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Trade rumor: Celtics, Lakers discuss Rajon Rondo for Dwight Howard 02.15.13 at 10:04 pm ET
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The Celtics and Lakers “have engaged in preliminary trade discussions” about a deal that would send Rajon Rondo to Los Angeles and bring Dwight Howard to Boston, according to CBSSports.com’s Ken Berger.

Since Rondo makes $11 million in salary and Howard makes $19.5 million, the Celtics would have to include more pieces to make such a blockbuster deal work. Still, the Lakers are hesitant to deal the three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and the Celtics would need assurance that Howard would re-sign in Boston this summer, according to the report. Those obstacles — and so many more — make the trade a long shot.

Still, the C’s and Lakers could table what little discussion has actually taken place until the offseason, when Rondo’s recovery from ACL surgery has progressed and Howard becomes a sign-and-trade possibility, Berger said.

Just imagine how Rondo would perform on national TV against the Celtics.

UPDATE: The Boston Herald’s Mark Murphy confirmed Berger’s report, citing that the “unlikely” trade talks occurred prior to Rondo’s injury. That piece of information seems fairly significant. And then there’s this.

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  • jaypop

    If you could sign DH , you do this deal in a heart beat !!!

    • RobDX

      no way. Temperamental constantly hurt guy

  • Shipping

    I wouldn’t trade Jason terry for Howard. Dude is a B U M, team killin bum. Celts ain’t that dumb.

  • JimVT

    Dale Arnold, Glen Ordway,  now this…. Wow,  Not shocked by anything anymore…….

    ……….anyone getting silly and thinking this is any type of serious comparison,  relax..

    • Paul

      Dale Arnold is a loser nobody wannabe

      • soxfan

        yea that Merloni is really great he says sarcastically

      • http://profile.yahoo.com/PPDGFV75WEWLK3XBLBTSK7XVHY Robert

        yet you can’t keep him off your mind

    • Marchmont

      you can’t be serious with that comparison, dude. get real.

    • Uncle Buck

      I agree.  It’s weird with Dale though.  He got canned off the play by play job and canned off the midday show, but we see him and hear him constantly on EEI and NESN.  I know he can come off as a know it all to some, but I like him and I like his approach.  And he does know the NHL pretty well.  I think the “younger” crowd can’t stand him.  What do they know ?

  • jjherrera

    Don’t see how this would work, unless Howard did a 180.  Without Rondo (and the others going to make the deal work), the Celtics have no assurances that they would be an immediate winning team, let alone the opportunities that Howard apparently wants that only the NY or LA market provide.  For an elite center I think you have to make that deal, but the roadblocks would be too large to ignore, and there’s almost no chance he signs here (although the same was said of KG so who knows).

  • dog

    A couple years ago I would have done this deal in a second. All you would be doing now is getting rid of one headache for another. Howard would not like the media here and would be complaining all the time not to mentiion all of his nagging injuries he seems to have had recently. Won’t happen.

  • Steve

    please don’t get dwight,please don’t get dwight,please don’t get dwight,please don’t get dwight,please don’t get dwight,please don’t get dwight,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    guy sucks!!!!!
    the guy sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Tchuyoyo

    No excitement here. DH is clubhouse poison. KG will not want to share the locker room with Buzz Killington.

  • fromtheshire

    One word: STUPID!!
    Three words: Fire Danny Ainge!!

    • Dano50

      Aren’t YOU the genius Bilbo.  Fire a guy for a made up trade idea from some speculating nobody.  Danny wouldn’t do this trade as constituted.

      • fromtheshire

        Right on Johnson but I’m not the guy trying to win an NBA championship with the “Golden Girls” He/we got ONE!!! Anybody with half a brain knew that was IT!!

  • Paul

    will never happen

  • http://www.facebook.com/derek.lee.82 Derek Lee

    Howard is trash. You can’t win a title with that bum. Rondo is superior, so this deal is dead already.

  • Cfn

    People, please stop this insanity.  Rondo is no going to be traded for Dwight unless Dwight immediately signs a contract to stay with Boston.  So it would be up to Dwight and why would he do that when he can make a decision this summber and go anywhere.  This is Crazy.

    But I do think we will trade Rondo in next week or so to a team that has no playoff hopes for a high quality big and a quality point guard.

  • ih8sno

    stupid story.

  • markfromlynn

    Why do some “fans” react to nonsense like this as if Ainge is seriously considering it? No team is going to deal for Rondo until they see how he recovers from ACL surgery. Dwight Howard needs shoulder surgery and wasn’t playing well even before he was hurt. Howard would be a disaster in Boston ala Carl Crawford.

  • Bruinman86

    Dwight Howard is the NBA’s version of A-Rod.  The Cooler.  Not sure I’d want him.  Too much of a Diva.

  • 123Star

    howard stinks

  • Keebs

    What does it matter anyway? It’s seems pretty obvious that the Celts think they can be good without Rondo & they obviously wanna part ways with him because his name keeps coming up & they already tried trading him. You’re basically trading one headache for another headache. But the Celts do need a big man. It’s obvious he’s not happy in LA. Who’s to say he doesn’t come here & start playing better alongside KG & Pierce? Maybe they go on a run into the playoffs. I don’t think the Celts have any intention of building a team around Rondo. Seriously, how the hell do you build a team around Rondo when all the all stars who make him better are retired? The team will suck regardless. 

  • ChrisinDanvers

    Intriguing idea….and, more than likely, the Lakers and Celtics have talked about a variety of things because both teams have been inconsistent. And though rumors suggest that this was discussed before Rondo got hurt, it would not surprise me if the discussions have continued for a few reasons.

    First, the D’Antoni system is based on little defense and fast break. Howard has thrived on defense and rebounding in the past. He has no true purpose on this Lakers team…where he would be a much different player with the Celtics, where he would serve the two purposes this team so desperately needs – inside presence and defense.

    Second, it is possible that both players might benefit from a change in scenery.

    Third, this rumor could be building steam again because the Celtics seem to be doing equally as well fulfilling Rondo’s role without Rondo.

    Sure, I would agree that the team will probably keep Rondo and do well with him in the future. But, before scoffing at the idea, remember one thing. Howard’s skills set is just as great and fills a need; Rondo, like most players, can be replaced (which we have seen to a degree so far); and Howard isn’t the only player who has been alleged to be divisive at times (see Rondo and Ray Allen).
     

  • Geetsolboy

    Please tell me this isn’t for real.

  • Jem444

    I would love Garnett for Deandre Jordan and Eric Bledsoe as reported last night by Yahoo.  They said there has been constant contact.

  • PhillyDawG

    Howard is garbage right now, id reather stay with Rondo injured.
    DH might have done alott last season or w.e but we all know hes chocking on the Lakers.

  • http://twitter.com/celticschamps17 steve elliott

    this injury and the celtics recent success is the best thing to happen to him, he will be humbled and miss the game and want to be back and on type, trading rondo for anyone would be a mistake, and for howard, please the drama queen is were he belongs …. Hollywood  

  • Dave

    You people who say that Howard’s no good are nuts.  Kobe loves Rondo’s game, and the Lakers have Pau (or will again next year) at center.  The Lakers are toast this year, so they have to think of their future.  We could send Rondo, Bass, and Melo for DH, who would grow a heart playing with KG and PP for the rest of this season.  Picture a future with Howard, Sullinger, and Green in the frontcourt (next year).  I posted this trade on another BB site last week, and it makes complete sense for both teams.   

    • http://www.facebook.com/derek.lee.82 Derek Lee

      No way that this guy makes your team better. Howard is injury prone. He couldn’t deliver in Orlando, dissapears in the playoffs, and has regressed.  She’s a bust. Not going down this road. 

      • Uncle Buck

        I hope you’re right.  I don’t like anything about this idea.  Howard is a load of trouble.

      • Keebs

        You do realize it’s easier to build a team around Howard than it is around Rondo? It’s obvious the Celts don’t want Rondo. I don’t know why other people aren’t seeing that.

        • http://www.facebook.com/derek.lee.82 Derek Lee

          I disagree. Rondo makes his team better. Who hell the do you think shouldered them to game 7, of the east final? They are one and done, If he’s no there . How soon you forget the MVP. The ignorance in this town sucks!

  • Schwank

    Seems to me that Howard would be the next Adrian Gonzalez.  Lotta mile on his tires already.  Good player but, I think it limits your direction.

  • Donalmcl27

          “YES”"

  • ivan

    celtics need a superstar , nothing to lose , make the trade ,

  • Marshallshouse74

    What’s up with the fire Ainge comments? It’s his job to listen to and explore all possibilities. Doesn’t mean he’s gonna be invested in trying to pull off every trade rumor you hear folks.

  • MOLLY

    u kidding me. Howard is a stinky stiff. The Lakers are seeing this now. Doesn’t want to win badly enough. Kobe probably hurt his feeling by telling him to play hard. He is going to be traded but not to the Green. Danny if he does that should be fired.  

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