So the Boston sports media thinks that Rajon Rondo will get traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Chris Paul. I laughed at this and then realized, "shit, someone is actually serious". That someone is probably former Celtic GM genius turned mad man with trading power Danny Ainge. I don’t think he is all there upstairs anymore. He traded our starting center for 6th/7th man, during a playoff run and then tried to defend it. Someone should have told him there are 5 good centers in the league and we had one. But, before I rant on that, here are some videos of why we shouldn't trade Rondo for Paul.
Video #1:
Rondo is as tough as they come. Coming back into the game after something crazy like this happens? Who does this? Plus I think people underestimated Dwayne Wade for physically taking Boston out of the game at this point by losing their passer. Rondo gets injured and yet is back before the end of the game.
#2: Chris Paul is very prone to injury. This is just a head collision, but let's let the next picture signify what our future "running point guard” will be wearing along with a uniform.
That my friends is a full on knee brace. Meaning he has had knee surgery. Meaning he isn't nearly as fast or is going to be able to keep up with players that will be guarding him. Point guards need to have perfect running ability and not knee injuries of any kind.
#3. Didn’t think there would be something like this one Youtube, but then again, what isn’t out there.
Not so sure that Chris Paul would be a psychological fit for the Big 3. This trade wouldn’t make anyone better.
#4: I don't think I need to say anything more that what this next video says. Pure hustle. You can't show hustle on a statistic, you can only see it.
Some skeptics think Rondo is only good around players that are Hall of Famers. If that is the case than Rondo should be considered one of the players that would be a building block for players that are elite. Pierce, Allen and mainly Garnett were the rocks that the Celtics built their championship hopes on. They made it as far as they could, winning a championship one year and losing in the finals another and for some reason trading their starting center for a 6th man within the last year, wiping away all hopes for a possible return to the Finals and leaving a bad taste in every Celtics fan’s mouth.
If Danny Ainge plans to return to the Finals, he needs to find the right building blocks to rebuild his team. Having a point guard that primarily scores wouldn’t be the same as a point guard who primarily passes. It’s more important for a team to have the guys that don’t make a ton of mistakes than the guys that are going to put up to high standards. If the Celtics were to keep Rondo, we’d need to have find the replacements for Garnett, Pierce, and Allen. If we trade Rondo, I’d at least want someone that moves the ball just as well as Rondo did. Paul isn’t that guy. The Celtics can’t afford another player whose going to want a max deal, seeing that we have a hometown bargain (Pierce) and a max deal (Garnett). I think the Celtics needs are in the Center position and in the area of bench players. Particularly bench players who aren’t overweight and who can make it seem like there wasn’t a substitution in the first place. More developments will come from this later, but I still think Rajon Rondo is a cheap point guard who moves the ball and is the emotional center of the team right now.
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