Rondo agrees to one year deal w/Kings for $10m

[sactownfan]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 2m2 minutes ago
Rajon Rondo to sign one-year, $10 million deal with Kings, source told Yahoo

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Rondo
Belinelli
Gay
WCS
Cousins

Bench: Collison, BMac

Not bad...

Welcome Rondo!

 

[Mass]

1yr / 9.5M

 

[KingMilz]

How much money we got left?

 

[VF21]

How much money we got left?

Enough to bring Casspi back and still have some to play with.

 

[Bricklayer]

That was the deal expected all along, so that went according to plan.

Welcome Rajon! Feel perfectly free to have a great season and rebuild your rep.

 

[lawlman91]

Would rather have gotten Bev. But oh well. Let's wish Rondo the best of luck, move on, and get a big man.

 

[KingMilz]

Enough to bring Casspi back and still have some to play with.

I like the sound of that

 

[sactownfan]

That was the deal expected all along, so that went according to plan.

Welcome Rajon! Feel perfectly free to have a great season and rebuild your rep.

I would have loved a team option for a sec year.... just incase he did recover and would at least be worth keeping but this is still not horrible and very tradable if its not working out.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Well it is time to put up or shut up. If a PG can't rack up 10+ assists a night with Rudy and DMC there is something wrong.

 

[Mike]

My first concern is which Rondo we will get - Dallas or Boston. If it's the former, we're screwed. If it's the latter, we have an all star calibre PG.

My next concern is after seeing what went on in Dallas I didn't want him. He was apparently disruptive and not a good teammate. If true, that makes this a risky move. But hopefully that doesn't happen here and he becomes a leader on this team and returns to form.

The final concern is that he does really well with us and walks in free agency. That would be just our luck...

That said, this might turn out to be a very good signing if he returns to form and ultimately commits to this team long term. Won't please Collison though, maybe he'll end up being traded?

 

[lawlman91]

Well it is time to put up or shut up. If a PG can't rack up 10+ assists a night with Rudy and DMC there is something wrong.

Maybe if they don't count post-ups as assists

 

[hrdboild]

How much money we got left?

Without knowing how the Belinelli deal is structured, it's impossible to know exactly -- but using $69 million as the new expected salary cap number, we should still have somewhere between 12 and 13 million in cap space remaining after the Rondo and Belinelli signings.

 

[The Chico]

I would have loved a team option for a sec year.... just incase he did recover and would at least be worth keeping but this is still not horrible and very tradable if its not working out.

I think that would of been a deal killer for Rondo. If the does recover, he will get a big payday next offseason.

 

[Mass]

Well, personally I'm happy with this signing. So far everyone laughed at us, but this is what I see:

Rondo > Miller
Belinelli > Stauskas
WCS hopefully > JT and Landry

And we still have some money to bring Casspi back and sign another big. Not a bad offseason after all.

 

[KingMilz]

Well it is time to put up or shut up. If a PG can't rack up 10+ assists a night with Rudy and DMC there is something wrong.

It's not so much about assists numbers cause we don't want him assist whoring (which he has done in the past), it's weather he makes other players better.

 

[DerekJ]

Not a fan of this move, but I'll live with it and hope for the best.

 

[mdme]

So far we have turned JT, Carl, and Nik into Rondo, Neli, and ??

How's that trade looking now? Really wish we kept Nik though.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

We've still got room for Wilson Chandler, if a trade can be worked out

 

[kupman]

As bad as we have been I am all for taking a 1 year chance on a 4x All Star who is a really good defensive player.

If it gets really bad we could always pay him his money to get on the next plane out of town.

 

[VF21]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 35s36 seconds ago
Kings F Rudy Gay played an instrumental role in convincing his close friend Rajon Rondo to come to Sacramento, a source told Yahoo Sports.

 

[allrightythen]

Don't like the $ but he's on a one year deal so big incentive to stay focused and be a team player. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[rainmaker]

Rondo
Belinelli
Gay
WCS
Cousins

Bench: Collison, BMac

I agree on the lineup. DC/Ben to our bench improves it. What we really need now is a 3rd big. Enough chasing wings/guards, our focus need to be on solidifying our front court and this Rudy at PF nonsense is just that, nonsense. Can't be anything other than going small in spurts.

 

[Fear the Putin]

It's 1 year. Little risk for both and gives Rondo the incentive to redeem himself for a fat contract

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 35s36 seconds ago
Kings F Rudy Gay played an instrumental role in convincing his close friend Rajon Rondo to come to Sacramento, a source told Yahoo Sports.

Which is also potentially big, if it works out,....and he needs convincing to stay

 

[The_Jamal]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 35s36 seconds ago
Kings F Rudy Gay played an instrumental role in convincing his close friend Rajon Rondo to come to Sacramento, a source told Yahoo Sports.

This is what I'm holding on to. Rudy won't let Rondo get out of control, nor do I think Rondo would cause problems playing with one of his friends.

 

[HndsmCelt]

It's not so much about assists numbers cause we don't want him assist whoring (which he has done in the past), it's weather he makes other players better.

I agree that it is about making your peers better and when his game is on that is what Rondo can do. The 10+ assists just come naturally in that process.

 

[Section 101]

Look on the bright side if Rondo doesn't work out and clashes with Karl it will take the focus off Cuz and Karl.

 

[KingMilz]

This is what I'm holding on to. Rudy won't let Rondo get out of control, nor do I think Rondo would cause problems playing with one of his friends.

Plus Rondo is playing for another contract there is so many incentives that if his basketball ability is still there he should have a good year otherwise his head/body just ain't in the game no more.

 

[rainmaker]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
New Kings PG Rajon Rondo asked for a shooter,which led to Marco Bellinelli deal, source said.Expect Rondo & Darren Collison to play together