Are the Boston Celtics quietly embarking on a championship chase that no one from the outside can see?
Then—and only then—would the drafting of point guard Marcus Smart impact the future of point guard Rajon Rondo. If this was, say, a 52-win team instead of a 25-win one, the Celtics might have to be concerned with the apparently overlapping skill sets.
But this isn't a burgeoning contender. It's a group that finished the 2013-14 campaign 13 games out of a playoff dance that didn't even require a winning record to attend.
Things are bad in Boston right now, and shipping out the team's most talented player wouldn't change that.
Rondo is the most important piece of the Celtics' rebuilding puzzle. The 28-year-old has an elite set of skills, starting with telescopic court vision, disruptive length and some of the most massive mitts in the business.
As talented as he is, the market for his services is hard to gauge. He's played just 68 games over the past two seasons, losing a majority of that time to the torn ACL he suffered in January 2013.
He has 30 games under his ...
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Why Marcus Smart Has No Impact on Rajon Rondo’s Future with Boston Celtics
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