Rajon Rondo

Rajon Rondo's 2015 free company was perpetually much less about finding an extended-term residence than it was figuring out which NBA crew allowed him the nice chance to avert taking a major paycut even as concurrently discovering a threat to rebuild his waning reputation. For the perpetually enigmatic 29-year-old point shield, that pursuit nearly guaranteed that he used to be going to grow to be with the Sacramento Kings. As said with the aid of Yahoo's Marc Spears, Rondo will join the Kings on a one-yr, $10-million deal that frees him as much as pursue new possibilities when the cap rises in 2016.

The cash enables Rondo to save face after a disastrous few months with the Dallas Mavericks. Following his trade from the Boston Celtics in December, Rondo grew to become one of the league's first-rate offenses into a less effective unit at the same time conducting public disagreements with head instruct Rick Carlisle over which man would exert larger manage over playcalling (or an absence thereof). That relationship culminated in a amazing flameout for the duration of their first-round series towards the Houston Rockets, a one-sided five-gamer that noticed Rondo play simplest the primary two video games "because of" a questionably severe back injury. The main issue was once so poisonous that Dallas failed to even provide Rondo a playoff share.