Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract

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Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Thu Jan 1, 2015 8:33 pm

Rajon Rondo has been rejuvenated with the Dallas Mavericks, playing for a contender and a contract.


Danny Ainge agreed Rondo will be motivated to prove that he is worth a maximum level contract.


"This second half of the year is a very big one for Rajon,'' Ainge said. "Dallas is getting a player who is very motivated to prove he's a max guy.''

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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#2 » by MKGsMotor » Thu Jan 1, 2015 9:20 pm

He is worth about 14mil a year on the pg market
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Post#3 » by HeatRing2012 » Thu Jan 1, 2015 11:12 pm

in no world is Rondo worth the max

the most important skill set in the NBA, by far, is a decent jump shot. Rajon for that matter is one of the worst in that.
therefore it doesnt matter that he may be elite at defense, elite at passing, elite at rebounding or an elite leader. if you are are a liability in crunch time (+hack-a-Rondo), then you arent worth a max.
on top of that, he was injured in the last two years.

he's a $15m guy at best
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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#4 » by MitchB3 » Fri Jan 2, 2015 12:12 am

HeatRing2012 wrote:in no world is Rondo worth the max

the most important skill set in the NBA, by far, is a decent jump shot. Rajon for that matter is one of the worst in that.
therefore it doesnt matter that he may be elite at defense, elite at passing, elite at rebounding or an elite leader. if you are are a liability in crunch time (+hack-a-Rondo), then you arent worth a max.
on top of that, he was injured in the last two years.

he's a $15m guy at best


I totally disagree; Rondo is a max player, I mean DeAndre Jordan is going to get a max contract so why shouldn't Rondo? If the West wasn't so loaded with Point Guards he would definitely make the All-Star team; he also single handily brought the Celtics to a game seven against the Heat about 4-6 years ago, he won a championship, he has three triple doubles. PPG don't make always make you a Max player, you need to contribute in another way to get that max contract and Rondo is definitely a max guy.
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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#5 » by alienpick » Fri Jan 2, 2015 1:05 am

HeatRing2012 wrote:in no world is Rondo worth the max

the most important skill set in the NBA, by far, is a decent jump shot. Rajon for that matter is one of the worst in that.
therefore it doesnt matter that he may be elite at defense, elite at passing, elite at rebounding or an elite leader. if you are are a liability in crunch time (+hack-a-Rondo), then you arent worth a max.
on top of that, he was injured in the last two years.

he's a $15m guy at best


Dwight Howard has a huge liability (Hack-a-Dwight) and a weak jumpshot is he not a max player than also?
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Post#6 » by 10acious » Fri Jan 2, 2015 7:56 am

Welcome to the NBA, where every PG is above average and deserving of a max contract! Shouldn't PG supply and demand have some small factor here? This is the golden age for PGs; one can name probably 10 that have strengths and weaknesses that put them at roughly the same level, with some clearly elite (like Curry). Now look at centers. There is a huge gap between Howard and what passes for a starting center on most teams. Some teams don't even play a true center (like Cleveland, Miami) or you wonder how the guys can still be in the Association (Dalembert and Perkins). The dearth of good young centers means that even DeAndre Jordan and McGee get paid obscenely.
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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#9 » by LaRance » Fri Jan 2, 2015 10:15 pm

Depending what team rondo is on, he is worthy of a max contract. On a stacked team like Dallas, I'd say he's worth maybe $50 mill
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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#10 » by HeatRing2012 » Sat Jan 3, 2015 12:10 am

alienpick wrote:
HeatRing2012 wrote:in no world is Rondo worth the max

the most important skill set in the NBA, by far, is a decent jump shot. Rajon for that matter is one of the worst in that.
therefore it doesnt matter that he may be elite at defense, elite at passing, elite at rebounding or an elite leader. if you are are a liability in crunch time (+hack-a-Rondo), then you arent worth a max.
on top of that, he was injured in the last two years.

he's a $15m guy at best


Dwight Howard has a huge liability (Hack-a-Dwight) and a weak jumpshot is he not a max player than also?

since when do Centers need a jump shot when they can just dunk the ball? I mean, Dwight has no jumper and still averages close to 25 ppg when he got that contract. Rafons career high is half (!) of that.

stop reaching with those weak comparisions. or do you consider Rondo being the best guard in the league? I mean, Dwight was clearly the best C when he got his.
what did you say? Rondo isn't even top-10? well, case closed.
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Re: Ainge Believes Rondo's Motivated To Prove Worthy Of Maximum Contract 

Post#11 » by HeatRing2012 » Sat Jan 3, 2015 12:18 am

MitchB3 wrote:
I totally disagree; Rondo is a max player, I mean DeAndre Jordan is going to get a max contract so why shouldn't Rondo? If the West wasn't so loaded with Point Guards he would definitely make the All-Star team; he also single handily brought the Celtics to a game seven against the Heat about 4-6 years ago, he won a championship, he has three triple doubles. PPG don't make always make you a Max player, you need to contribute in another way to get that max contract and Rondo is definitely a max guy.


because in that time frame "4-6 years ago" a lot of stuff happened? like, his two major injuries and him admitting in public that he mailed it in defensively the last two seasons?

if we base someones next contract on his play 6 years ago, then you'll probably agree that Amare is deserving of a max deal too - am I right?

your comparison to Centers in the league is far fetched as well. the best defender amongst guard will never have the defensive impact of an average defender at C. it's just the geometry of the game that dictates their impact. on the other side of the court you'll always have the dunk to rely on even if you lack post moves or a jumper. Rondo, a guard, for that matter wont have that luxury.

the real kicker in your argument was your lack of understanding the demand-supply-curve in the league.
we have only a handful of good Cs in this era and those will get the max. we are not talking about the 90s where some of those guys would only come off the bench.
on the other hand, it seems every (western) team has an elite PG on the team.

you do the math

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