Thursday, March 1, 2012

Rajon Rondo to get dealt, the possibilities

Despite the Boston Celtics remaining in the playoff race in the Eastern Conference possibly due to point guard Rajon Rondo's average of 14.2 points, 5 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game. The questions that come up for this situation that come to mind is can Boston get a point guard in return? At least somebody young and promising? Can they make the playoffs without Rondo? or will the team collapse? ala the 2008-09 Detroit Pistons after Billups was traded to Denver for Iverson. Chances are he'll get traded to a contender. I see 4 possibilities:
Philadelphia 76ers: Philadelphia has Jrue Holiday or Lou Williams they could give to Boston to replace Rondo. The suggested trade in this situation would be to trade Lou Williams and Andres Nocioni to get Rondo, the 76ers already have a pretty good defensive team, it'd be even better with Rondo.
Los Angeles Lakers: The Los Angeles Lakers need a point guard but don't have a lot of pieces to get one, though their best bet here might be to trade Pau Gasol. Also along with parting with rookie point guard Darius Morris who hasn't seen much playing time this season and add a first round pick that might intrigue Ainge enough to make a deal with their bitter rivals as crazy as that sounds and the Cs will have to add O'Neal and Wilcox to make that deal work.
Miami Heat: Whether you like it or not, Miami definitely has the pieces to make a deal to get Rondo as scary as it sounds. They have a promising young point guard in Norris Cole (averaging 8.7 ppg and 2.5 assists off the bench) who might possibly be already better than their actual starter Mario Chalmers. Therefore Cole could be dealt along with Chalmers and Mike Miller to turn Miami's Big 3 into a Big 4.
Orlando Magic: Do the Magic want Dwight Howard to stay? Then they have to go get him pieces, the perfect opportunity is on the table for them with Rondo on the trading block. Adding Rondo to the Magic could make the players around him better even Dwight himself, it's a move that could definitely make Dwight considering staying. If I was the GM of the Magic I'd try dealing Jameer Nelson along with Earl Clark (a young 6'10 forward the Cs might be interested in since they need another big man) to get Rondo.

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