It seems like eons ago that Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo were pegged as the futures of the NBA's most venerable franchises. Howard had joined the Los Angeles Lakers, following an acrimonious extrication from the Orlando Magic, to serve both as the next great big man in franchise history and as the superstar to whom Kobe Bryant could pass the proverbial torch. Rondo had spent his entire professional career with the Boston Celtics, but 2012-13 was to be the year he finally seized the reins from Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to make the team his own.
My, how times have changed.
Both have been beset by injuries, their teams unmoved by their on-paper productivity and their fates reportedly intertwined to some extent with the Feb. 21 trade deadline fast approaching. According to Ken Berger of CBSSports.com, the Lakers and the Celtics—long the league's most celebrated rivals—have tossed around the idea of swapping Howard for Rondo. Such a trade would have to include more pieces to make the money work, since Dwight ($19.5 million) makes significantly more than Rajon ($11 million).
But a swap of this magnitude would net the C's a sup ...
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Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo Trade Rumors Put NBA Superstars at Career Crossroads
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