10-12-2020, 09:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2020, 09:31 AM by KillerLeft.)
(10-12-2020, 09:22 AM)hakeemfan Wrote: Did anyone catch the ESPN article where they mentioned that Bron was not sure of which other superstar he could lure to LA, but penciled in Rondo as a teammate he wanted and knew he could get. Javale was also a good player for them through the course of this season
This is not to blast RC as Rondo also probably needed to go through a couple of stops after Boston before realizing that he was not the alpha star. At the same time as fans we are quick to dismiss players because their personality might not be to our liking or in case of Javale, they might have flaws in their game, that blinds us to other things such as constant effort and being a great teammate.
I say this because we tend to draft safe or get safe FA because of the fear that they might not work out with RC. All sides have to be a bit more flexible.
I honestly don’t think they are changing the type of free agents they target or the type of players they draft because of anything with Carlisle‘s personality. I think that is 100% fan driven narrative. Maybe they don’t value the same things in players that you do, and maybe you’re right about that and they’re wrong, but I do not believe they are thinking about who is going to get along with Carlisle when they are making the decisions.
In both of those cases, the Mavericks gave the players a chance, didn’t like how they went about their business and moved on. JaVale McGee really hasn’t done much for the Lakers since going there, he was just one of the only players they could get with their roster/cap situation. This was specifically because of his low value with everyone around the league. Rondo has been very bad for them the last two years during the regular season, and then out of nowhere he was an absolute stud at times during these playoffs. I will give credit to the Lakers there for believing in him. It doesn’t change the fact that he was an absolute unprofessional dickhead while here in Dallas. That is not a “share of the blame” situation between he and the coach. He was just wrong.