How about this outrageous trade idea...

You weren't blasted harshly enough.

 

We alread have an All Star Third Team All NBA point guard. What do we need Rondo for? Awful trade.

 

I don't think it should be about positions. It should be about the best team on the floor. Rondo and Lillard are very different players, if anything, Rondo is most like Batum.

 

Yes, there has. The Pistons traded for Rasheed Wallace in 2004 and a few months later, they won the championship.

 

A french Rondo just sounds weird in my head.

 

LMFAO!!

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Welcome back buddy! I wondered what happened to you since those rubes in Minnesota let you go.

You are a true innovator my man, a real visionary. They laughed when you first tried to implement your APGATT (All Point Guard All The Time) scheme in Minny, but what do they know? They also laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said you could go east by sailing west, but hey the guy discovered America, didn't he? Nevermind there were already millions of people living here, they didn't know they hadn't been discovered, so it still counts, right? And then, he made the greatest movie ever, "Home Alone". Frickin' genius! Way to stick to your guns! You are the Christoper Columbus of NBA GMs!

Trading our starting small forward for a point guard when we already have an All-Star starting point guard and an adequate back-up seems like pure lunacy to the unenlightened, but I see where you're going with this.

Oh sure, Rondo is an abysmal 3-point shooter (.257 career 3fg%) that would be a HORRIBLE fit in Stotts' system. But that's where your true genius shines through. You've been wanting to see Stotts fired since the first game of the season. This trade is a clever way of getting EXACTLY what you want. Hell, Neal wouldn't even have to fire Stotts if he makes this trade. Stotts would up and quit on the spot, right after he punches Olshey in the wiener for fucking up a good thing. Maybe he could get Nic to do it for him as his revenge for Olshey sending him to a crappy team:



Oh, and sure, Rondo does all his scoring from midrange and in the paint and that makes him a horrible fit next to our 3-time All-Star power forward and leading scorer, but I assume this is just move one of many. You still need at least two more PGs to successfully implement your APGATT scheme. I'm sure we could trade Aldidge for some other over the hill, past his prime, often injured, overpaid, not really as good as he thinks he is, PG like Deron Williams. I'm sure the Nets would be down with an Aldridge for Deron is Deron swap.

And, then maybe we would send Lopez back to Phoenix for Dragic or Thomas and a twin to be named later. And, why are all the twins in the NBA big men? This is where you can really make your mark. Forget scouting Europe for the next Dirk. There will NEVER be another Dirk.

It wasn't this guy:


Or this guy:


Or this guy:


Or even this guy:


The last two are my homage to PBF. He seriously wanted to use high lottery picks on those last two guys. He always did have a boner for really big, goofy looking guys with unpronounceable names that came out of nowhere and then promptly returned there.

No, don't waste your time scouting the European, or even Asian leagues, you should be scouting the CYO leagues looking for the future of the NBA - twin PGs. That's where you can further make your mark!

The only other potential flaw I see in your trade proposal, is the fact that Rondo shoots FTs nearly as bad (.616 career FT%, and falling, .333 this year) as Dwight Howard (.573 career FT%). Now, the last thing you want in the 4th quarter of a close game is a guy who can't hit a FT to save his life to be the guy with the ball in his hands (Hack-a-Rondo anyone?). But, being the genius you are, you've thought of everything! If we make this trade and your APGATT vision finally comes to fruition, there won't be any such thing as a close game entering the 4th quarter. Point == Moot! Problem == Solved!

Right about now, I'm sure the OP is confused as fuck by everything I've written. Good. If there's one thing I've learned after many years participating in this forum it's the best way to win any, and every, argument is to confuse your adversary to the point where they give up. I call it jlprking. Still confused? Good, that's the point. Think of it as larping for losers.

Finally, condolences to BGD. You can no longer lay claim to the title of the worst trade proposal EVER. Don't feel too bad though. Blazer4ever may now hold the single trade record, but you are still the career leader in Bad Trade Proposals and a first ballot BTP HOFer based on your extensive body of work. Blazer4ever may be the Michael Jordan of Bad Trade Proposals, but you are the Kareem.

BNM

 

I think we have very good 3 point shooting in Lillard and Wesley.
Rondo brings something different than Batum, he's the most natural PG in the league while Batum is a point-forward and he gets his points differently, but he's also an amazing player. As good an all-around player as Batum and while he maybe dominates the ball too much Batum has the opposite fault of sometimes being too passive.
I like both players very much and I think both, while different, can play a similar role in many ways. You say Batum's shooting is needed in Stotts' system but maybe Rondo's ability to break the defense and create off the dribble would actually make Stotts system better? This isn't a Pippen-type no-brainer trade but I think it has a good chance of succeeding, and while getting Rondo for Dorrel Wright, Victor Claver and a 2nd rounder could have been great I'm sure it isn't realistic and there's just so much playing time to go around.
Lillard would play much more of a SG role but I think being able to also play off the ball is something that benefits him. I think there are at least as much to gain from such trade as there are risks, I think it's a good trade.

 

Like I said, I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to trading either Wes or Nic, but not for a point guard. That makes no sense at all.

 

You know what lineup won us the game against the Pelicans? The regular starters with Blake instead of Nic.

 

Blake can shoot the three.

Blake isn't crazy.

Blake does't mind doing nothing but distributing.

 

Wrong, what won us that game was Lamarcus, Dame and Rolo beasting on defense an getting crucial rebounds

 

Maybe so but that lineup was Dame, Wes, LA, RoLo with a pass-first natural PG.

 

That's why we would still have Blake if needed .

 

Rondo is a huge talent upgrade over Batum. It doesn't matter that we "already have a PG". They can play together. Rondo is an expiring contract though, so if it doesn't work out...all we've done is free up 12 mil in cap space to pursue another FA. Nic has simply not lived up to his contract, and he's not improved any since he signed it.

 

You know what's even crazier?! Nick didn't even play to give you a sample of him in the lineup would beat NOLA

 

I have a few red flags when it comes to Rondo. Injury prone, overpaid, not a really high character guy or natural leader and last but not least, Boston has been trying to shop him for a couple of seasons. If he's so great, in a large market like Boston, why doesn't Ainge want to give him the team and build another contender in the east? Rondo gets a lot of his stats with pure speed. He's one of the fastest players in the league. When that goes, his game comes back down to earth fast. His somewhat reckless style, (Will Barton?) is high risk for injury

 

Jimmy.

Butler.

Neil has to offer him a frontloaded max deal this summer.

 

Bulter is da shiet tooodey

 

You can build around Lillard/Butler for the next decade.