NBA free agency: One move every team should avoid

Brooklyn Nets: Sign PG Rajon Rondo.

By sending power forward Thaddeus Young to the Indiana Pacers, the Brooklyn Nets now actually have some room to rebuild through free agency under the new regime of general manager Sean Marks and head coach Kenny Atkinson.

Brooklyn has a great All-Star caliber center in Brook Lopez and two interesting young wings taken in back-to-back first rounds of the NBA Draft in Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Caris LeVert, who Brooklyn got at No. 20 from the Pacers for Young.

The thought is that the Nets will now look to get a suitable point guard to help bring both Hollis-Jefferson and LeVert along (Jarrett Jack and Shane Larkin aren’t getting it done) and to appease the skilled offensive big man Lopez in the low post.

Though upgrading at point guard seems like a good start for Brooklyn’s rebuild, the Nets should avoid signing Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo this offseason.

While Rondo reportedly wants to play for the Nets after a rough last two years split between the Boston Celtics, the Dallas Mavericks and the Kings, is he really the ideal mentor for Hollis-Jefferson and LeVert? Rondo is one of the game’s most intellectually gifted point guards, but like a mad scientist, he can be incredibly difficult to work with.

Though Atkinson is a adept at player development and has worked with a player cut from Rondo’s cloth in point guard Dennis Schroder with the Atlanta Hawks, the last thing the first-year head coach needs is a stubborn point guard undermining his offensive system.

While Rondo is a great pass-first point guard, he hates to shoot the basketball with his flawed jump shot and is reluctant to play great defense at this stage of his career. He’s still a strong player, but he’s not the guy Atkinson needs to develop Hollis-Jefferson and LeVert as an on-court coach.

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