Rondo for Westbrook

[Rtpas11]

works like a charm.... http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mnbluk5
both players compliment their new respective team nicely. Bottom line both teams need to make this even trade.

Why OKC does this:

K.D. Last year proved Westbrook was no needed on the team as he carried them when West got hurt. Reggie Jackson also became a very good back-up. This team is missing a floor general with the scoring core they already have. OKC has maxed out their growth with West & K.D. being teammated. They simply are never going to win the chip together.

Why Bos does this:
Need a primetime scorer. I'm sorry but Jeff Green is no Paul Pierce replacement. Westbrook is a scorer with point guard skills, that's needed to fix this offense. We simply need more scoring and Rondo doesn't help that cause.

[Rodan45]

Love love Kevin love the idea, BUT....



As much as I would want to see that happen I don't think that they would do a straight up trade Westbrook for Rondo. However we do still have plenty of draft picks, I would be game to throw a couple down for something like this to go through.

[indeedproceed]

Zero chance of this happening. Might as well break up Simon and Garfunkle.

[Waew]

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

[MBunge]

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

[Endless Paradise]

In this topic: people keep pushing this nonsense angle of Durant being better off without Westbrook as though the 2013 playoffs never happened. "Maybe if we say it enough, it'll actually become true!"

[puskas54_10]

Enough with the silly talk! Every week somebody floats this unrealistic trade proposal.
Westbrook >>>> Rondo

NEVER GONNA HAPPEN (sorry for the shouting)

[Endless Paradise]

Also:

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

In this topic, we're going to act as though this isn't a function of Scott Brooks' offense and that it makes far more sense to replace Westbrook over replacing Brooks.

[Celtics18]

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

Wow, the Thunder had an offensive rating of about 110 last season.  So if they traded Westbrook for Rondo, they'd have an offensive rating of about 11. 

Yeah, that'd be pretty bad. 

[D.o.s.]

Also:

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

In this topic, we're going to act as though this isn't a function of Scott Brooks' offense and that it makes far more sense to replace Westbrook over replacing Brooks.

Like we do every time this comes up.

[Celtics18]

Also:

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

In this topic, we're going to act as though this isn't a function of Scott Brooks' offense and that it makes far more sense to replace Westbrook over replacing Brooks.

Like we do every time this comes up.

Or we could just act as though teams can get away with leaving Rondo completely unguarded and that his presence is actually a drain on any offense. 

Like we do every time this comes up. 

[D.o.s.]

Also:

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

In this topic, we're going to act as though this isn't a function of Scott Brooks' offense and that it makes far more sense to replace Westbrook over replacing Brooks.

Like we do every time this comes up.

Or we could just act as though teams can get away with leaving Rondo completely unguarded and that his presence is actually a drain on any offense. 

Like we do every time this comes up.

Rondo's certainly doesn't look like the best fit for what Scott Brooks does on offense, since their gameplan hasn't changed a single bit when they've had Westbrook out with injury.

[Rtpas11]

so I did this trade on 2k14 & love it...lol Westbrook is now #9 on Celtics and Rondo is now #0 on Thunder. The duel of Westbrook and Avery Bradley is  My line...

Starters:
PG: Westbrook
Sg: Bradley
Sf: Turner
Pf: Bass
C: Sullinger

Bench:
Pg: Smart
Sg: Thornton
Sf: Wallace
Pf: Green
C: Faverani

(Olynk is injured i believe)

[Celtics18]

Also:

so instead of teams double teaming westbrook and spacing the floor for Durant, they would sag off rondo and triple team durant making OKC 10 times worse on offense. sounds like a winning strategy for OKC. rondo is the last person the thunder want.

I think it's been proven that OKC's current offense of Westbrook, Durant, Westbrook, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka isn't going to get it done.  Getting Rondo as the first step in building a real NBA offense would make plenty of sense.

Mike

In this topic, we're going to act as though this isn't a function of Scott Brooks' offense and that it makes far more sense to replace Westbrook over replacing Brooks.

Like we do every time this comes up.

Or we could just act as though teams can get away with leaving Rondo completely unguarded and that his presence is actually a drain on any offense. 

Like we do every time this comes up.

Rondo's certainly doesn't look like the best fit for what Scott Brooks does on offense, since their gameplan hasn't changed a single bit when they've had Westbrook out with injury.

Reggie Jackson's game is very similar to Russell Westbrook's . . . stylistically, that is. 

[D.o.s.]

As was Eric Maynor's game, I suppose? or Royal Ivey?

Brookes has always run a limited motion offense based on two perimeter scorers that also double as their primary ball handlers. That's part of the (on the court reasons) reason they traded James Harden, because Brooks could get away with plugging in a guy like Reggie Jackson as another ball handler, while their defense depends heavily on Ibaka.

You'd have to go back to their last season in Seattle to see anything different, because there's a different head coach -- and you don't, unless the idea of Kevin Durant, shooting guard, strikes your fancy.