Danny Ainge is seriously about to hand Rajon Rondo to the Mavericks for a worthlessly low pick and Brendan Wright? I've seen it all...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>With Dallas in the lead, the Rockets are also “still fighting” to acquire Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, a source said.</p>— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/545698577582809088">December 18, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It's not going to happen unless it is a 3 team deal. Ainge is too good and too smart to get low balled that badly.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>With Dallas in the lead, the Rockets are also “still fighting” to acquire Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, a source said.</p>— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/545698577582809088">December 18, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What does that tell you? The market for Rondo isn't very strong and obviously Morey does not value Rondo. Ainge can also flip Wright for a #1 if he want and let his younger guys get Rondo's minutes. I wouldn't be shocked if Dallas gets Rondo.... he isn't that good anymore.
A fun stat is that Rondo is shooting 34% on wide open shots greater than 10 feet from the basket….wide open meaning without a defender within 6 feet of him. That’s absolutely pathetic. Another fun piece of info is that opponents are shooting for a higher percentage than normal when Rondo guards them literally anywhere on the court. Overall opponents shoot 5% better just by being guarded by Rondo. In other words, go nuts Dallas!
All I see is smoke and mirrors... If Mavericks land Rondo with late first round draft picks and Wright, I'll lmfao.
Definitely don't think Rondo is crazy good or anything, but he's a great fit in Dallas at the moment. I can't lie. Frustrating if it happens, in my opinion. I'm not upset if the Rockets don't land Rondo, though. There are much better options for us at similar prices, Dragic specifically.