Last week, on his podcast the
BS Report, Bill Simmons was discussing his upcoming NBA trade value column (here is
last year's; it's an absolute must-read) with his buddy Joe House. As they made their way through the list, I was not at all surprised that Rajon Rondo made his top 13. While I allowed for the fact that he was probably 5-10 spots too high thanks to Simmons's Boston leanings, I accepted such a lofty ranking for Rondo thanks to his standing among Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook as the premier young point guards in the league and his relatively team-friendly contract. The more I thought about it, though, the more I wondered if Boston would really turn down a Chris Paul-for-Rondo deal (as Simmons ascertains*), or even a John Wall-for-Rondo deal.
