I like rondo too but man is he a bad shooter. If people thought Lin was bad (and he's clearly improving at a young age while rondo clearly has plateaued on the shooting front.
Totally agree. But Rondo is one of the top 3 playmakers in the NBA right up there with Lebron. Can you imagine him playing with a bunch of youngsters in a racy run and gun style. Can you imagine him getting the ball to Dwight at the lip in one of a thousand different ways. Can you imagine Dwight and Rondo in the pick and roll. Can you imagine Rondo attacking with Harden weak side? I've had a lot of questions about Rondo, especially since Boston somehow got better after his injury. It was painfully obvious to me that he was running around collecting defenders and then throwing it to guys for jump shots. However, look who he is throwing it to. They don't have a pick and roll threat. KG is their best shooter. And he spots up from 17 feet. Everybody else is mediocre at best on the spot up jumper. So, it just makes sense that with him gone, all of a sudden they are dribble-driving from multiple angles and Pierce is dishing from the elbow. I still think he's a legit top 5 pg. The question isn't if he is better than Lin. The question would be is he and the guy we get to replace Asik in the middle better than the Lin/Asik combo? I don't know that answer. I don't know who would replace Asik if we moved him and Lin for Rondo.
IMHO 1 - Rondo would be a disaster pairing with Mr Beard. IMHO 2 - Rondo will be traded. Utah. Al Jefferson going to C's.
He just tore his acl and hes not young either. Plus boston is a better team without him dominating the ball, and being ball dominant is how he has to play in order to be successful. Thats not a complementary pg to harden. An ideal pg next to harden would be an off ball player whos a very good defender and has a 3 point shot, but who also has playmaking ability. Those dont really grow on trees though.
This is by far one of the better threads at CF. Cyberx, please keep posting the juicy stuff around the league and about our beloved Rockets. It's really up to us to decipher all the information whether to believe it or not. To people who think it's a bunch of bs, just treat it like a tabloid mag when you are at the market. Dissappointed or a non-believer at what you read? Just don't click on this thread!
Al not nearly enough value for Boston. They don't like Al that well. They'd probably take Al if they could clear Bass...for about the same money that Bass makes.
Sorry, just saw this. Yeah, just joking of course. Shouldn't have done that. But you controlled yourself well. I will try to do likewise. We discussed contract modifications, Bima. And I did get clarification on what can be done there from 2 outside sources, one being Coon, can't discuss the other one. I was addressing a different player but the abiliity to modify applies to Parsons as well. I won't say anymore. Don't need to be credited with anything either. I just know we can make him RFA and re-sign him. And I think we have more than one option on that as well, either later on this year or next year. But I'll leave the details to you.
Thanks cyberx! This is an awesome thread. Any word on the team dynamics recently? It seemed as if Harden was upset recently at parsons, Lin or vice versa in terms if hat they are tryin to accomplish.
Harden is getting worn out guys. He is carrying this team and he has played through various injuries. He feels too much pressure to be able to take a came off here or there. This team needs to get deeper, no question.
