Rajon Rondo breaks hand, has surgery, out indefinitely

[Gomes3PC]

I think if that were the case, he would have taken the 3/45m extension and not assumed the risk of injury this year just to get a guaranteed 4th season.

This. Rondo is holding out for more the 15 million...assuming its a sign and trade it will be like 17 million +4.5% raise each year.

So 17.6 + 18.5 + 19.3 + 20.1 = 4 years 75 million. So he presumably was already offered somewhat less the max money and rejected it. The question really is can Rondo come in and play well enough to get a trade so he can get paid more then S and T max..

That's going to be unlikely given his hand injury I think. My issue with Rondo has always been this - he is good but overrated. He will like a lot of second tier stars command max contract money but not move a team like a Lebron would.

The NBA is in a really tough place now. The CBA makes it more about the players wishes rather then the teams management.. Because winning teams get so much more out of their 'max' players. Lebron is about twice the player Rondo is in terms of value..but he will cost the same.

The bolded is the real issue. By creating a max contract cap, you artificially suppress the value of true superstars like Lebron, Durant, and in the future, Anthony Davis. On a truly unrestricted open market, Lebron could/would probably make 2x or more what he does, but the cap on max deals suppresses their value on the market. It's not that Rondo is overpaid - in fact, when a guy like Jodie Meeks gets $6M or Jordan Hill gets $5M, paying $15-18M/year for Rondo doesn't seem that off-market (assuming he bounces back to his pre-injury self).

This is why teams tank - the only way a team that is not a "destination" market for free agents can acquirea true superstar is via the draft.

[RondoToKG]

I shattered the 5th metacarpal in my right hand, saw the Patriots Orthopedic Doctor himself and he set it back into place. That **** healed fully in 6 weeks but I stupidly took my cast off to play Xbox after a couple weeks, so my 5th metacarpal molded into the shape of an Xbox 360 controller. I wonder how bad his break was? Did they say?

edit: Media day interview he said it was his middle finger got caught and didn't hold up?

Who would describe a broken hand as a finger?

It happens like a lever. I broke my 2nd metacarpal in HS but it was direct force right to the fingertip, and put an x shape fracture right through the metacarpal. At first I though it was a just a bad sprain, but the swelling that developed was ridiculous.

I thought it was weird how he described it but if you're saying it happened to you, clearly it can happen.

[NL41]

Did anybody else catch Rondo saying he hurt his hand on a "windowsill", or was I hearing things?

[jinx8402]

Yes, he did say that. What's your point? Are bathrooms supposed to be dungeons with no windows?



Note: this is not an image of his home, just showing that it is possible to actually have a window nearby your bath/shower. He also said he just moved into the home and did not have rugs on the tile floor. He slipped while getting out of the shower.

[NL41]

Yes, he did say that. What's your point? Are bathrooms supposed to be dungeons with no windows?



Note: this is not an image of his home, just showing that it is possible to actually have a window nearby your bath/shower. He also said he just moved into the home and did not have rugs on the tile floor. He slipped while getting out of the shower.

Good point. When I was a kid I split my head open on a windowsill in the living room, horsing around with a friend. But that doesn't mean Rondo was horsing around with his kids in the living room or play room, after they got back from the trampoline park. Although the accident would be much less freakish if that were the case.

[truth18]

This thread makes me sad. Not up to our usual standards IMO.

I can only imagine how insane the Bulls board has been the past few years. I do not envy those posters/mods

[165bows]

I shattered the 5th metacarpal in my right hand, saw the Patriots Orthopedic Doctor himself and he set it back into place. That **** healed fully in 6 weeks but I stupidly took my cast off to play Xbox after a couple weeks, so my 5th metacarpal molded into the shape of an Xbox 360 controller. I wonder how bad his break was? Did they say?

edit: Media day interview he said it was his middle finger got caught and didn't hold up?

Who would describe a broken hand as a finger?

It happens like a lever. I broke my 2nd metacarpal in HS but it was direct force right to the fingertip, and put an x shape fracture right through the metacarpal. At first I though it was a just a bad sprain, but the swelling that developed was ridiculous.

I thought it was weird how he described it but if you're saying it happened to you, clearly it can happen.

I thought it was really weird initially as well which is why I was skeptical. It's usually more of a hitting the hand on something rather than a fall, but if it got caught in something that could make sense.

[Queequeg]

This thread makes me sad. Not up to our usual standards IMO.

I can only imagine how insane the Bulls board has been the past few years. I do not envy those posters/mods

I think the "Love" saga earlier this summer took a lot out of this board. I think everyone is just waiting for the season to start. Jackie Mac took a lot of the Rondo steam out of this place. If that story never happened, this would probably be over 30 pages.

[Captain_Caveman]

I think this thread has been plenty good, despite some sidetracks. Very reasonable discussion about what his market value could be, and a fair, healthy dose of skepticism about this slipping in the shower story.

[SichtingLives]

Aside from the fact that this thread is bad news, I am happy to see a Rondo thread that is actually a new topic instead of 20 in a row that are the same topic merely disguised as something different.