Rondo?

[Songbard]

Didn't they used to call Jason Kidd "ason" because he had no "J". That addition worked out pretty well.

[Fragism]

I don't like Ellis and Rondo together.

[Budapest Maverick]

Originally Posted by Fragism

I don't like Ellis and Rondo together.

It is not ideal, but what are you going to do? We can't trade for Conley or Lowry, Rondo is available.

[mavsfan1000]

Originally Posted by Songbard

Didn't they used to call Jason Kidd "ason" because he had no "J". That addition worked out pretty well.

Not until we put the right pieces around Kidd did we succeed. It took a couple seasons to make it work. We don't have that luxury of waiting a couple seasons to get the right pieces around Rondo. We need to win now.

[Melonhead]

Not sure how this plays out since Monta is ball dominant as well. Hope they have a plan in place for Tyson backup. Seems to be happening fast if this trade goes through

[Budapest Maverick]

Rondo is a no brainer at this point. I'm not sure we are a true contender with him, but one thing is for sure, we have to try something, we are like 0-5 against Western playoff teams? Rondo would help out our defense a little bit, and also our rebounding, while our offense would most certainly stay elite with him as well, although the spacing would suffer a little bit. If Parsons and Dirk can hit their long range shots, it's probably not a huge issue.

[Budapest Maverick]

Originally Posted by Songbard

Didn't they used to call Jason Kidd "ason" because he had no "J". That addition worked out pretty well.

In the end, sure, did not look like that for a long time, well, if your standard is a championship at least. Kidd was ok during the run, but it was mainly about Dirk, let's be honest.

JK was big for team defense though. Dirk is obviously not that player anymore, so we need more balance, with Ellis, Parsons (if he can play like that regularly) we have that offensive balance, now we need to something about our defense.

Rondo could be a step in the right direction, without an improvement in team defense it won't be that impactful, but you have to try something at this point, we are clearly not good enough defensively with this current roster.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by Songbard

Didn't they used to call Jason Kidd "ason" because he had no "J". That addition worked out pretty well.

There is absolutely no reason to believe that Rondo will transform into a dead eye 3 point shooter the way Kidd did in the twilight of his career.

The risks with Rondo are well-documented. He hurts our spacing and might not mesh well with Ellis because he can't play off the ball. Still, if we're not giving up any of our top 4 guys, then I say do the deal. Our spacing is already pretty lousy as it is, so I don't see it getting much worse. More importantly, perimeter defense is easily our biggest weakness, and Rondo fixes that instantly. Not to mention his rebounding, which has always been amazing for a PG, and that's the Mavs' second biggest weakness.

I think we stand to gain considerably more than we stand to lose here. It might be a wash, or it might give us the extra push we need to advance in the West, which is tougher than ever. Dirk is nearing the end of his career. No sense in playing it safe. Now is the time to take bold chances.

Think about it this way: Are the Mavs likely to get a better opportunity than this? Are we likely to get another shot at player as good as Rondo before Dirk can no longer play at a high level? History says no.