Is Rajon Rondo soon to be on the move…or isn't he?
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has repeatedly dismissed trade rumors involving Rondo. Yet practically every NBA executive outside of Boston I've spoken to says Ainge has made Rondo available to them. Rondo, meanwhile, has repeatedly said how much he treasures being a Celtic, but he's never hid the fact that if the franchise doesn't want him he'd be OK going elsewhere.
Can all these things be true?
Strangely enough, yes, and the reason is fairly simple: Ainge and Rondo, whose only predictable characteristics are their unpredictability. Ainge is a quirky combination of Celtic Pride traditionalist and restless spitballer. Rondo can be equally confounding, giving his all to lead his team in turbulent times and yet going AWOL, physically or emotionally, at other times.
"We love Rondo and Rondo loves us," Ainge told the Boston Herald (subscription required) last spring.
While that may be accurate, it still begs the question: Are they made for each other or are they simply not ready ...
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