Rondo out with broken....

[gts]

Via Mark Stein, Rondo out with broken orbital bone and nasal fracture, no timetable set for return

[All Net]

Going to be a while I imagine.

Dallas are playing bad as it is.

[ArbitraryWater]

Going to be a while I imagine.

Dallas are playing bad as it is.

I wouldn't say they're playing bad.. anyway, they won't miss a beat.

[Patrick Chewing]

Dallas can take Shane Larkin back for a draft pick.

[All Net]

I wouldn't say they're playing bad.. anyway, they won't miss a beat.
They are barely playing 500 ball last 10 games.

[ArbitraryWater]

They are barely playing 500 ball last 10 games.

Yeah, there are bad losses to the Rockets and Pelicans in there.. but if you're a Western team you're bound to have a stretch like that..

[rezznor]

Dallas gets better?

[ballup]

It'd be pretty crazy if this results in enough losses to put the Mavs out of the playoffs by the end of the season.

[disel]

dallas are a 3rd tier western conference team with or without ondo

Warriors
Memphis

2nd tier
Houston
portland
spurs

3rd tier dallas

[Thunderfan86]

I opened this thread thinking it would say "Rondo out with broken *****" or something similar to that. :hammerhead:

[ArbitraryWater]

It'd be pretty crazy if this results in enough losses to put the Mavs out of the playoffs by the end of the season.

:biggums:

What are they gonna miss? His average defense, worst free throw shooting in the NBA, scoring liability? Or assists on a team that without him already was one of the most high scoring, best offenses and assist ranked teams in the league?

Like I said, they're an equal if not better team without him.

[StephHamann]

:biggums:

What are they gonna miss? His average defense, worst free throw shooting in the NBA, scoring liability? Or assists on a team that without him already was one of the most high scoring, best offenses and assist ranked teams in the league?

Like I said, they're an equal if not better team without him.

:whatever:

He is by far the best perimeter defender on the team

If you actually watch the statistics, they are a top 10 defense and a top 10 offense team after the Rondo trade. The bench however is clearly below average now, and gets outscored nearly every night.

[DMAVS41]

They are barely playing 500 ball last 10 games.

Well...I mean.

You play the Grizzlies twice, Rockets, Bulls, Clippers, and Pelicans in the last 12 games and I doubt many teams outside the Warriors and Hawks are coming away much better than 7-5.

So it's hard to say bad...especially for the Mavs. A team that hasn't beaten many good teams all year.

"Bad" implies they are underperforming vs a normal standard. Go back and check the record before the Rondo trade. You'll find we hardly beat any good teams. We just had an absurdly easy schedule early on.

Still have hope for a playoff series...

[ralph_i_el]

When I saw this thread title I thought:
"Rondo out with broken...shot"