Yahoo! (Woj/Spears): C's showing willingness to deal Rondo & Green

[jpotter33]

I still think you try and make the Godfather offer to Detroit for Drummond. Something like Rondo, Green, and a future first for Drummond and salary fillers.

[KeepRondo]

I still think you try and make the Godfather offer to Detroit for Drummond. Something like Rondo, Green, and a future first for Drummond and salary fillers.

That's not enough for Drummond.

[Eddie20]

Mannix on Rondo-

(Paraphrasing)
The big difference is that the C's are the ones initiating the trade talks. This has increased over the last few weeks. In the past, the C's would be the ones receiving the calls. One team to keep your eye on is the Kings. However, the price remains high.

[jpotter33]

Maybe, but you still have to try. They'd at least have to listen to Rondo, Green, and the 2015 Clips pick for Drummond, Jennings, Jerebko, and Butler. It's an overpay, but it's worth it.

[Who]

I would be shocked if Rondo is traded.

There just is nobody out there positioned to offer value for Rondo. Ainge would trading him for 20-30c on the dollar.

[D Dub]

I still think you try and make the Godfather offer to Detroit for Drummond. Something like Rondo, Green, and a future first for Drummond and salary fillers.

That's not enough for Drummond.

agreed.  how bout we looped in ORL as a third team?

Detroit receives:  Rondo, Green, Tobias Harris, 2015 Bos 1st
Orlando receives:   Jennings, 2015 LAC 1st
Boston receives:  Drummond, Smith, BGordon

Orlando gets away from the Gordon contract, adds a legit starting pg and a 1st for the prospect Harris.  Detroit gets advil for their headache players-- those 3 with Monroe & Meeks could turn their team around, and they add the coveted Boston 2015 lotto pick.  Celts pair Drummond & Smart and get a legit 1a scoring option in Smith. 


who says no?

[SHAQATTACK]

I would be shocked if Rondo is traded.

There just is nobody out there positioned to offer value for Rondo. Ainge would trading him for 20-30c on the dollar.

Yup ....I agree......I don't think anyone is offering decent young blue chip rookies and /or picks for Rondo.  sure DA is listening , but heck.....he won't even trade Bass away cheap .....Danny is TIgH ......he surely isn't giving Rondo away cheap.

DA is not expecting a play off team, and neither is Rondo.  Both know the score.   Rondo is coasting , it's obvious.  He isn't using up his body for a lottery bound season.

[RLewis35]

I would be shocked if Rondo is traded.

There just is nobody out there positioned to offer value for Rondo. Ainge would trading him for 20-30c on the dollar.

But that's only looking at rondo in a vacuum.  If the celtics are sensing they may not be able to keep rondo (either BC he wants to leave OR bc he wants highest offer and they aren't willing to meet it) then a deal for mclemore stauskas and a first simply for losing a few months of rondo looks a lot better.

The question is whether rondo will really be an attraction to big time FA. My guess is the celtics may not be sure.

This also could be a smokescreen and we are trying to trade for a stud from another team but have told them if they don't make a deal soon and rondo is dealt the offer is off the table. 

Will be interesting.

[vjcsmoke]

I still think you try and make the Godfather offer to Detroit for Drummond. Something like Rondo, Green, and a future first for Drummond and salary fillers.

That's not enough for Drummond.

agreed.  how bout we looped in ORL as a third team?

Detroit receives:  Rondo, Green, Tobias Harris, 2015 Bos 1st
Orlando receives:   Jennings, 2015 LAC 1st
Boston receives:  Drummond, Smith, BGordon

Orlando gets away from the Gordon contract, adds a legit starting pg and a 1st for the prospect Harris.  Detroit gets advil for their headache players-- those 3 with Monroe & Meeks could turn their team around, and they add the coveted Boston 2015 lotto pick.  Celts pair Drummond & Smart and get a legit 1a scoring option in Smith. 


who says no?

Only if our 2015 pick is top 5 protected.  I do like the idea of getting Drummond though.  And it looks like Rondo and Green are not our long term future.  Rondo is a star PG who needs a supporting cast that we can't give, and Green is not suited to be a #1 scoring option even for a bottom of the pack team.

[Eddie20]

I still think you try and make the Godfather offer to Detroit for Drummond. Something like Rondo, Green, and a future first for Drummond and salary fillers.

That's not enough for Drummond.

agreed.  how bout we looped in ORL as a third team?

Detroit receives:  Rondo, Green, Tobias Harris, 2015 Bos 1st
Orlando receives:   Jennings, 2015 LAC 1st
Boston receives:  Drummond, Smith, BGordon

Orlando gets away from the Gordon contract, adds a legit starting pg and a 1st for the prospect Harris.  Detroit gets advil for their headache players-- those 3 with Monroe & Meeks could turn their team around, and they add the coveted Boston 2015 lotto pick.  Celts pair Drummond & Smart and get a legit 1a scoring option in Smith. 


who says no?

Only if our 2015 pick is top 5 protected.  I do like the idea of getting Drummond though.  And it looks like Rondo and Green are not our long term future.  Rondo is a star PG who needs a supporting cast that we can't give, and Green is not suited to be a #1 scoring option even for a bottom of the pack team.

Pistons would have Green, Rondo, Monroe, and Harris are all free agents and they lose Drummond...so they say no without any hesitation.

[Endless Paradise]

Orlando says no because they already have Oladipo and Payton to man their point guard spots.  They don't need Jennings' contract, especially at the expense of their leading scorer.  And Detroit says no since they're likely to lose Greg Monroe and would then be without both Drummond and Monroe.  Sure, they'd get to dump Smith, but what's the point of dumping him if you're also losing the rest of your front line?

[bleedGREENdon]

Green to Memphis is the best fit, just don't know what they'd give us lol.

[LooseCannon]

I suspect Ainge is legitimately asking around to see if anyone wants Rondo, but that he won't come down from his reportedly high asking price and is content to figure out how much it costs to re-sign Rondo and if he wants to pay that or let him walk in the summer.

If Green is supposedly available for a package that includes a first, I expect that Rondo will probably remain a Celtic unless another team is willing to give up multiple firsts and a player on his rookie-scale contract who is not seen as a draft bust.

[LooseCannon]

And here's something about Woj reporting on the Celtics:

You can at least say this for Wojnarowski’s Pistons coverage: His news scoops were accurate, however he procured them. On other subjects, though, his reporting has been consistently wrong, and he has lashed out with vicious opinion columns. His favorite targets include the New York Knicks management, the “Carolina way,” John Calipari, Larry Brown, college basketball coaches, former player’s union executive director Billy Hunter, agent David Falk, and Boston Celtics executive Danny Ainge.

It's possible that Woj has a blind spot on Celtics rumors because he doesn't have a good source to rely on.

[Vox_Populi]

And here's something about Woj reporting on the Celtics:

You can at least say this for Wojnarowski’s Pistons coverage: His news scoops were accurate, however he procured them. On other subjects, though, his reporting has been consistently wrong, and he has lashed out with vicious opinion columns. His favorite targets include the New York Knicks management, the “Carolina way,” John Calipari, Larry Brown, college basketball coaches, former player’s union executive director Billy Hunter, agent David Falk, and Boston Celtics executive Danny Ainge.

It's possible that Woj has a blind spot on Celtics rumors because he doesn't have a good source to rely on.

TP for the link.