Congrats this is the worse Rondo trade yet.
Interesting take. Would a better alternative be to overpay Rondo, who's turning 29 in a couple of months, and give him a 5 year max? Do we lose him outright without compensation? Believe it or not, the market for Rondo isn't as strong as you might think. Very few teams need a PG, and those teams couldn't provide the assets the Suns could.
Alex Len was the #5 pick last season and is showing tons of improvement this season.
The Lakers pick would be a lottery pick.
The Pistons pick has the potential to be one too. At worst, it's a pick in the mid-teens.
Jennings would serve as a backup to Smart, who I'd like to see getting major minutes at the PG spot to speed up his development.
How is that not a great return for us considering where we stand in our rebuilding process?
have to agree that it's one of the worst I've seen posted. your deal is basically giving away Rondo for a player that's a crappy PG and a project center that if we're lucky becomes a quality backup as well as slightly improving on 2 draft picks we own provided we would ever get that pick from the Lakers.
as for your perspective of having to either pay the max or lose him for nothing--neither will happen. rondo will sign for less than max or Danny will end up doing a S&T but I see nothing that would prevent Danny from resigning Rondo. Say Danny does pay him the
current max, with the rise in the cap the following year, it still won't be a contract that prevent Danny from signing a top FA (or 2).
only purpose of this deal is to make the team horrible for years to come