P.S. Is anyone even playing with you when you are hitting the layups and 12 ft jumpers. PFFFF!

Best up and coming point guards (been in the league 4 years or less)

1) Chris Paul
2) Deron Williams
3) Derrick Rose
4) Rajon Rondo
5) Devin Harris

Yeah, maybe you’re right… But no worries, I don’t see Boston losing Rondo. Maybe they’ll settle around $10 mil per, but the Celtics will it work, somehow. After all, this is Danny Ainge were talking about and not Danny Ferry…

Ofcourse there are better guards in the league than Rondo but for this Celtics team he is the best fit. Not to mention all the guys on that list you named are already signed to teams which makes arguing about them irrelevant. He is also very young and they can build around him for a long time which makes throwing any veteran names out there irrelevant (i.e. Billups, Kidd, Parker, Nash)

@Reddi Red – Come on man. That’s not true. On the Celtics especially, Rondo’s able to excel because they only want him to play to his strengths (play D, push the ball, pass to open guys, collapse the D with penetration,) and let him take his time developing the other fascets ofhis game (the J’s getting better, I’m telling you, not good, but better, just give it time. In a year or 3 when he’s still only in his mid-20s, that’ll be at JKidd level, which is at least “the D can’t sag off of you every single play.”) In terms of a fit on the Celtics, here’s how I’d evaluate your list:

Arenas (talk to me when he can stay upright for more than 3 weeks. Also, he’s kind of a gunner and plays no D at all. Even fully healthy, I don’t know that he’s a better fit on the Celtics even if he is clearly a better player)
CP3 (obviously)
Billups (can’t disagree with this one either if we’re talking just one year. he’s one of the 15-20 best players in the whole league to me. He does all the things a PG should do like making people better, etc. all while being a damn good defender and shooter.)
DHarris (I don’t like him more than Rondo. We don’t need his offense, he’s not a great distributor -not bad, but certainly not as good as Rondo, and his D is nowhere near Rondo’s)
DeronW (obviously)
Jameer (see Devin Harris only if he was slower and a worse passer)
JKidd (you’re joking, right? He’s one of the 5-7 best PGs of all time, but at this point in his career, you’re kidding yourself if you think he’s better than Rondo. You’d really take an upgraded jumper vs. the complete lack of speed and defense?)
Nash (still a damn good player, but he would never be accepted on the Celtics. You HAVE TO play D to be on that team. He’s probably still better than Rondo and you may take him in a “You’re starting a team from scratch for just one year” type question, but in terms of fit on the Celtics, there couldn’t be an all-star caliber PG that’d be a worse fit.)
AMiller (love him as a player, think Philly will regret letting him go, but he’s Rondo without the speed or D.)

Rondo’s handle doesn’t stink. I won’t say anything about his shot or leadership, but his handle is legit…

its all good, man. stole that from somewhere else too so…

and yeah, rondo should have taken the 5-yr 45 mil offer.

in your opinion, why do you think Rondo is such a headache for the c’s? did you read the ESPN article by chance?