MusketeerX
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Rondo cant hold a candle to CP3. Those 7-10 open looks a game Rondo gets from 12-15 ft are makes for CP3. You have to play him honest or he'll kill you.
We need a couple of serviceable bigs and a coach to coach them right. A coach that coaches the entire team the correct way defensively. A CP3 to this mix and we're much closer to a chip than anything else we can come up with. Thats including adding D12.
I agree now is the time. You add the coach, add the bigs and when you can add Paul its almost a finished product. I'm hoping it beyond hope Walsh realizes MOA is not the answer...
No doubt that Rondo is a worse offensive player than CP3 is a defensive player, but we need more than serviceable bigs... We need hustlers, scrappers, and position stoppers. As soon as you get CP3 (trading away whatever depth we have left (if we can even get him)), you will need another 2 years to build the team back up.
D. Howard, if we could get him, would automatically make us a top 10 defensive team in the league by his presence alone. CP3 won't do the same for us.
D. Howard meets our needs much better than CP3.
Again, I think this is all moot when you consider that we stand practically no chance at getting either.