As much as I love Rondo's game, the likelihood of Danny Ainge letting him become an unrestricted free agent in 2015 is slim to none. More likely than not, Rondo gets traded to the Pistons in exchange for either Greg Monroe or Andre Drummond as the principles. I suspect that the actual deal will be Andre Drummond, Charlie Villanaueva (expirer), Brandon Jennings and Jonas Jerebko for Rajon Rondo, Jeff Green and Gerald Wallace. It makes too much sense for it not to happen.

First off, Joe Dumars is on the hotseat and needs to make a splash to turn his season around. The Josh Smith-Greg Monroe-Andre Drummond trio is clearly not working and one of those guys needs to be traded. Josh Smith's trade value is too low; Greg Monroe will be a free agent and will command top dollar, which is unappealing to a rebuilding team like Boston; leaving Drummond as the guy that would interest the Celtics the most from that group. Second, Josh Smith is close friends with Rondo from their AAU days, so I suspect that the relationship will help Rondo to endorse the deal and stay in Detriot long term.

For the Celtics, they need to dump salary and Rajon Rondo is clearly the ticket to doing so. I don't think Dumars would balk at talking back bad contracts like Gerald Wallace and Jeff Green because he has a penchant for doing that anyway. More importantly, Green and Wallace fill a position of need for the Pistons moving forward. Brandon Jennings doesn't fit the motiff of a rebuilding team but I think he does have some value around the league and the Celtics clearly need a PG in the interim.

Anyway, the point of all of this is to point out that Rondo is never going to be a Knick and that is something we should consider when deciding how to build our roster from this point, onward.

NardDogNation wrote:For some, the 2015 offseason is suppose to be when the Knicks right the wrongs of their past and finally build a true contender around Melo. I use to consider myself apart of the group but not anymore. That market of free agents is beginning to dry up and one of the last, low-hanging fruits will probably get traded during this season or during the offseason.

As much as I love Rondo's game, the likelihood of Danny Ainge letting him become an unrestricted free agent in 2015 is slim to none. More likely than not, Rondo gets traded to the Pistons in exchange for either Greg Monroe or Andre Drummond as the principles. I suspect that the actual deal will be Andre Drummond, Charlie Villanaueva (expirer), Brandon Jennings and Jonas Jerebko for Rajon Rondo, Jeff Green and Gerald Wallace. It makes too much sense for it not to happen.

First off, Joe Dumars is on the hotseat and needs to make a splash to turn his season around. The Josh Smith-Greg Monroe-Andre Drummond trio is clearly not working and one of those guys needs to be traded. Josh Smith's trade value is too low; Greg Monroe will be a free agent and will command top dollar, which is unappealing to a rebuilding team like Boston; leaving Drummond as the guy that would interest the Celtics the most from that group. Second, Josh Smith is close friends with Rondo from their AAU days, so I suspect that the relationship will help Rondo to endorse the deal and stay in Detriot long term.

For the Celtics, they need to dump salary and Rajon Rondo is clearly the ticket to doing so. I don't think Dumars would balk at talking back bad contracts like Gerald Wallace and Jeff Green because he has a penchant for doing that anyway. More importantly, Green and Wallace fill a position of need for the Pistons moving forward. Brandon Jennings doesn't fit the motiff of a rebuilding team but I think he does have some value around the league and the Celtics clearly need a PG in the interim.

Anyway, the point of all of this is to point out that Rondo is never going to be a Knick and that is something we should consider when deciding how to build our roster from this point, onward.

I don't see why Boston has to dump salary. They're over the cap but under the luxury tax this season at $70M. Next year they're way under the cap at $46M. Also, just because they trade Rondo doesn't mean we couldn't still sign him in free agency; he would still have the same contract. And, I would expect if he was traded to Detroit he would definitely hit free agency because I have no idea why he would want to resign there.