I agree, and Tyreke has grown on me. If you can get Rondo, who could anchor a lot of need areas for us (assists, distribution, court vision, tempo, possession control, even defense) without giving up DMC, I pull the trigger. But it would cost us. My idea? ThRob, Tyreke, JJ's expiring, and a future pick for Rondo and Varnado. And I don't even know if we can actually trade a pick until the end of the year due to that stupid CLE deal, but that would be the bare minimum I could see BOS wanting for Rondo. They have a fair amount of guard depth with Terry, Bradley, Courtney Lee, 'Reke (should he go), and Barbosa, so getting a true PG back may not be essential for them. What they need desperately is youth (particularly in the front court) and cap room, and we could offer a little of both. Time will tell.
The complimentary deal I would do is the one I've mentioned in other threads on here, Salmons for Wilson Chandler and Randolph. DEN could use that 7m expiring big time next season should they want to resign Iggy, and they have a glut of SG/SF swingmen signed long-term they could afford to lose for cap relief, and with the year Brewer is having, I can't see them wanting to lose any of his minutes right now. We would maintain that expiring for Garcia, which is huge, and get a more solid starting 5 that could actually compete:
C: Cousins/Hayes
PF: Thompson/Randolph/Varnado
SF: Chandler/Garcia/Outlaw/Honeycutt
PG: Rondo/Thomas/Brooks
SG: Thornton/Fredette
I still think we'd need to jettison Brooks for a second rounder or something (or BKY for Teletovic), but that's the team I'd field for now...
PS- One other option: I could see us doing an S&T at the end of the year, with 'Reke re-signed for 8m or so and being shipped with ThRob and our 1st rounder (if we are in lottery) for Rondo...
