i respect your opinion but i do not care for austin rivers. IMO rondo and austin will not compliment eachother. astin olays on the ball and it is rondo's job to facilitate. i feel if doc adjusts the system to better suite austin rondo would force a trade.

I wonder if boston should trade of the clippers pick so they can have better draft positioning next yr. i'd love to see a texas backcourt of myck kabongo and avery bradley in boston.
myck kabongo is a solid facilitating pg would would be perfect for the 2nd unit.

patrick i bet you've been impatiently waiting for the green light to present itself so you could go ahead and write the article on Bradley.

I can't remember if we discussed this or not, but before the draft i had thought that bradley should have been traded because boston was misusing him. bradley is a runner and can be a player that picks up the pace of the game. he showed that in the game against the wizards at the end of the year were boston's 2nd unit almost defeated washington's starters. bradley will likely never be the point guard able to run a half court offense but he run can with or with out the ball at the 2. I'm happy i get to see him excel not just for the team but also for him as an individual. I knew he was a capable player i just thought he belonged with a team that ran a different system. I can't tell you how glad i am now that my worries have been appeased.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=89ojqsx
this is supposed to be the 2nd trade

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7ebaj7e
or
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7ebaj7e
will undeniably make bos a much better team

what are your thoughts patrick?

ya more so than resigning green i think it shows the team in a positive light. i really think they need someone to pick up the scoring and bass most def needs to stay healthy. hopefully they can compete in the first round against mia or the bulls. i think if rondo plays possessed than they can compete with any team.

Hey Patrick, how bad do you think the Celtics need a true center? They have been doing pretty well with the smallest lineup in the NBA, but in my opinion, the only way they can be dominant is with someone like Tyson Chandler in the starting lineup.

hhahhaahahaha. rondo played great. bass played very well. i think he has everything needed to become the 6th man of the yr one day.everyone else played sub par i felt. pierce hit the 3 at the end but there was to many time were i felt he couldn't keep his legs under himself.
one thing i really liked was that green was there with the team. funny thing is greens fiance is in the same class with my brother at the university of washington. anyway i've always been a big believer in green. he really is a solid player. the fact that he is still with the team tells me there's a stronger aura surrounding the team than even celtics fans know.

rondo probably won't be dealt but i will say his trade value is through the roof!

-raymond felton, nicolas batum and portlands 2012 1st round pick for rondo is a good trade
-paul millsap and the rights to the warriors 2012 1st round pick for rondo is a good trade
-enes kanter, devin hariss and the jazz's 2012 1st rounder for rondo is a good trade.

-marqieff morris and the suns 2012 1st round draft pick on draft day for rondo is a good trade.

as i've said boston had some great opportunities to build around rondo but simply passed them up . bos never should have tried to trade rondo for chris paul. if bos struggles over the next few seasons rondo would likely force a trade. imo opinion bos should look to the draft.
if bos has a chance to sign both dwill and d12 because of doc, cap space, and recently acquired draft position and picks then great. even if boston misses out on both bos would still be in position to rebuild through the draft and could get the next best player from free agency to start building anew.

rondo is a great pg. i never want it to be misinterpreted that i am not a huge fan of rondo's. i just worry that rondo would eventually force a trade eventually and the inevitable complete rebuilding would just happen later rather than sooner.
it does appear rondo will still be on the roster after the deadline and honestly i will admit part of me will be relieved because i am such a big fan of rondo. part of me will still hope dwight comes through free agency. boston just demolished the nets and as the nets are now basically at full health they no longer have any excuse for such an embarrassing defeat. as i've stressed avery johnson as a coach can just not compare to doc rivers.
bos would not be hopeless should they hold onto rondo. however if such an offer like the one i mentioned presents itself how could boston not consider it?

patrick the reason i'm for trading rajon rondo is because dwill and d12 are the only stars in the free agency. a team would have to get both as it more than likely that they team up. the njn have everything they need to try and pursue both. if bos gets a solid draft pick and a solid player from trading rondo than boston would be new jersey biggest contender for landing both. bos thenhave a better shot as doc rivers is a better coach than avery johnson. doc rivers helped the celtics big 3 win a title in their first season of playing together. spoelstra couldn't do the same with a younger arguably more talented big 3.

maybe you believe rondo is attracting free agents towards boston but i see no evidence of this in any way. if their are signs of this out there it should be easy enough for you to bring this to the attention of the br community through an article. if boston gets a solid player, or player with potential and a solid draft pick and fails to get the stars through fre agency then boston starts rebuilding through the draft and attempts to build a new star pg out of a young positive thinking player not a a player like rondo that can't to ever seem to place his ego aside.

another thing that no bos fans are talking about is how pierce is hurting bostons rebuilding. no stars in the league want to come to a team and not be the shot caller.
when ray allen and kg came to boston they were nearing the end of their careers and new they had to do something drastic so they pushed their egos aside. when lebron and bosh went to mia they all were relatively the same age and came out of the same draft so their was a mutual respect thus allowing them to drop their egos. this is not any of the sort with bos now. pierce is earning over 15 mil while nearing retirement. dwill and dwight are young but are experienced enough to be the team leader and have already been playing as such. y would they come and look to pierce as the leader? the same could be said of dirk. although rumors have been arrizing about dwill having a desire to play in his hometown in dallas i'd figure he wouldn't be all that excited to play under dirks leadership. the fact that dirk makes 19 mil would mean if dwill attempts to convince d12 to also follow him to dallas they would both have to take a pay cut. there's no way dirk should be making more than dwight howard at this point even if dirk has his rings but thats how things work with the contracts.

while i'm not taking anything away from rondo as a player bos is in a tough spot with rebuilding esp because chi and mia are so strong, and it looks like n.y.k are getting better every day, so trading rondo may be best for bos in the long run. i wouldn't trade rondo for any pg that isn't named deron williams at this point. for e.g i hate westbrook. i don't care if he can score he's a 2g and not a pg of any sort. he only holds back durant and it seems like most nights they have a competition to see who can score the most. though i will admit chris pual is the better player overall to be honest i was PISSED when i heard the rondo for cp3 rumors. i thought bos needs to be getting whatever value they can by trading the big 3 and building around rondo. i respect rondo's heart and desire above everything else and i wanted to see rondo in green for the long hual. as i've been saying ainge should have traded kg for smith as smith will only get better and is friends with rondo. but ainge negated to do so. in 2009 and 2010 ainge decided not to trade allen for monte ellis which was also a mistake. rondo knows such moves should have been made. here's what josh smith had to say about ainge.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2011/12/josh_smith_call.html

the time to build around rondo has passed and the fans not danny ainge are the most at fault. most fans were so opposed to splitting the big 3 because they thought they had one more final run in them and were overly emotional over the perkins trade.