Mavs involved in talks with Boston regarding Rondo?

[ribosoma]

Originally Posted by chumdawg

Wow. Just...wow. Don't know what to tell you, bro.

Well, let me help you. You suggested that a GM would tell the media that he was looking to trade a player in order to court more suitors. I suggest that that strategy creates more problems due to pissing off the player and thereby putting the franchise in a position where they now HAVE to deal the player, other teams know this, and will, in turn, lowball the franchise that is looking to trade the player. In business, desperation is not a particularly effective negotiating strategy.

Outside of situations where a player is going to walk, and leave his current team with nothing, it is rare for a GM to tell the media that he is shopping a player. And being that Rondo is under contract for the next two seasons, I fail to see the logic or benefit of negotiating via the media.

If you have examples of your strategy being implemented effectively, please elaborate.

If that's too hard to comprehend, I hope that someone is hiding your keys from you right now for your own safety.

[sefant77]

Getting Bledsoe with the Mayo S&T and maybe use Bledsoe to trade for an unhappy Rondo at the trade deadline. I could see this coming.

[spreedom]

Celtics just hired Brad Stevens from Butler as their new head coach. Basketball Twitter is speculating that this may signal the end of Rondo as they're fully committed to rebuilding. Personally I think he's a great piece to build around but a lot of the locals are calling for him to get traded.

[xrobx]

I doubt it happens but I really wish there's some way we could land Rondo. My personal favorite PG.

[some1nw]

Source: Rajon Rondo will not demand trade from Celtics.

[sefant77]

Lets wait then their record is 12-28 and the deadline is near