Nash's expiring contract and julius randle for rajon rondo at trade deadline

[kennethgriffin]

only place i can see rondo getting a max extension. and only team that has pieces/expiring deals that interest boston for their penny pinching/tanking idea



i'm calling it right now. will be a last ditch effort to please kobe when he gets pissed at the lakers record by the allstar break


PG rondo
SG kobe
sf swag
pf boozer
c hill

[dubeta]

Trade kobe for rondo + filler instead

[kennethgriffin]

Why would you want Rondo with Kobe on the backcourt?

You get virtually zero outside shooting with him on the floor and his man will sag off of him to help defend Kobe.

You need a shooter, not an assist hog with zero outside shooting.


absolutely wide open rondos an ok shooter. and he would be with kobe next to him

besides.. i see kobe playing more small forward this year. could be lin or young at shooting guard as the kick out guys

and rondo could turn a guy like ed davis into tyson chandler over night, tons of lobs

it would help allot

[kennethgriffin]

Celtics don't need Julius Randle. PF is one of our strongest position

i dont think the celtics are looking at their current roster makeup/depth when pulling trades for their future and tanking/cost cutting purposes


its all about cheap assets at this point for them

[Lebron23]

Rondo and Kobe = Payton and Kobe in 2003-04.

[kennethgriffin]

Rondo and Kobe = Payton and Kobe in 2003-04.

except rondo right now is 10 times the player payton was at age 40 or whatever he was

i think payton averaged 6 points on 29% shooting in the 2004 finals. by far the worst player on the team

[Simple Jack]

except rondo right now is 10 times the player payton was at age 40 or whatever he was

i think payton averaged 6 points on 29% shooting in the 2004 finals. by far the worst player on the team

Payton was averaging 21 and 9 the year before he came to the Lakers. Given he was a year older, but he was hardly a scrub coming onto the team. Same with Malone. Both were still playing extremely well prior to joining the Lakers.

[JohnFreeman]

Why would you want Rondo and not Randle?

[Nash]

why give up the only half decent future the Lakers have?

[Nick Young]

rondo sucks! Would rather have Randle! Rondo was carried to everything by 3 HOFers. He has sucked when those HOFers left.

[bigt]

Admittedly there's a logjam as it is for the Celtics in that position and I hate the thought of Rondo going to the enemy haha, but that's a pretty decent offer for the Celtics in moving forward, definitely would be worth considering

[poido123]

You can bet the Lakers will do everything in their power to try and get rondo there.

If the bulls didn't have rose, I wish we had rondo. Very tough come playoff time.

[poido123]

Why would you want Rondo and not Randle?


Because randle wouldn't be part of the immediate picture that rondo provides.

[JohnFreeman]

Because randle wouldn't be part of the immediate picture that rondo provides.
Rondo isn't what the Lakers need

[poido123]

Rondo isn't what the Lakers need


I disagree.

Lakers are a team with a history of making things happen in a hurry.

If they get rondo there, they have huge cap space in 2016 which they can get a Durant and they will likely attract other stars to join him and maybe Kobe who could take a big pay cut in 2016.

This isn't the Kings who get stuck picking up from the scrapheap year in year out.

[Nash]

Because randle wouldn't be part of the immediate picture that rondo provides.
Lakers have no immediate picture. With Rondo on the team they are still 7-8th seed.

Keep Randle, get a year into Kobe's contract and sign some free agents.

[artificial]

Nash + Randle for Lebron + Love + Irving

[poido123]

Lakers have no immediate picture. With Rondo on the team they are still 7-8th seed.

Keep Randle, get a year into Kobe's contract and sign some free agents.


By getting rondo, the dominoes will fall so to speak. They would be setting themselves up to use their capspace in 2016 to group Durant alongside rondo and Kobe on a likely pay cut.

Its not JUST getting rondo, its what rondo and Kobe can bring to the Lakers free agent wise. I can guarantee there would be a few free agents who could see the potential there for championships.

Durant/Kobe/rondo would be awesome

[JohnFreeman]

I think there is literally a 1% chance Durant goes to the Lakers

[ralph_i_el]

I could actually see this happening.