On December 31, Beijing time, the Lakers and Cavaliers were close to reaching an agreement to trade Rondo, and according to the famous Wonarowski, the two teams will reach a deal as soon as tomorrow. The Cavaliers have lost Sexton and Rubio in quick succession and desperately need a backcourt reinforcement, while the Lakers can free up a lineup position to sign Stanley Johnson by trading Rondo, saving $7 million in luxury taxes while also getting a trade exception worth $1.7 million.
However, many fans believe that the Lakers' trade of 17 crown heroes is incorrect, and skip-belles, known as the "number one Zhan Black", also spoke out on social media to attack the Lakers' decision. He wrote: "If the Lakers had used Rondo instead of Westbrick (Westbrick's nicknamed the spoof) in the lineup, they could have performed better. You all know Rondo sitting on the bench night after night, watching Westbrook lead the league's turnovers list, the ridiculous, pathetic, and runaway mistakes that Rondo rarely makes. ”
Baylors has always liked Black James and his team, but there is some truth to his claims. Rondo's turnover rate is indeed lower than Thatcher's, but he is almost 36 years old after all, and it is unrealistic for the Lakers to expect him to play a lot of time. So far this season, Rondo has averaged just 16.1 minutes per game, contributing 3.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 turnovers, and his assist-to-turnover ratio is close to 2. Westbrook averaged 8.3 assists and 4.7 turnovers per game, and the assist-to-turnover ratio was around 1.76. Fans complained that Wei Shao often made mistakes at key moments and missed the layup/dunk.
If you look at the high-level data, it can only be said that Baylors's impression of Rondo may still be stuck in the previous seasons. This season, the Lakers lost 10.3 points in 290 minutes of Rondo's 100 rounds, while the 1480 minutes he was not on the court, the Lakers lost 0.2 points per 100 rounds. Of course, Westbrook is not good, the 1301 minutes on the court, the Lakers lost 3.2 points in 100 rounds, and the 469 minutes in the absence, the Lakers won 1.8 points in 100 rounds.
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