After preliminary talks came to fruition last night concerning the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks in the trade for Rajon Rondo, the two teams have agreed on a deal.
According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein who first broke the story and Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski with the final deal:
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 (@ESPNSteinLine) December 18, 2014
Boston will send Rajon Rondo and Dwight Powell to Dallas for Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, “Jameer” Nelson, 2015 first-round and future second.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 18, 2014
The 4-time All-Star, Rondo, joins an already loaded cast of players on the Mavericks including Monta Ellis, Chandler Parsons, Dirk Nowitzki and Tyson Chandler.
The Mavericks are moving Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson and 2 picks to the Celtics. Brandan Wright leads the NBA in field goal percentage, shooting over 75 percent on the season and has been a serviceable big man off the bench for the Mavericks as of late. They Mavericks lose some bench depth, but what they gain may be irreplaceable for the remainder of this season.
Looking beyond this season though, Rajon Rondo has already said he would resign with the any team that took him in.
Rajon Rondo has the most triple doubles amongst any active players with 32, he already has 3 this season.
