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By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:54:51 +0000

I don’t know what the magic number danny has in mind…but I’m sure it’s a conservative one. Rondo is all ready one of the top five point guards in all the NBA. He is also a project. He hasn’t reached his potential nor is he close to doing so. His assist totals are going to go up every year, his scoring will also increase as the big 3 age. His defense needs to improve in a few areas such as keeping his man infront of him, and contesting jump shots. As far as I can tell there isn’t a ceiling on his potential. So with that said if danny can lay a fair number out for rondo and he agrees to it great. I hope we lock him up sooner than later. But if for some reason we can’t I’m ok with it because rondo will play harder and we cAn match any other teams offer. The risk in waiting is rondos play could drive his price up and it may cause an even larger rift between rondo aNd the celtics head many danny.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:37:21 +0000

I agree with what Jay said and I would add the following. This offseason, there were not too many teams that were under the cap sufficiently to offer a big time contract….and then OKC decided that this year’s FA crop wasn’t worth spending its money on. A lot of teams are going to be under the cap next year. After Lebron, Wade, Bosh and possibly Amare and/or Joe Johnson, Rondo will be wanted. There are a couple of teams that might even be able to land one of the big three AND make a nice offer to Rondo. I suspect the Knicks are going to try like heck to move Jeffries and/or Curry (along with Mobley’s contract, paid by insurance, and cash) to buy more cap room for the offseason….and that’s a team that will throw a big number at Rondo if possible. Also, some of these teams with cap room are not going to land one of those top 3 or 5 players. Some of those teams will be plenty interested in Rondo. Also, outside of possibly Felton (if he signs the team’s QO), there aren’t going to be other PGs worth acquiring in next year’s market.

I think Ainge is going to have to offer a contract starting at $11 mil for Rondo to consider signing an extension now (although I think Toronto messed up by offering $10 mil/year to Bargnani…I doubt it if Rondo takes less than Bargnani). If they don’t reach an agreement and Rondo’s jump shot looks a little more consistent this year, I suspect Boston will have to match a larger offer sheet to keep him.

Also, Boston almost has to keep Rondo if they want to stay in contention. They don’t have another legit PG on the roster; next year’s PG FA class stinks beyond Rondo; and they don’t really have the trade assets to land a solid PG via trade. But, I guess Luke Ridnour isn’t a bad consolation prize.

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By: Jay King

Jay King — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:57:29 +0000

Brian, I just wrote a piece arguing the other side. That the C’s should lock up Rondo now, before he inevitably takes another leap up the ladder of NBA stars.

While I understand your points, I would only like to point out that none of the restricted free agents you brought up are nearly as good, or have nearly as high a ceiling, as Rondo does. Even when the economy is down, stars will be paid. I don’t want to risk that there won’t be a team willing to overpay Rondo next summer, especially when Boston’s future is largely in his hands.