Time for Celtics to Do Something Drastic?
Now they are 18th and falling apart faster than Lindsay Lohan. Now we are left to wonder how far Danny Ainge will go to reshape this team and how different it will look March 15, the NBA trade deadline. We don’t know just how medieval he will get, but we know Danny will do something, probably something drastic, maybe something wildly unpopular.
Something like trading Rajon Rondo.
At first blush, it sounds crazy. Rondo turns 26 tomorrow. He is serving a two-game suspension for throwing a ball at an official, but he’s healthy, he’s under contract at reasonable money, and he’s a top 10 point guard in a point guard league. He’s averaging a career-high 14.8 points per game and proving he can score when he wants to.
Trade him? Seems wiser to trade everyone else and build anew around him. But then you wonder: How long will that take? Three years, maybe more? Rondo has three years (and $36 million) left on his contract after this season, and even when things are going OK, he appears impatient, annoyed, petulant.
