Trading Rondo would be insane. The only reason you trade him is if privately he is saying there is no way he wants to stay in Boston.
Yeh, I don't get it. I guess the only reason a guy improves is so his trade value increases.
How about we keep him and reap the benefits?
I think it all depends on his price. I personally have a feeling that the C's will have to actually overpay him and give him close to the Max to keep him. He is a very cocky kid, and is very sure of his abilities, and I think if the C's don't offer him big time money this summer, he is going to want to be a restricted FA next summer, when there will be a lot of teams with cap space, who may miss out on their #1 target, and then decide to overpay Rondo, so the C's won't want to match it.
So if you can get good value for him now (and IMO, the #2 pick and Conley is probably about $1.10 on the dollar, since Conley is a very good prospect himself, and the #2 is valuable...and if its Gay instead of Conley its like $1.50 to the dollar), you should jump at it.
No one (OK, maybe not no one, but most of us) are not saying to have a firesale, and give him away for garbage, but we just think it may be worth looking at what kind of value he has, because he is likely close to his peak in value right now, before he gets a new contract, and coming off a good playoff run.