What your not doing though is looking at it from Rondo's point of view.
Your looking at it from a team management point of view.
I am pretty sure Rondo is already at that breaking point.
Ok, but why?
Your right, that question is the answer so to speak. I do not know, nobody does, but im just going on past situations, even putting my own experiences in a basketball organized league.
Not only that but the type of person Rondo is, he is a high octane player, loves to prove himself, loves to play extra hard on big games, big matchups......is their anything wrong with that, maybe a bit, i peronally love how he wants to get up for those big games, the coach probably wants that every single game but its difficult.
My point is , knowing Rondo and seeing him all this year, I really think he does not see a good future here. Unless he goes for the money.
Management i bet is doing all they can to convince him otherwise.
Although you get my point now. Rondo is probably at that road where it splits.
You have some really good points and it's hard for a lot of fans to look at it from the other side of the coin. It's funny seeing how many people will ask the question 'why would he want to leave?' And they fail to ask 'why wouldn't he leave?' and put themselves in the perspective that doesn't suit their own personal preference.
I think what needs to also be factored in is:
-the money the Celtics will pay him can ultimately be more than anyone else
-he seems to trust Danny Ainge and Wyc, and understands that Danny is always looking to make a trade 'now', that makes us a contender. He also knows that Danny won't just slap together a perennial 4th or 5th seed just to make the playoffs.
- if we agree in the above, Rondo is probably asking himself 'now that Love is off the market, who are the next targets to get us back to the top?'.
...it wouldn't surprise me if Rondo and Danny have talked about this and which players they are going to target. In fact I'd be shocked if they didn't discuss this. Rondo mentioned the other day that he's been recruiting guys to come to Boston, and I'd speculate that those are guys that he's talked about with Danny.
- it's very important to remember that Rondo going into max salary territory isn't going to cripple the Celtics cap because the cap is growing, and this club is willing and has demonstrated that they will go into the luxury tax if they can field a contender.
- even more important is the fact that Rondo makes this franchise more money in merchandise, ticket and jersey/souvenir sales than anyone, and he's been that major income source for the Celtics for quite some time. As a business investment, letting him walk because you don't want to fork out the max contract would be catastrophic. Did you see fan reaction in China when he visited? People in Australia walk around with Rondo jerseys- he's a global brand, more so than Russell Westbrook, more so than plenty of other great players.
-even if he has to wait a year or two to play for championships again, he's probably got the bigger picture in mind and Danny Ainge, being a rookie and living here your entire NBA career and getting paid more here than anywhere else are going to be 3 of the 4 or 5 most important factors in his future decisions.
Question is, what does Rondo actually think? Does he want to win right now and has the past year already been too much losing/ professional pain for him to handle another 2 years of this? We just don't know.
I personally hope he stays but I'd understand if he doesn't. Let's hope he's recruiting some studs HARD.
Makes me wonder who those players he's been talking to might be...
Topic: The truth is their is no point for Rondo on this team anymore (Read 11471 times)