Adding Rondo now makes us better now. Getting rid of Calderon now makes us better now. Getting rid of Calderon's salary next season helps us with cap room. The cost, one 1st round pick. I would make that deal.

Rookie wrote:I would be willing to give our 2018 1st round pick to Sac for Rondo. Why would Sac do it? Because Sac is looking like it will miss the playoffs once again this year and Rondo is a FA next season. Why wouldn't we just wait and try and sign him next season? because the Knicks are a guard short of being a playoff team this season. Even though Rondo is an expiring contract, I would give up the pick to salvage this year. Melo isn't getting any younger and we are trying to also establish a winning culture. The pick would also be considered payment for taking Calderon.

Adding Rondo now makes us better now. Getting rid of Calderon now makes us better now. Getting rid of Calderon's salary next season helps us with cap room. The cost, one 1st round pick. I would make that deal.

Those who learn not from the past are doomed to repeat it. Lets consult The Isaiah Thomas Trade Checklist:

1. Player must have questionable attitude, be able to alienate team mates, quit in the playoffs and sulk for prolonged stretches of games.
2. Player must be a 'big name', preferably in steep decline or having recently suffered a serious injury
3. Opposing team must be insistant on taking our draft pick or draft picks (preferably unprotected)
4. Player must be displaying an increase in effort and productivity coinciding with a contract year
5. Pretend the future doesn't exist- a pick to be given in the future will never happen and noting will ever go wrong

Rookie wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:Nothing.

12.7 PPG, 10.8 APG, 7.6 RPG, 16.67 PER - four triple-doubles and two double-doubles in the last nine games

Nothing, really?

He is right.Rondo is a coach killer. If you don'T mind him running things and making decisions, cause that is what he does, then fine.
There is a reason he was crapola last year.

My hate for Calderon is getting the better of me

Rookie wrote:oh lordy...I guess I asked for this

My hate for Calderon is getting the better of me

Honestly, I get what you were saying if you aren't happy about Jose. But he is playing at a pretty high level right now and if he can keep it up, with the cap going up, he is easily tradeable or even keep-able. He is not playing bad (ouch, that hurts to say). And he is a great teamate (says everyone) and important to many of the guys. He probably isn't going anyway unless we get a great offer or his playing goes back down.

But you were so off base regarding Rondo! Repent and see the light.

...Ahhh... right?

...Maybe not-might not be a great idea after all.

ChuckBuck wrote:Rondo would put Fisher in his back pocket. Dude's a walking cancer cell.

It's no secrete that carlisle likes to call ever single play, one of the reason why kidd left. Rondo had 20 assist last night, he feeds players the ball where they don't even realize how open they are when they receive the ball. KP and melo would probably avg 5 ppg more with a pg like rondo

with a in experience coach like fisher, just make his life easier and he's on a one yr contract.

calderone + Quin, 2nd rnd = rondo and 2nd rnd

knicks1248 wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Rondo would put Fisher in his back pocket. Dude's a walking cancer cell.

It's no secrete that carlisle likes to call ever single play, one of the reason why kidd left. Rondo had 20 assist last night, he feeds players the ball where they don't even realize how open they are when they receive the ball. KP and melo would probably avg 5 ppg more with a pg like rondo

with a in experience coach like fisher, just make his life easier and he's on a one yr contract.

calderone + Quin, 2nd rnd = rondo and 2nd rnd

I still can't understand how if Calderon is such a good PG, why he can't figure out that KP is 7'-3" when passing him the ball in the post.