Rajon Rondo Rumors Swirl, Trade Should Be Anticipated

Check out my blog, CELTICS 17 , tomorrow for a live commenting thread and rumors all day. I don't have ESPN Insider, so thankfully CelticsBlog gave us a quick update on Rondo rumors, which seem to be piling up each minute we wait for the NBA Draft to begin. Here's the latest: POSTED: June 24 -- 12:43 p.m. ET Chris Broussard: Rajon Rondo is definitely on the market. I'm told he's very hard for Doc Rivers to coach, and that although Rondo gets along OK with his teammates, he's far from a great teammate. The fear in Boston is that if Rondo is this difficult to handle on a rookie-scale salary, he'll be a monster once he earns big money. One GM told me, "They won a championship with this guy, and he's coming off a tremendous playoff performance ... and they're looking to trade him. That tells you how bad things are." POSTED: June 24 -- 12:17 p.m. ET Marc Stein: The Celtics scoffed with vigor Tuesday night when we presented them with a Rajon Rondo/ Brian Scalabrine -for- Rudy Gay / Mike ... (link)