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By Rondo's third year, he was playing with 3 all-stars, making a point guard's job pretty damn easy. He could probe the paint all he wnated, because Pierce and Allen and Garnett stretched the floor so well and commanded so much defensive attention.

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Who gives a shat IF some of that is true.

He was STILL considered a better player going into year 3 than Chalmers who went from starting every game as a rookie to being the 3rd guy off the bench and having a dip in EVERY statistical category while playing on a BETTER team is now.

It's not real hard.

[This message has been edited by Syd_X_Barrett (edited 7/8/2010 9:11p).]

You guys, why are you comparing Chalmers to Rondo. It doesn't matter, free agents will be lining up to play with these guys like it's no one's business. Chalmers is irrelevant.

Besides, the HEAT don't need a stud PG. LeBron will run the point like my man Magic. The big 3 of miami is a completely different monster than the boston big 3. We dont need a Rondo.

Because the Celtics had a 4th good player in 08 that filled a role completely different than their big 3.

And I have a hard time believing FA's other than 35 year olds will be just lining up to play for Miami for peanuts.

Rings are nice, but when you are the typical GOOD NBA role player you have a 3-4 year window to make your money, you don't give that up.

[This message has been edited by Syd_X_Barrett (edited 7/8/2010 9:23p).]

Most NBA players are so desperate to win that they line up to take the league minimum. Happens all the time.

[This message has been edited by Danny Duberstein (edited 7/8/2010 9:38p).]

2008 Celtics had tremendous defensive leadership in Garnett and Thibideau. They made spares like Rondo, Perkins, PJ Brown and Big Baby into contributors to an elite defensive team. No such defensive minded leadership on the new Heat. LeBron has basically conceded that he can't be the leader of a championship team. Wade has to prove that he can carry a team as the emotional leader. He won the title in 2006 with Shaq, Zo, Payton and Riley carrying the leadership.

So if they don't deliver a championship in year 1, what will be the backlash?