Rondo is a terrific ball-dominant PG with a hard nose on the defensive side. Although, if he's put in a triangle offense, he'll be expected to handle the ball a lot less and make open shots more often. If i'm mistaken, the PG is the one who'll get a lot of 3's from the top of the arc. Can Rondo even make that shot on a consistent basis?
If he's playing in the triangle, one side of the court will be completely disregarded (side Rondo will be on) by the defense, because they know Rondo can't shoot a jumper consistently. If this is happening, the triangle loses it's purpose and effectiveness. You need players who can shoot and slash to make the triangle work well.
To be honest. If we're running a triangle, we'd need a better PF than a PG. The PF would need to have a post game, pass well, shot away from the paint, and can also put the ball on the floor. I saw some preseason games and it seemed like Jeremy Tyler had a LOT of responsibilities in the triangle. I suppose since we don't have a PF that can do that, Melo would be the player who receives the ball in the pinch post instead and the PG would be in the elbow and the PF (bargs) would be on the corner.
Since Amare can shoot away from the paint and has a post game now, he'd probably be the one who gets the ball in the pinch post. Melo would be the player in the elbow and the PG would be in the corner. Shumpert of JR would be on the other side of the elbow and Dalembert would be on the weak side.
Very interesting to see how this team does in the Triangle. One of the reason why the Triangle worked so well for Phil was because he had very good passing bigs (Shaq and Gasol). IDK how we'll perform.
I still think we're winning 32-38 games