darrendaye wrote:GuyClinch wrote: She is a well respected writer - Rondo might have read her stuff and liked her enough to spill this.?
I tend to doubt Rondo is chummy with Jackie, given she is prone to take shots at him frequently in her pieces as being "moody," "difficult," and "stubborn." Wasn't she the one who stated that Rondo hung out in his car before games until the last minute before heading into the locker-room for pregame a few years back?
Yeah, that makes sense.
I was trying to remember if she would be considered a 'Rondo' source or not, but she carries Doc's water for him. It was probably Doc that told her that, just trying to tweak Rondo and Co. Why else would she be bringing up the Clippers as a potentially (not productive) trade partner. Anyone that remotely follows the league and is older than eleven years old understands that goes without saying, bringing up that Rondo wouldn't be worth much to the Clippers in a deal.
It's like if an established football reporter started talking about the Pats being involved in trading for an established starting QB. They'd be laughed off the set for mentioning it.
Jackie could be right, but it didn't bring a lot of credibility to the idea the way she presented it. And it's the first time that's really been reported quite that way, and look how far the report has gone. Literally no one has picked it up and run with it.