Mavericks, Pacers and Celtics

[Ian Noble]

I tallied it up and it's taken us 83 personal messages of negotiation, over 2 weeks, to reach this conclusion:

^{Dallas Mavericks}

Receive:
87 Rajon Rondo - $11,945,545 - $12,909,091
78 Nate Robinson - $2,900,000 - $3,300,000
BOS 2015 2nd
IND 2016 2nd

Total: $14,845,545

Send:
83 Shawn Marion - $9,066,796
69 Patrick Patterson - $3,105,302 - $4,319,474
CLE 2014 1st
DAL 2014 1st
BKN 2015 1st
PHX 2015 1st

Total: $12,172,098

^{Indiana Pacers}

Receive:
83 Shawn Marion - $9,066,796
74 Avery Bradley - $2,511,432 - $3,581,302

Total: $11,578,228 (Will use $4,208,680 of the Pacers $5,035,180 cap space).

Send:
72 Ekpe Udoh - $4,469,548 - $5,962,377
78 Nate Robinson - $2,900,000 - $3,300,000
IND 2015 2nd
SAC 2015 1st
IND 2016 1st

Total: $7,369,548

^{Boston Celtics}

Receive:
72 Ekpe Udoh - $4,469,548 - $5,962,377
69 Patrick Patterson - $3,105,302 - $4,319,474
DAL 2014 1st
CLE 2014 1st
BKN 2015 1st
PHX 2015 1st
SAC 2015 1st
IND 2016 1st

Total: $7,574,850

Send:
87 Rajon Rondo - $11,945,545 - $12,909,091
74 Avery Bradley - $2,511,432 - $3,581,302
BOS 2015 2nd

Total: $14,456,977

As you can see, I'm doing this for the draft picks. If I'm not very good at judging young talent over the next few years then my team will be awful.

I don't want to trade Rondo, I've never wanted to trade him. He's my favorite player, he's still only 27, he doesn't rely on his athleticism so he's got the better part of a decade of All-Star calibre years ahead of him. I have his bird rights and everything.

If I don't trade Rondo though I fear I'll be one of those teams stuck in the middle of the Eastern Conference for the foreseeable future; not good enough to make the playoffs and not bad enough to get any decent draft picks. If I trade Rondo now, early in the season, my 2014 Boston 1st Rounder will no doubt be higher, so as well as acquiring all these first rounders I'll also increase the value of my own 1st Rounder and, watching this rookie crop every day on TV, I really want as many picks as possible.

Lastly, when you look at the picks I'm receiving, only one of them is a potentially projected lottery pick (PHX 2015 1st). The rest of the picks come from quite strong teams. Dallas and Cleveland will almost certainly make the playoffs this season. Next season there's Brooklyn and Sacramento, who both have teams full of really good players that are under contract until well beyond the 2015 draft. I think the volume of picks might make the trade committee skeptical, but the quality of those picks is pretty guaranteed to be lower than your average set of 1st rounders when you actually weight it up.

[Larry Bird]

Ah, the misfortunes.
I went to camp to be a counselor this past summer.
I missed the team option period, or I could have just not picked up the Udoh contract.
Now, I am having to trade a 1st with him to rid myself of the contract.

I needed a SF, so I am trading a 1st and 2nd rounder for Marion.

Robinson is alright, but Avery is younger and has better potential.

I think this trade sets me up better for the future, even without the two firsts.
It frees up some salary cap and gives me a big expiring for future trades.

[Clyde Drexler]

That's an awful amount of 1st round picks

[Larry Bird]

It is a lot, but how many picks would be in the lottery?

[Danny Longley]

I accept because Rondo. If you guys need more explanation outside of that, i'll put something up when i'm a bit more awake.

[Bryan Colangelo]

Wish i could of been part of this lol but congrats on finally getting a trade done.

For Boston
rebuilding team, gets shit tons of picks which is good. As Boston said, Phx 2015 pick might be the only lottery pick and the others i see as mid to late picks. Trading Rondo is huge for Boston and the only way Boston would consider trading a player such as rondo, would be in a deal either he gets a lot of picks or a player he really wants.

For Indy
Shawn Marion is an expiring contract, and Avery Bradley who is decent. Lets face it, next year Marion might leave and the deal would be Avery Bradley for two 1st rounders and a 2nd. Worth it? No, but i am all for "trading contracts away" and trading Ekpe Udoh is a good salary relief for next year. Lineup with Marion - West - Pekovic, not to shabby for this season. The deal does not look that great for indy for next year but with Marion still rank a 83, makes the deal look not to bad.

For Dallas
Gave up a lot of draft picks, but i can see why. I really wanted Rondo, but i new i did not have the assets to get him. Dallas did a smart thing here, he gets a true point guard to play with Dirk. I could compare this deal to the Tony Parker trade i did in d5*. Yeah Dallas did trade those picks which could be very helpful down the line, but he's not looking to rebuild. Hopefully the chemistry does work with Dirk and Rondo.

Overall: I accept.

[Deleted]

Look out Western Conference, we have a new threat!

[Andrei Kirilenko]

Only team I'm worried about in this deal is Indy. That's a lot to give up just to dump Udoh.


I'll accept though

[Brian Scalabrine]

I'll Accept. One team gets superstar another gets picks that quick start rebuilding, interesting to see how Boston will be in 3 years!

[Alex English]

Accept. I think in a few years this will be considered an amazing trade for Boston. I think Rondo isn't that great and that without a bunch of Hall of Famers around him we will see that. If Ian finds talent with those picks then his team will be on track to contending again.

[Ian Noble]

Trade passed! Thanks guys.

A solemn farewell to Rajon Rondo.

[Ian Noble]

Thanks also to Danny Longley and Larry Bird for the hours and hours of intense negotiations.

[Shaquille O'Neal]

HAHAHAHA SCALABRINE ALSO ACCEPTING THE DEAL. HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Shaquille O'Neal]

GOAT!