Weeksy, great post. I think that, above all else,...

2009-06-22T10:20:02.146-04:00

Weeksy, great post. I think that, above all else, the focus needs to be on winning a championship while we have the pieces in place. I'm not always in favor of disregarding the future, because alot of teams do it when they don't actually have a great team. But, the Celtics do have a great team, and they WILL win at least one more if they stay healthy. Because of that, I think that I would be the happiest with the team doing everything with a focus on winning it all again with this group. Rondo gives them the best chance to do that.

In my mind, Perk needs to stay no matter what. I couldn't believe some of the rumors I've heard. With Dwight Howard also playing in the East, you cannot overstate how important Perkins is going to be in the future. I'd hate to see Ray Allen go, but I'd understand if they really were able to improve themselves. Rondo is somewhere in the middle for me. I understand the reasoning behind trading him for the future, but what possible replacement could you find that would play as well? You can't, especially because he has a real on-court chemistry with these guys now. And, really, it's not worth throwing away a championship.

The pre-game stuff is interesting. I've been a Randy Moss defender for many years (much easier to do now than it used to be), and I remember that people would always get mad that he didn't stretch with the team before games because he doesn't like to stretch before games. My response was that as a paid athlete, he should do whatever he thinks he needs to do in order to perform at his highest possible level (these were early Minnesota years, the guy was dominating). I feel the same way about Rondo. I think he should do whatever he thinks is conducive to playing better. But, I see the other side of it too.

Well done, Weeksy. I have been lobbying for us to...

2009-06-21T22:01:23.563-04:00

Well done, Weeksy. I have been lobbying for us to trade Rondo for two other reasons. For one, he is very injury prone and I could see him being one of those guys that has a subpar career due to injuries. Second, when will his value be higher than it is now? When the big three retire/move on and he decides to start carrying the C's, we'll be wishing we would have moved him in the summer of 2009 or 2010...

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Weeksy, great post. I think that, above all else,...

Well done, Weeksy. I have been lobbying for us to...