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#3 Rajon Rondo to the Los Angeles Lakers (Free Agent)
After Kawhi Leonard announced that he will be joining the Los Angeles Clippers and not the Lakers, there was a flurry of activity all around the NBA, with teams looking to sign up the remaining players on the free-agent market. The Lakers decided to spend their remaining cap space to get Rajon Rondo back to the roster.
Rondo, 33, is an elite passer of the ball and that is probably all he bringing to this Lakers squad. He was a monstrous defender and loved to get stuck in and lead his roster from the front. This is all now in the past as Rondo has now become just a shell of his former self, struggling to stay relevant in the modern NBA.
Defenders blow past Rondo with ease and with a below-average 3 point shot, tend to sag off him on the offensive end of the floor. He still is an elite passer of the ball but what the Lakers need around LeBron James and Anthony Davis is more floor spacing, something which Quinn Cook will provide more than Rondo.
He is a decent backup PG at best and while he is on a veteran's minimum, he will not be much of a bother in the lineups. But if he does play more than 15 minutes a game, he will hamper the game for the Lakers rather than be a part of its improvement.
