What Paul Pierce had to say about Rajon Rondo joining LeBron James in L.A.

The Lakers added Rondo, James, JaVale McGee and Lance Stephenson in a flurry of moves since the free agency began Sunday. The president of Magic Johnson's basketball operations has almost finished fine-tuning his roster, but he has kept young core from last year – Brandon Ingram, Ball Lonzo, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart – up to # 39 to now.

He needs guys like Rondo and Lonzo Ball to bring back the ball and make games for him – guys like Lance who can make games because as he gets older he has to find different ways to mark and make your life easier. Pierce said on ESPN. "Having a guy like Rondo definitely improves the IQ of the team."

Rondo is renowned for his intelligence. The gamemaker devours the game movie and seems to know the next move of the opposition before they do it themselves, a skill that he may have perfected by playing Connect Oven. Pierce noted that although McGee and Stephenson are not known for their basketball spirits, Rondo is "definitely"

"[Rondo's] a guy who has been to the finals, has won a championship, has been to some finals , ". "So, it makes me think of other guys because it's something that LeBron wanted to do, it makes me think – are he and Magic on the same page?" consult about some players that he wants around him? "

Pierce acknowledged that although the Lakers' alignment is far from settled, they have already made the franchise change necessary to compete for a championship. At the end of the day you have LeBron, "he said." And if you have LeBron, you're automatically a competitor. "

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, who believes that signing Rondo was meant to send a message to Ball, seconded by Pierce's evaluation of the game Rondo.

intelligent leader in the league that includes the regimes and trends of other players than Rajon Rondo, "said Wojnarowski. "He is a genius level player."

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