No
TP is a better fit for our team, knows the system, knows how play with TD and Manu, and has a jump shot
Assist is right. Read an article that he will make a more difficult less effective pass just to get an assist, rather than making a pass that leads to another easy pass that leads to an easy basket. You could front Duncan all day if Rondo were here. He'd never make the pass to the other big flashing to the FT line leading to a Duncan seal on his man and an easy layup or dunk.
Celtics better without their assist .
Rondo's a glorified Andre Miller. But Andre Miller's much more likable. I'll keep the guy in his prime who's won multiple championships. When Rondo's Parker's age he'll be on his way downhill not uphill.
In the years long Parker vs. Manu debate I have always sided on the side of Manu. He may screw up but he is max effort all the time. Parker has always gone through stretches where he is all world and then can disappear at times. All that being said, Parker has won me over with his game over the last year and a half. The Spurs and their fans have been blessed with great talent, great coaching and great ownership and one of the Spurs tenants is loyalty. Tony, with the way he has been playing for the last two seasons, is a top 10 player in the league maybe top 5. That alone nixes the deal. Add what should be an extremely loyal fan base and it becomes no.
Rondo can't shoot for
and no player is nba history can finish around the basket like parker at his size
The fail is strong in this thread.
Weird, but suddenly there's a lot less stupidity in this thread. Wonder why the haters picked up their tents and left?
What was that? Are you depressed?
I never much cared for Frenchy but the kid can ball ...
I just dont get why SOME SPUR fans hate on him so much tbh ... Tony and Pop do not get enough praise support from most Spur fans. But Duncan & Manu can do no wrong ...
I know I lived in San Antonio for almost 3 years ...
Rondo fell off a cliff this season. As Bill Simmons points out, there's Local Cable Rondo (that loves to stat pad his assists and won't drive to the basket) and National TV Rondo (who is a terrific player and does everything to win).
When this thread was made, Rondo was overall the better player, IMO. Just like a few seasons ago Deron was beasting and clearly a top 2 PG in the league and now he's fat and done.
Actually the stats say there's no cliff... http://www.basketball-reference.com/...rondora01.html
His production is actually better than it was in the last couple of seasons, including FG%, FT%, rebounds or points.
Rondo didn't fall off a cliff. It's just that the su ion that he was a stat-padder and an asshole to his teammate has been proven to be true. The cinderella story is over and Boston playing better when he's injured is just icing on the cake.
Lol trying to justify yourself.
Rondo never passed the eye test tbh. Sure, he had some exceptional games in the playoffs, but just as often I'd find myself wondering how he put up such insane stats when I really never saw him make a play. I've never seen a point guard put up such gaudy numbers yet be invisible as often as being impressive.
Then the whole fiasco over the C's home statkeepers giving him assists for nothing came out, and a lot of things started to make sense.
Rondo is not and should never have been classified in the same category as Parker. He doesn't do anything particularly better than Tony except rebound. He's having his best statistical season and CLEARLY the C's are a better team without him (it might hurt them eventually but that's a depth issue, not a testament to how Rondo helped that team.
Plus, he's always had an at ude. He just would not fit on this Spurs team even if he were clearly better than Parker.
The fact that anyone would be willing to trade an all star PG who helped win us 3 rings for point guards with obvious at ude problems says one thing. I don't care what the stats are. People are clueless if they don't think Tony could have put up the best #s in the NBA at the PG spot if he played elsewhere.
Parker for Rondo was never a good idea for the Spurs, but it was far from the worst 'TP for other PG' trade idea ever floated on ST:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115571
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