Looks like Jackie MacMullan was right all along....
Actually this kind of supports the notion that Jackie was making stuff up based on her own speculation. Jackie said Rondo told them he wanted out. Perkins indicated that he never did (though he wanted to).
That's only true if you believe that Perkins meant "nobody" literally, rather than anyone in the Celtics front office.
Still nothing here that supports Jackie. Many were speculating that Rondo would be traded and some that he wanted to be. Jackie made the claim that he expressed his desire to be traded and there's still no evidence that that was the case.
Actually, that's your interpretation of what was said- and it's an interpretation that doesn't make sense to me.
No evidence?
Jackie Mac says 4 or 5 months ago that she has heard that Rondo wants out. Now we don't know the context of wanting out. Was it if they couldn't get Love? Was it if they couldn't get another star next to him, and then he wanted out?
Or did he just wanted out of the rebuild?
The day after he is traded, his best friend Kendrick Perkins says: 'Rondo wanted out', and suggest that at age 29, he is too old for a rebuild now.
'He wouldn't tell anyone' could apply to the entire world outside the front office or his camp.
Jackie Mac, a very credible reporter, said the same thing- months ago.