{"id":38426,"date":"2021-03-25T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=38426"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:18:08","slug":"rajon-rondo-and-lou-williams-swapped-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/03\/25\/rajon-rondo-and-lou-williams-swapped-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajon Rondo and Lou Williams Swapped: Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0<em>ESPN<\/em>&#8216;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/nba-teams\/atlanta-hawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> are trading <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rondora01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajon Rondo<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/nba-teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willilo02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lou Williams<\/a><\/strong>. The Clippers are also sending two second-round picks to the Hawks in this deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hawks are trading Rajon Rondo to the Clippers for Lou Williams, source tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1375153035249389571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rajon Rondo and Lou Williams Trade Grades<\/h2>\n<h3>The Clippers Beef Up for the Playoffs with Rondo<\/h3>\n<p>This move was all about a championship run for the Clippers. Rondo was an integral piece for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/nba-teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> during last year&#8217;s playoffs, so naturally, the Clippers hope he does the same for them.<\/p>\n<p>Rondo, however, has been struggling. Thus far, playing in 27 games, Rondo is averaging 3.9 points and 3.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers are well below his typical averages, even as he ages. With that being said, the Clippers are confident he&#8217;ll become motivated playing for a legitimate contender. Their point guard depth still remains decent, with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beverpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Beverley<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksre01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reggie Jackson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>around too.<\/p>\n<p>The price seems steep with the additional picks included, but it&#8217;s clear that the Clippers are going all in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Atlanta Adds More Offense<\/h3>\n<p>The Hawks have been on a tear lately, shooting up the Eastern Conference standings. Much of this has been without Rondo playing well.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is averaging 12.1 points and 3.4 assists per game. His shooting splits are also solid. Williams isn&#8217;t the sixth man he used to be, but still a strong option to have come off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta actually gets better in this trade. Rondo clearly seemed unmotivated, so they brought back a former Hawk who used to live in Georgia. Williams is also a free agent this offseason, so he doesn&#8217;t hurt the team&#8217;s future plans.<\/p>\n<p>The additional two second-round picks acquired made this deal a steal. Atlanta wins this trade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: <a id=\"yFduzSWOSHJzv3yS4ykytw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/532483288\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yFduzSWOSHJzv3yS4ykytw',sig:'OMZhuUH9GMruJR60ZWM5Y6_M4q1XQB886tfvD1YieIc=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'532483288',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0ESPN&#8216;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Atlanta Hawks are trading Rajon Rondo to the Los Angeles Clippers for Lou Williams. The Clippers are also sending two second-round picks to the Hawks in this deal. Hawks are trading Rajon Rondo to the Clippers for Lou Williams, source tells ESPN. \u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 25, 2021 Rajon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":38427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4,1608,62],"tags":[4204,4248,640,209],"class_list":["post-38426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clippers","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-clippers-featured","tag-hawks-featured","tag-lou-williams","tag-rajon-rondo"],"modified_by":"Adam Taylor McKillop, Associate Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}