fairlee76 said:Wright would represent an improvement defensively at the 5 over anything the Celts currently have. Zeller's been alright but he's still best-suited as a reserve. And is going to have a lot fewer easy opportunities when Rondo is moved.
Yeah, I need to look up stats before I post. But, maybe Rondo's all-around game helps them more than Nelson's in the playoffs?
Maybe? I don't really know what we mean by "all-around game" though. Rondo's really just not a good defender right now, and hasn't been for several years. Maybe that's an effort thing, and the Mavs are banking on his ability to turn that on come playoff time, but I'd be very concerned that a lot of the defensive impact the numbers assigned him early in his career was a symptom of advanced stats not doing a great job of being able to recognize where Garnett's impact began/ended. That's just a theory, of course, and nothing I've really made an attempt to look into, but it feels like Rondo's a really odd gamble for Dallas. They're gambling A) that their league best offense isn't hindered by adjusting to a new point guard and/or B) that the point guard they acquired isn't the mediocre defensive player he's appeared to be and just needs to up his effort level. Feels like the upside is really limited here, and I think losing Wright actually hurts Dallas a lot more than people would realize. Triply so if Chandler doesn't stay healthy. Chandler was a corpse by the end of the last couple of seasons in New York.