Boston Celtics Trade Rajon Rondo To Dallas Mavericks
By Mike Dyce
The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks agree to a trade for point guard Rajon Rondo.
The Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks were nearing a deal for point guard Rajon Rondo. One was expected later in the night but the deal seemingly got done earlier in the day according to reports from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski and ESPN’s Marc Stein.
Yahoo Sources: Boston trades guard Rajon Rondo to the Dallas Mavericks. http://t.co/yG36EIxAdE
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 18, 2014
RT @ESPNNBA: Sources: Mavs have agreement in principle to acquire Rajon Rondo from Boston (via @ESPNSteinLine) -- http://t.co/2oySkRE9hu
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 18, 2014
The Mavericks will get Rondo, and the Celtics will get a combination of players and draft picks. Specifically, he Mavericks will send Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, one future first-round and one future second-round draft pick to the Celtics.
ESPN sources say teams closing in on swap to send Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, one future first & one future second to Celts
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 18, 2014
The risk with trading for Rondo is that he could walk away after the season in free agency. The Mavericks have gotten assurances that Rondo would sign an extension to say in Dallas this summer, lowering the risk and easing those fears.
Rajon Rondo and his reps made it clear to Dallas that the All-Star guard would be inclined to sign Mavs extension this summer, sources said.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 18, 2014
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