RONDO TO DALLAS

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Put prime AI with any top 8 player from that era and you'd have repeat Champs...,AI literally took a team to the finals by himself with defenders.
 

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Terrible move for Dallas, it will be easier now for teams like the Grizzlies and the Spurs to exploit Rondo's inability to make a shot. Now they can focus more on Dirk and Ellis

I cant believe the Celtics found a dumb enough team to trade for this bum...Great move by them, I guarantee they wont be any worse without him

The Mavs also lost their backup center....Cuban lost :youngsabo:
 

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There wouldnt be enough basketballs for AI Garnett Pierce and Allen with Allen bytching as it was.
 
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Blue Rondo à la Dirk: Why the Mavs’ Point Guard Gamble May Not Work

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Even with an obvious hole at point guard, the Dallas Mavericks had been blitzing opponents with a gorgeous flowing offense on pace to be the most efficient in league history. They likely cannot score the ball any better.

And yet: They sacrificed a future first-round pick and three rotation players to fill that hole with a star in decline who can’t shoot from anywhere — including the free throw line. Dallas has predictably leaked everywhere on defense, and it’s tempting to spin the upgrade from Jameer Nelson to Rajon Rondo — excuse me, four-time All-Star Rajon Rondo — as the Mavs tightening things up at the point of attack.

Rondo is a long-armed disruptor who can team with Tyson Chandler to snuff out opposing pick-and-rolls. He has the defensive rebounding rate of a power forward, crucial for a Mavs team that ranks a sad 29th in that category. But Rondo hasn’t defended well on a consistent basis in years. His reputation on that end outstrips his current skill level. Dallas is introducing an unknown element into its pristine offensive ecosystem and banking on a defensive upgrade that recent history suggests Rondo cannot provide.

The Case Against the Trade

The cost is significant. The deal is riskier for the Mavs than for the Celtics, who found a cold market for a 28-year-old recovering from an ACL tear on an expiring contract. Brandan Wright has been massively important as Chandler’s understudy in the Mavs’ pick-and-roll alley-oop show. His ability to finish with dunks, floaters, and hooks frees Dirk Nowitzki to space the floor as a spot-up shooter and secondary option. Wright probably tops out as a neutral presence on defense, but he’s stiffened his post-up work and provides more rim protection today than he did two years ago.

Also, and this is kind of important, the Mavs have precisely zero other reliable backup big men. They must have a lead on someone, and early reports have linked them to Jermaine O’Neal, who lives in Dallas and is presumed ambulatory.

Jae Crowder has been a bit player this season, but he also represented the Mavs’ best hope at developing a wing who can both shoot 3s and defend. The first-round pick may well fall in the 20s, and god knows Dallas has whiffed on just about every shot it has taken down there. But it’s still valuable and represents a real get for Boston, considering that expiring contracts have netted very little in midseason trades under the collective bargaining agreement.

The Mavs offense lives on ball movement and spacing; Monta Ellis has thrived as the lead ball handler, but he’s also a killer passer, and the Mavs are at their best when they’re pinging the ball to shooters dotting the perimeter. Rondo is a non-shooter, and as a result, he has almost always had the ball in Boston.

The Mavs were quietly comfortable parting with Shawn Marion in the offseason because they were sick of watching the Matrix’s man clog the paint while he lurked in no-man’s-land along the baseline. That’s exactly where Rondo likes to hide when he doesn’t have the ball. And when he’s had it, at least in Boston, he has liked to dribble it — around one screen, then another, then under the hoop and around the other end. That would not jibe well with the Mavs’ sharing.

Rondo has never been the alpha dog on a good NBA offense. The C’s have scored at a worse rate with Rondo on the floor for three years running, and they were generally mediocre even at their championship peak. He’s shooting 41 percent this season and a laughable 12-of-36 from the foul line. His turnovers are through the roof, and a disturbing number of them have been unforced. Rondo has coughed up the ball on 32 percent of the pick-and-rolls he has finished this season, the worst rate among all 85 players who have run at least 50 such plays, per Synergy Sports. Dead stinking last.

Rondo has done wonders for Tyler Zeller’s field goal percentage, as ESPN.com’s Kevin Pelton points out, but his presence on the floor has made no consistent positive difference over the last three years for the shooting marks, per NBA.com, of Boston’s other core players — Jared Sullinger, Kelly Olynyk, Jeff Green, Avery Bradley.

There is very little evidence beyond inflated assist totals that the present-day version of Rondo is a helpful player — on either end. Dallas gave up real things for an overrated defender who wouldn’t seem able to improve upon an offense already challenging league records. Rondo will generate some steals and offensive rebounds, but the Mavs are already quite good at getting both of those things.

Sounds like a bum deal for Dallas, then, huh? It may end up one. But you can see how Dallas views it as a risk worth taking, and how Rondo could add up to more there than he has of late in Boston.

READ MORE: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/rajon-rondo-trade-dallas-mavericks/

According to the coli - he makes his team mates better - let's see where the Mavs' offense ends up with him dominating the ball and not having it constantly moving :sas2:
 
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I think rondo makes Dallas a contender if they add a backup big, but you're trolling
The only thing this team was missing was a couple of defensive players, that you could bring into the rotation and add to lineups that needed a defensive balance.
 
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