As for Rondo, if he’s surrounded with scorers, he’s pretty near unstoppable. He DOES need to improve his medium range shot, but he doesnt look for his shot first like so many of the other so called point guards do. He’s more Cousy than Chris Paul! PLus, he’s a real devil on defense at the point! I say the Celts should keep him and get some scorers who can dedidicate themselves to team defense. That is River’s style!

Boston is going to eventually need to figure out what the next era is going to look like after their Big 3 are gone. There are no guarantees that Rondo will fit nearly as well into a different lineup as he has with these guys.

um, Kendrick Perkins! Yeah, thats it.

Add that guy and they are a championship contender.

No, he isn’t. His limitations are mortal for a point guard. While he is an exciting penetrator and a good passer, he has some holes that the Celtics cannot get around with him.

He is a very poor shooter, and other teams drop off him into the passing lanes. When the Boston offense stagnates, that is why. They can play 5 on 4 on defense and Rondo cannot make them pay consistently.

Rondo is also a very poor free throw shooter. While a fine ballhandler, he cannot be the guy you can give the ball to in the closing minutes of a game, because he simply cannot make foul shots.

Both of those flaws are correctable to an extent. Which leads to the conclusion that he never works on the weak points of his game. He shot 57% from the free throw line last year. When he handles the ball a large share of the time, that is horrendous.

Both of those flaws have allowed teams to exploit the Celtics and it cost them games. They have enough weaknesses already without a point guard who can’t shoot and can’t handle the ball down the stretch of a tight game.

I agree with the writer that it would take a massive multiplayer trade to make this happen. You simply don’t give up your starting PG when you have a veteran team with maybe two years left.