had been building up between Carlisle and Rondo over play-calling responsibilities, the majority of which the coach has handled. Former Mavs point guard Jason Kidd had similar frustrations during his first season playing with Carlisle, although it never resulted in a public outburst.

Rondo, who has averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 assists and 2.9 turnovers in 25 games with the Mavs, brought the subject up without prompting after last week's loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder when asked about his comfort level in the Mavs' offense.

"I'm able to adapt and adjust to anything," Rondo said then. "Coach does a lot of the play calling, and just go from there."

Asked whether Rondo would be the starting point guard for Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks, Carlisle said, "That's what we brought him here for."

Carlisle, who occasionally has been frustrated by Rondo's tendency to commit turnovers on unnecessarily complicated passes, declined to say whether Rondo's benching was due to basketball or disciplinary reasons.

"It was made because I'm the coach and that was the decision that I made at the time," said Carlisle, who also declined to explain his logic for benching Rondo during crunch time of a Jan. 23 home loss to the Chicago Bulls, a decision Rondo downplayed at the time.

Mavs owner Mark Cuban attempted to downplay the latest incident between Carlisle and Rondo.

"S--- happens. Not the first time, not the last time," Cuban told ESPNDallas.com. "It'll happen again. It's not just Rajon. It's a long season. In my 15 years, I've seen it happen more times than I can count, and we survive every time."

Nevertheless, face of the franchise Dirk Nowitzki acknowledged some concern about the heated exchange between Rondo and Carlisle.

"We won the game, but stuff like that is never good," Nowitzki said. "It's unfortunate, but it does happen. It's how the team responds, it's how the team moves forward, how both sides move forward and make the best out of it."

Center Tyson Chandler, who joins Nowitzki among the most respected leaders in the Mavs' locker room, hoped that Carlisle and Rondo would address the issue with each other.

"I think it will make them have a conversation and move on," Chandler said. "The main thing is that we stay together in the locker room and understand that we're all trying to win and we're all in this together, from every player and every coach and everything else.

"Those two, they're two grown men. They can handle their problems with each other. As far as this team goes, everybody in this locker room has to be willing to win and wanting to win. And I know everybody here does want to win."

Neither Nowitzki nor Chandler gave a firm opinion on whether Rondo should be given more freedom to call plays.

"I think Rajon has been in this league a long time," Nowitzki said. "He knows how to play and I guess he feels that he needs a little bit more leverage out there, but this is not for me to decide. It was a tight ballgame, and I guess ultimately the coach has the last word."

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But but but... i thought chemistry was so inportant and cuban understood chemistry.

 

But but but I thought Cuban was the greatest owner ever who treats players with respect, and he always puts team chemistry above talent?

 

All jokes and premature schadenfreude aside, Rondo would have loved McHale's "offense" I think. Probably would have resulted in more D-Mo postups too.

Still glad we didn't bring his attitude to our locker room though.

 

Glad the Rockets didn't get him either, but no way would they have had to give up that much. Did you see what Dallas gave up?

 

And many people here in CF were pissed at Morey for not going after Rondo............ROFL!

 

Rondo under McHale is a different story. He'd let Rondo do whatever he wanted on the court. Rick is the X's and O's coach, McHale is the players coach.

 

Unfortunately true. A passage above says Rick is frustrated by Rondo committing turnovers trying to get flashy. I wish Mchale would get frustrated with Rockets committing TOs.