Nor should he get booed. He played a very integral role in them winning a title and being a contender for years. He should get cheered. It's very similar to Parsons where it was Houston's choice not to match so there should be no ill will from Dallas fans. The Parsons hate/booing comes from comments he made after leaving the team about the city, the rap video where he "left Houston so easily", and the Mark Cuban selfies in the club (lol). I think the way he left, left a bad taste in the mouths of Houston fans and thus, he got booed. But none is mad at him for getting paid.
I really want to see this just to see how everyone reacts. it's kind of like how I love watching the villains get cheered and the heroes booed the day after Wrestlemania. Just fun as a fan. Now what would be REALLY funny is if Houston fans cheered Rondo whenever he touched the ball if the series came back to Houston.
I agree it seems ideal. Same thing happened with J Smoove, though you have to have Rondo sacrifice and buy-in to the team. Unfortunately, Dallas seems like a pit stop for him to something "better". But he needs to realize he's flushing away millions.
Eh.. the after trade comparisons happen all the time. It's a large part of how GM's are rated by the public.
I will say this... when I heard Morey was throwing his hat into the Rondo sweepstakes I got scared. I did NOT want him on the team if the price was too high (and PG is EASILY our weakest position). We got Smith for free essentially so I could live with it, but did not want to give up the farm for Rondo. I'm very glad he was just pushing up the price a bit.
I'm sorry, but Parsons is just not a guy you can build around. He worked in Houston the same way Ariza, Terry, Brewer, Jones, etc. work in Houston. They are solid role players made much MUCH better by playing with James Harden and Dwight Howard. Chandler excels in an open court free-flowing offense and is good in the run and gun (which will play to his strengths if they do indeed go younger as you suggest), but I think we've seen his ceiling in Houston. If Dirk retires and Rondo jets, you can't give Parsons the ball and ask him to create, he also hasn't played good defense since his first two years in Houston. His struggles look much worse when he doesn't get the open looks that Harden creates or the fast break opportunities Dwight gives. I LOVED Parsons in Houston, mainly because he was one of the best contracts in basketball. Increase his salary by like 500% and suddenly the production per dollar looks really bad when you could essentially spend that money on players who will give you much more.
The funny thing is, since blowing up the championship squad, Dallas has employed a lot of "names" (Rondo and Amare are great examples), with little regard to fit or chemistry. Yet Mark Cuban says this about the Rockets:
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