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Top Rondo Trade Scenarios
Rajon Rondo could easily be traded before the deadline, and there’s been lots of speculation and rumors about the point guard.
Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher and Howard Beck discussed potential scenarios.
Bucher noted that ideally, the Celtics would find a trade partner in the Western Conference. “You always like to do that so that you don’t have a player coming back to haunt you,” he said.
Bucher says, out of the teams that could give the Celtics some of the quality peices they’re seeking, the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, and Utah Jazz come to mind.
The Milwaukee Bucks is yet another potential destination, teaming Rondo with coach and former point guard Jason Kidd.
Beck agreed with all those destination, while adding the Dallas Mavericks. “It was very hard to make a one-to-one trade to a lot of these teams,” he noted about trying to envision a deal. “They didn’t have the right assets, in respect to the cap and what the Celtics need.”
But there are still possibilities for the Celtics getting something in return, while Rondo would be happy enough to re-sign with the team he’s getting dealt with. Beck says one trade that would work would be Rondo for Jrue Holiday and a first-round pick. “Holiday, reasonably priced for $10 million, he’s good but not great, but a nice piece there and could fit with what the Cletics have, and you get another first-round pick to add to Danny Ainge’s immense stash.”
And “Could you imagine Rondo and Anthony Davis?”
The other plausible trade would be Rondo to the Los Angeles Lakers for Steve Nash’s expiring contract, lottery pick Julius Randle, and a first-round pick for 2016. “Either of those two scenarios could work out, and they’re both places Rondo could be excited about going.”
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