Thread: Rondo?
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Old 12-18-2014, 08:09 AM   #66
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Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson View Post
You have a some good points, but, dude, Rondo is not a "small" upgrade over Jameer friggin Nelson. He's a goddamn quantum leap over Jameer.

And HELL NO to Monta at point.
Is Rondo a lot more talented than Jameer in a vacuum? Sure. Is he significantly better on both ends of the floor for most teams? Sure. Is he going to be a major upgrade over Jameer coming into one of the most efficient offenses in history when a defender can just sag 5 feet off him and help out every single time he doesn't have the ball? Not so convinced on that one. I think a stiff that can shoot is gonna clog our offense up a lot less than an inefficient guy whose a gigantic liability if he doesn't have the ball. It's like asking if the Spurs would rather have Kobe than Cory Joseph. Pretty sure they wouldn't because he'd clog up their offense even if he's much, much more talented, and would be much, much more useful to many more teams.

In Rondo's case, it's not about selfishness as much as the fact that he's a huge liability playing off the ball, and with the ball in his hands running the show, he puts a ceiling on how good an offense can be. Rondo's value is in a team who needs a primary ballhandler and shot creation, and sees the shots he creates with mediocre efficiency as a plus and not a minus. Letting Rondo play PG for the Mavs is like having an ox pull a Ferrari. He's just getting in the way. Better off to have someone who can just sit in the car and let it hum.

So where's he making his impact? By being a below average defender? Seems like the only thing we really gain at all is rebounding. And as much as we need rebounding, and as nice as those PG rebounds would be, I don't see how you give up a player like Brandan Wright AND picks just to get a rebound and a half a game. There has to be better value out there somewhere. Someone like Gary Neal probably does the job as well for 1/10th the price.
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