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The Celtics score 103.8 points per 100 possessions with Rondo, compared to 100.7 when he's on the bench. That's the difference between ranking 17th and 24th in offensive efficiency. Neither is good, but the latter is much worse. And Rondo has this impact without a No. 1 option.

Stop trying to make it seem like Rondo hurts his team and that he's inefficient.

When it came to making Rajon Rondo the cornerstone of a Celtics renaissance, the most-storied franchise in NBA history did what their polarizing and mesmerizing point guard does best. They passed.

Unlike Rondo, an occasionally reluctant shooter, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge had no problem pulling the trigger on a trade that ended Rondo’s memorable nearly nine-season run in green. On Thursday, Danny the Dealer agreed to ship his mercurial All-Star, along with rookie Dwight Powell, to the Dallas Mavericks for Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, a conditional 2015 first-round pick, a 2016 second-round pick, and a $12.9 million trade exception.

This was a reality-check for Rondophiles. They must be drying their eyes with their No. 9 jerseys, incredulous that their favorite player is gone and that the rate of return for him is so little.

A certain segment of Celtics fans tend to overrate their players. They’re the ones who didn’t want to trade Al Jefferson for Kevin Garnett, still lament the loss of Kendrick Perkins like the team dealt William Felton Russell himself, and who regarded it as basketball canon that Rondo was a top-five point guard.

Top-five point guards and elite players don’t get traded for pennies that can be thrown into a wishing well of future contention. Bob Cousy in his prime never would have been dealt for such a pittance.

Wright is the best player the Celtics are getting back. He is yet another power forward for the Celtics, who collect them like refrigerator magnets. He is long and leaps like he is on a trampoline. He leads the league in field goal percentage (74.8) in limited minutes. But he is also 27 and entered the league in 2007, the year after Rondo.

Freed of Green Goggles, the rest of the NBA saw Rondo for what he is — an excellent playmaking point guard and complicated personality whose limitations are as striking as his uncanny ability to rebound and see the floor.

Standing 6 feet 1 inch, Rondo is a unique talent, as evidenced by his 32 career triple-doubles. But too many people mistake unique for elite.

They’re not necessarily the same.

According to ESPN’s player efficiency rating (PER), which is an advanced statistic that measures a player’s per-minute productivity, Rondo ranked 35th this season — among point guards. He was sandwiched between Miami’s Mario Chalmers and Pablo Prigioni of the New York Knicks.

hat’s one of the reasons the Celtics blanched at the idea of signing Rondo, who will be a free agent after this season, to a five-year, maximum contract. The writing was on the wall in June when the Celtics selected Rondo’s successor, Marcus Smart, with the No. 6 pick in the draft.

For those clinging to Rondo’s repeated comments about wanting to remain in Boston and hoping for the comeback story the Red Sox didn’t get with Jon Lester, the NBA’s esoteric collective bargaining agreement dictates that Dallas can now offer Rondo the most money and the most years on a new deal.

The inscrutable and inimitable point guard has always been closer to the trading block than being the primary building block in the Celtics’ post-New Big Three rebuild.

Rondo bumped heads and egos with referees, coaches, and teammates. The same stubbornness and recusancy that made Rondo a fierce competitor on the court betrayed him off it.

But Rondo’s exit was not paved by his comportment. It was his shaky shot and inconsistent offense. This season he is averaging 8.3 points per game.

The Celtics have a higher offensive rating (points scored per 100 possessions) without Rondo on the floor than they do with him on it, even though he is leading the NBA in assists per game (10.8).

The Celtics’ offensive rating with Rondo on the floor is 104.7. It increases to 106.6 with him on the bench.

How many other NBA alpha dogs sit out an entire fourth quarter and two overtimes, like Rondo did in a 133-132 loss to the Washington Wizards on Dec. 8? How many take zero shots in the fourth quarter, like Rondo did in a 101-95 home loss to the woeful Knicks last Friday?


Pass-first point guards are like Bitcoin. They’re not that valuable unless you have the proper place and format to use them.

In hoops hindsight, it’s clear that Rondo benefited greatly from playing with future Hall of Famers Paul Pierce, Garnett, and Ray Allen.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...led-believe/qg1jyg2GgXuu45k4PWlf1L/story.html

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.

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

How many more lies are you @vbamz @insidious @No..Money..Mo..Problems @King Diesel and @FlashGordon22 going to spread? :mjpls:
 
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Celtics record with and without Rondo:

2011-12 NBA season -

without
8 wins 5 losses
win percentage 62%

with
31 wins 22 losses
win percentage 58%

2012-13 NBA season -

without
21 wins 17 losses
win percentage 55%

with
20 wins 23 losses
win percentage 46%

2013-14 NBA season -

without
19 wins 33 loses
win percentage 36%

with
6 wins 24 losses
win percentage 20%

2014-15 NBA season -

without
2 wins 0 losses
win percentage 100%

with
8 wins 14 losses
win percentage 36%

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Celtics have had a better winning percentage for the last FOUR seasons without Rondo :mjpls:
 

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Rockets fans be like...

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We dont even need Rondo... true rocket fans would know we need Goran Dragic
 
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Only a dumb white boy would act like Dragic is even remotely on the level as Rondo...seriously go back to the fukkin realgm forums....
 
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