Countdown to Rondo being traded:

[unbreakable]

Rondo must be traded this year. The NBAs best PG deserves a contending team.

Cmon KNICKS n PACERS yall should be begging for Rondo right now. :biggums:

[Jameerthefear]

Rondo must be traded this year. The NBAs best PG deserves a contending team.

Cmon KNICKS n PACERS yall should be begging for Rondo right now. :biggums:
:biggums:

[JimmyMcAdocious]

GOATbrook already plays for a contender doe.

[Eric Cartman]

Toronto for Rudy Gay and 3 first rounders (not this years).

[el gringos]

Toronto for Rudy Gay and 3 first rounders (not this years).
This is why ish will go crazy if a rondo trade ever happens. Ish is convinced he has value like this

[el gringos]

Rondo must be traded this year. The NBAs best PG deserves a contending team.

Cmon KNICKS n PACERS yall should be begging for Rondo right now. :biggums:
Knicks need a pg that can shoot.

Dragic would be much better than rondo for the Knicks.

Shumpert, hardaway, Felton for dragic

[Fudge]

Lol Rondo is fcking overrated.

Dude's like a borderline Top 5 PG, even when healthy.

[Eric Cartman]

This is why ish will go crazy if a rondo trade ever happens. Ish is convinced he has value like this

What trade do you consider more plausible than this?

[VIP2000]

Rajon Rondo + Gerald Wallace for Danny Granger + George Hill?

[Fudge]

Rajon Rondo + Gerald Wallace for Danny Granger + George Hill?
That'd be a nice trade for both sides. Money would be the issue. Doubt the Pacers would want to be paying 3 players the max doe.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Rondo must be traded this year. The NBAs best PG deserves a contending team.

Cmon KNICKS n PACERS yall should be begging for Rondo right now. :biggums:
Knicks have no one to offer other than Melo, and that's too high a price. Not happening.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Rajon Rondo + Gerald Wallace for Danny Granger + George Hill?
Why would the Celtics do that?

[Eric Cartman]

Why would the Celtics do that?

get rid of wallace contract :confusedshrug:

[Real Men Wear Green]

Knicks need a pg that can shoot.

Dragic would be much better than rondo for the Knicks.

Shumpert, hardaway, Felton for dragic
I have a theory: You don't value defense at all. That would explain why you think Bargnani is a good player, and why you think he's such a great compliment to Melo.

Knicks have jumpshooters everywhere. A PG that can distribute, get the fast break running and can defend the various scoring pgs in the league would be a benefit. The reason it won't happen is that their only major asset is Anthony.

[ALBballer]

Trey Burke+Marvin Williams (Expirer)+Protected 1st round pick for Rondo

[Real Men Wear Green]

get rid of wallace contract :confusedshrug:
Hill only makes 2 mil per less, and has a season more left on his deal. Plus Rondo when healthy has a bargain contract for his level of production. Trading Rondo is a major step and should only be done if there's a major benefit.

[Teanett]

I have a theory: You don't value defense at all. That would explain why you think Bargnani is a good player, and why you think he's such a great compliment to Melo.

Knicks have jumpshooters everywhere. A PG that can distribute, get the fast break running and can defend the various scoring pgs in the league would be a benefit. The reason it won't happen is that their only major asset is Anthony.

knicks would have to trade melo for rondo.
melo and rondo dont compliment eachother.

[kshutts1]

Not many teams can use a PG, albeit a great one, that doesn't shoot well. Need to have more than one strong scoring option opposite Rondo, or at least one scoring option and some shooters.

Some teams where Rondo would fit (caveat: Can't take the top stars off the team):

Houston - Harden as the creator star, Harden, Parsons, et al as shooters

Thunder - Westbrook and Durant. Great fit, actually, but how would WB do off the ball?

Kings - Team needs (more of) an infusion of non ball-dominant players.

Miami - Good fit in theory.

Golden State

Now that we have some destinations, need to think up some realistic trade scenarios.

Kings:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=kbe5l2r
Kings also add an unprotected first. I doubt they would do a 2014, so Celtics would probably have to settle for a protected 2014 and unprotected 2015. Even then, I'm not sure Kings are close enough to contending to consider trading so much for Rondo. But Rondo, McLemore, Cousins is solid.

Houston:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mopo62t
I'm not too familiar on details of Lin's "poison pill" contract. But I believe that if a team trades for Lin, they need to pay 15m in the last year. IF that's true, then Celtics don't do this unless they get a fully unprotected 2014 pick, and preferably one other than Houston's own (does Houston own another team's?). If Boston would owe "only" 8.9m each year for Lin, then I think Houston's pick, semi-protected, would be enough.

Thunder:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=l8pkznh (Vitor Faverini and NOT Olynyk. ESPN TM wouldn't let me put in KO yet).
With how Steven Adams has been playing, and with Collison on the roster, Perk does not need to be there. In this trade, they get a defensive-minded wing (replacing Thabo) that can create even easier opportunities for WB and KD. Thunder obviously have to give up a hefty pick/assets for A) getting, by far, the best player in the deal and B) getting rid of Perk.

Alternate: Just Rondo for Perk, straight up. This option is only if Thunder don't want to get rid of Thabo. Imagine that defensive lineup! Same "pick rules" still apply.

Miami and Golden State offer nothing realistic.

Toronto is not a good fit, IMO, but they offer a variety of trade options, most centered around Lowry.

[andremiller07]

Kings:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=kbe5l2r
Kings also add an unprotected first. I doubt they would do a 2014, so Celtics would probably have to settle for a protected 2014 and unprotected 2015. Even then, I'm not sure Kings are close enough to contending to consider trading so much for Rondo. But Rondo, McLemore, Cousins is solid.

Never that, plus with the current roster and the massive lack in floor spacing adding Rondo won't do much and lossing out on potential stud imo I rather just build around #M16, draft pick, Cousins & Thomas.

[kshutts1]

Never that, plus with the current roster and the massive lack in floor spacing adding Rondo won't do much and lossing out on potential stud imo I rather just build around #M16, draft pick, Cousins & Thomas.

You stopped the "underline" a little too early. I said right there that the Kings wouldn't likely do it.

But with McLemore (is that M16?) and Thornton, the Kings have some shooters. And with Cousins, they have a go-to scorer. Recipe for Rondo to be a strong asset is there. But I can certainly see the argument against adding him; I put it in my post.

[hawkfan]

Rondo won't get moved this year, because the Celtics will have enough cap space next summer to add a max level free agent (and if they move one of the smaller contracts, such as Lee or Bass, they will have even more).

This year Rondo gets healthy, the young players get experience, the Celtics get a high draft pick, and then the Celtics sign an A level free agent next summer.

[hawkfan]

Here's a more realistic deal:

Celtics get

Amare Stoudemire

Knicks get

Brandon Bass
Gerald Wallace

The Knicks add two forwards to add to the depth of the team.

The Celtics get 10 million in cap space in 2015, as they get rid of Wallace's contract and Stoudemire expires that summer.

[andremiller07]

You stopped the "underline" a little too early. I said right there that the Kings wouldn't likely do it.

But with McLemore (is that M16?) and Thornton, the Kings have some shooters. And with Cousins, they have a go-to scorer. Recipe for Rondo to be a strong asset is there. But I can certainly see the argument against adding him; I put it in my post.
Have you watched him play in the last year and a half dude's straight up quit on the team and can't even shoot properly for us he just chucks now for the sake of shooting. Plus Rondo plays best with bigs who move well off the ball and Cousins is not that and never will be.

[niko]

knicks would have to trade melo for rondo.
melo and rondo dont compliment eachother.
They actually do very well. What else would you want your PG to do?

[Teanett]

They actually do very well. What else would you want your PG to do?

rondo can do much more than dump the ball to melo,
but one thing he cant do is spot up and shoot...