Sam195 wrote:brooklynbrawler wrote:Can’t say I understand this move at all from a LAC perspective
Clippers wanted to get rid of Beverly since he shoved CP3 hard from behind in the closing game of the Western Conference Finals they clearly lost at that point. CP3 who was the President of the Players Union at the time kept his cool and I think most of the Suns franchise are aware of what happened to the team when they escalated a scuffle after a similar incident when Robert Horry hip checked Steve Nash into a scorer's table and broke his nose. Then multiple Suns players got off the bench while the game clock was still going which lead to multiple suspensions. These similar antics to higher degree by Ben Wallace led to the infamous malice in the Palace in 2004.
Nope. Just a terrible trade from the Clippers side. No way to say it otherwise. When Ball, Kemba Walker and others were available, this was just terrible. Maybe Pat alone for Bledsoe at best, but both him and Rondo is plain stupid imo.
The CP3 shove is crap. If they wanted to dump Pat just for that, they could have dumped him. Lakers didn't dump Rondo after CP3 and him got in a fist fight. To me Rondo alone is better than what Bledsoe showed last year. 30mpg, started 70 of 71 games, 12ppg, 4apg 34% from 3s. Rondo and Bev's defense prowess alone was amazing for the team.
Reggie Jackson proved he should be the starter, so what will Bledsoe give if he only gave 12ppg to NO starting. He's no playmaker, so who will run the team off the bench. Not even a pick or two back, either.
The good news from this is Rondo will likely get bought out and potentially end up back with the Lakers. But from the Clippers side there is no good news. Stupid trade.
clippers 4 life!
