UPDATE: This appears to officially be a done deal.
Here in the doldrums of NBA summer, it’s nice to have a big old ongoing trade rumor allegedly turn into a piece of near fact.
According to places all over the place, Kevin Garnett to the Celtics is back on. Not only that – it’s supposed to be all but done.
Multiple sources close to the situation told DraftExpress Sunday that the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves have come to terms on a trade exchanging Kevin Garnett for a package including Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, and Theo Ratliff. The exact details of the trade aren’t known at this point, but it is believed that the deal will be completed shortly with similar parameters.
There must be more to it than that to make the salaries match, but the “more” certainly isn’t any star-level talent – Boston doesn’t have any other than Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, who they’re obviously keeping. (The intent here would be to form the most powerful trio in the Eastern Conference.)
Of course, Boston’s draft picks for next year would be in the teens at the highest, so basically Minnesota is getting destroyed in this deal. Like majorly. Al Jefferson could turn out to be an All-Star one day, but…man.
This whole scenario is crazy AND scary, especially when you read that KG will possibly get a $125 extension. Scary – we said it.
The big fear isn’t the Celtics threatening the Cavaliers returning to the Finals, but more the Celtics fans driving everyone insane with declarations of grandeur for the next 3 months leading into the season. Of course, that will all calm down when they can’t get the ball past half court more than twice during the entire exhibition season.*
In other news, if you’re a fan of awesome fight scenes and SCREAMING, this is for you. We have no idea what this is other than we guess it’s from something called “Undefeatable”, but we love it. (NOTE: Some graphic violence included.)
The end is especially great, where both the guy and the girl spout their cheesy goodbye line to the villain. Like the writers couldn’t decide which was better, so they just included both.
*We know, we know…Rajon Rondo is the greatest point guard of all time. We KNOW.
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If Glen Davis is the center, expect a lot of rebounds to go to the other team.
No worries, Rondo will also come off the bench.
jack, you’re beating a dead horse with the rondo jokes. plus, i already made the rondo-playing-center joke up top, so i’m suing you for some kind of blog comment plagiarism.
perkins will play center. he’s a pretty good rebounder. they might go after p.j. brown, who i know nothing about, and brevin knight as a second point guard, who i also know nothing about but apparently has “character issues” which might be why he’s still unemployed.
Rajon Rondo is the real winner in this whole deal. Before the acquisition of KG, everyone was worried about Rondo and his jumpshot… now that all the attention goes to KG, Rondo won’t have to worry about the double teams!
dave…jokes are no longer called jokes, they are called rondo’s. Yes, just like assists.
rondo is to jack cobra what paris hilton is to jay leno.
you won’t be making fun of him when he wins the mvp next year…of the NBA, NFL, AND MLS! take that, David Becker!
dave…you will now be known as rondo because of that witty post. keep it up and we’ll give you the rajon part too.
Jack took his funny pills this morning! Unlike The Cavalier, who has yet to grace us with his presence today!
Who Shot Mamba cough cough…..hurry up cough….the cavs are screwed cough cough
rajon rondo’s sweat cures cancer.
i heard rajon rondo’s sweat cures aids.
Man, I thought I had already written this.
Does the sweat cure AIDS or Cancer? It can’t cure both!! Tricks are for kids, silly rabbit
there are no limits to the power of rajon rondo…. blasphemer.
I hearby decree everyone should speak esper-rondo. In our next movie, Billy Dee Williams will be playing Rondo Calrissian. Somewhere Ron Doe is feeling the heat of his new found fame.
carefuuulll Cobra…carrrefulll
I heard Rajon Rondo once visited the Virgin Islands… now they’re known as The Islands.
I just saw a nissan commercial promoting Rondoism. I didn’t know that the owners of Nissan had been born again Rajonists?
Rajon Rondo doesn’t have hair on his testicle, because hair does not grow on steel.
There is so much the Cavalier could post about. What the hell? Can we get some love?
Even like talking about the biggest NBA news in a long time. The Celtics just signed Eddie House!
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/r-kelly-trapped-in-the-closet-chapter-13-preview.html
Trapped in the Closet preview.
P.S. Oh shit.
Eddie House will now be known as Rondo, Jr.
Who’s house? Eddie’s house!
I bet the contract reads: Mr. House, your mission, if you choose to accept, is to never shoot the ball. Pass only to Msrs Garnett, Pierce, and Allen. Any deviation from this edict will result in your unconditional release. Your pay: xxx. Sign here ____
also…. You shall never look into the eyes of Mr. Rondo
Rajon Rondo, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have all died and are in Heaven. Each of them hope to occupy the seat next to God. God asks Vin Diesel why he thinks he should have the seat and LeBron replies, “I believe… I should have the seat because of the virtuosity in my toughness and pride.” Kobe says, “I believe… that I should be the one sitting next to you because of all my achievements.” God then turns to Rajon Rondo, who replies with, “I believe… you are sitting in my seat.”
you mixed up vin diesel with LeBron. All hail Rondo!
In other news about your boy R. Kelly…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20079908/
I’m not sure why I need to update when the gold is all right here.
I spoke with an NBA expert yesterday who shuddered when I asked how the Celtics would do with Rondo as the starting PG.
what happens when someone shudders? do they start blinking their eyes rapidly and fall over?
What did they say when you asked him about renaming assists as rondo’s?
It’s kinda like a gutteral “ung-ung-ungh” with a little head shake. I didn’t but I may do it here on the site. If you’d liek to introduce it tomorrow you’re welcome to. Credit where it’s due and all.
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