Sounds like Dwill
I've spent a ton of time around Rondo (goes by Jonny). He's a perfectionist. He's insanely competitive. He's not a bad guy, at all, but he's so focused that it drives other people crazy. He's very demanding on those around him to be the best they can be. He's so much that way that I could actually see it being a negative from time to time. I'm sure it wears on people to be constantly wanting him to lighten up for a minute .. to stop being so serious ALL the time.
I'd love to have his passing, defense, and leadership...but from what you're saying, he might be too critical and cause our young guys to lose confidence. I'm not sure he would want to be part of a rebuild project either, he's too used to winning.
Utah gets Rondo
Celtics get Paul
Hornets get Harris & Millsap
Yeah, hard to know .. regarding the being part of the rebuild project. Let me clarify on his attitude. He's not critical of mistakes, he's not critical of lack of ability, he's critical specifically with regard to effort. (and his definition of effort is a bit different from most)
Interesting to get an inside perspective... that fits with what I've generally felt about Rondo. I really like him and feel his attitude is positive (very intense and determined), and I'm somebody who doesn't particularly like many of today's brash young stars because of personality/attitude reasons, so I'm actually fairly picky about that sort of thing.
I became a Jazz fan growing up in California because John Stockton was my favorite player, and he was who I studied and tried to pattern my game after in high school. He's still a hero of mine and my favorite player of all-time. I think because of this I place an extremely high value on unselfish team basketball, strong fundamentals, and character. Rondo is as unselfish as it gets, and while his shooting fundamentals could obviously use work, he is a hard worker and a VERY strong passer, ballhandler, and defensive player. If our long-term goal is for Favors, Hayward, Burks, and Kanter to provide a big offensive punch, we really don't need (or want IMO) a scoring-minded, high-ppg point guard. The way I see it, Rondo's 11-11-5-2.5 sort of game would be perfect for us.
On another note, I don't put a ton of faith in the Hollinger-style advanced metrics stuff for basketball, but I thought it was interesting that when he did a feature finding which modern players statistically "most resembled" previous-era stars, Rondo was found to resemble Stockton far more than anyone else currently in the league did. I think I remember the article mentioning that if Rondo's percentages rose, their statistical profile would have been eerily similar. Like I said, not super-into stats, but they obviously have some value, and as a huge Stockton fan, I have always seen some of those same qualities in Rondo. What can I say, I would love to see us ship out, say, Jefferson and Harris and get back Rondo, an expiring, and a pick or something (probably would have to be in some sort of 3-team deal).
PG: Rondo (35) Watson (13)
SG: Burks (35) Hayward (13)
SF: Hayward (22) Millsap (26)
PF: Favors (35) Okur (13)
C: Kanter (35) Okur (13)
Picture that 8-man rotation (or something fairly similar) a couple of years down the road... I would be very excited to be in that spot!
Interesting to get an inside perspective... that fits with what I've generally felt about Rondo. I really like him and feel his attitude is positive (very intense and determined), and I'm somebody who doesn't particularly like many of today's brash young stars because of personality/attitude reasons, so I'm actually fairly picky about that sort of thing.
I became a Jazz fan growing up in California because John Stockton was my favorite player, and he was who I studied and tried to pattern my game after in high school. He's still a hero of mine and my favorite player of all-time. I think because of this I place an extremely high value on unselfish team basketball, strong fundamentals, and character. Rondo is as unselfish as it gets, and while his shooting fundamentals could obviously use work, he is a hard worker and a VERY strong passer, ballhandler, and defensive player. If our long-term goal is for Favors, Hayward, Burks, and Kanter to provide a big offensive punch, we really don't need (or want IMO) a scoring-minded, high-ppg point guard. The way I see it, Rondo's 11-11-5-2.5 sort of game would be perfect for us.
On another note, I don't put a ton of faith in the Hollinger-style advanced metrics stuff for basketball, but I thought it was interesting that when he did a feature finding which modern players statistically "most resembled" previous-era stars, Rondo was found to resemble Stockton far more than anyone else currently in the league did. I think I remember the article mentioning that if Rondo's percentages rose, their statistical profile would have been eerily similar. Like I said, not super-into stats, but they obviously have some value, and as a huge Stockton fan, I have always seen some of those same qualities in Rondo. What can I say, I would love to see us ship out, say, Jefferson and Harris and get back Rondo, an expiring, and a pick or something (probably would have to be in some sort of 3-team deal).
PG: Rondo (35) Watson (13)
SG: Burks (35) Hayward (13)
SF: Hayward (22) Millsap (26)
PF: Favors (35) Okur (13)
C: Kanter (35) Okur (13)
Picture that 8-man rotation (or something fairly similar) a couple of years down the road... I would be very excited to be in that spot!
Utah gets Rondo
Celtics get Paul
Hornets get Harris & Millsap
Interesting to get an inside perspective... that fits with what I've generally felt about Rondo. I really like him and feel his attitude is positive (very intense and determined), and I'm somebody who doesn't particularly like many of today's brash young stars because of personality/attitude reasons, so I'm actually fairly picky about that sort of thing.
I became a Jazz fan growing up in California because John Stockton was my favorite player, and he was who I studied and tried to pattern my game after in high school. He's still a hero of mine and my favorite player of all-time. I think because of this I place an extremely high value on unselfish team basketball, strong fundamentals, and character. Rondo is as unselfish as it gets, and while his shooting fundamentals could obviously use work, he is a hard worker and a VERY strong passer, ballhandler, and defensive player. If our long-term goal is for Favors, Hayward, Burks, and Kanter to provide a big offensive punch, we really don't need (or want IMO) a scoring-minded, high-ppg point guard. The way I see it, Rondo's 11-11-5-2.5 sort of game would be perfect for us.
On another note, I don't put a ton of faith in the Hollinger-style advanced metrics stuff for basketball, but I thought it was interesting that when he did a feature finding which modern players statistically "most resembled" previous-era stars, Rondo was found to resemble Stockton far more than anyone else currently in the league did. I think I remember the article mentioning that if Rondo's percentages rose, their statistical profile would have been eerily similar. Like I said, not super-into stats, but they obviously have some value, and as a huge Stockton fan, I have always seen some of those same qualities in Rondo. What can I say, I would love to see us ship out, say, Jefferson and Harris and get back Rondo, an expiring, and a pick or something (probably would have to be in some sort of 3-team deal).
PG: Rondo (35) Watson (13)
SG: Burks (35) Hayward (13)
SF: Hayward (22) Millsap (26)
PF: Favors (35) Okur (13)
C: Kanter (35) Okur (13)
Picture that 8-man rotation (or something fairly similar) a couple of years down the road... I would be very excited to be in that spot!
You crushed this. Great job. Though I do disagree some with your breakdown at the 3-5 and how Okur's mentioned but Jefferson's not.
Sign?
Haha. Perhaps. I'm so torn on him. He has a potentially dominant low post game and has length. But his shot selection sort of blows and he's a fatass. If he hasn't corrected these issues this season, trade him.