Rose vs Rondo - not a debate

So over at ESPN.com they are having this Derrick Rose vs Rajon Rondo, who is the best PG in the East debate.  Now I know this isn't really a debate and they just posted this to get two big markets to click their page, but whatever they put the bait out there and I took it.

I'm not about to just bash Rondo here, even though we know he plays like a dirty bitch, but he is really good PG.  He is a great passer and has possibly the best court vision in the game (up there with Steve Nash).    As PGs go he is about as good as you can get on defense and has won and NBA Championship.  I mean I get it, he is really good and he is the 2nd best PG in the East.  The problem for him in this debate is Derrick Rose is the best PG in the NBA.

Derrick Rose is averaging 25 and 8 so far this year and is the unquestioned leader on a 36-16 team that is only 2.5 games behind Rondo (or should I say Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Rondo) and the Celtics.  DRose is a superior scorer, he runs the offense great (doesn't have Rondo's passing ability, I'll give him that), he is unbelievably explosive, and is the player the team leans on.  Rondo an all-star in his own right, plays with three other all-stars, Rose plays with none.

The reason this isn't a debate is simple, there is no way the Bulls would trade Rose for Rondo.  No way in hell.  If Rose and Rondo switched places the Bulls are significantly worse, and the Celtics are slightly better (significantly better off in the long run once the old guys start going away).  Who is the ball going to at the end of the game with Rondo running the Bulls, Luol Deng?  That is not good.  Rose wants the ball late in the game, Rondo wants nothing to do with it, because he knows he can't shoot and more importantly is a horrendous  free throw shooter.  

Rose just outplayed Deron Williams and Chris Paul in consecutive games and showed everyone he has the best PG in the game belt right now.  Rondo is not in the class of those three and is a liability on offense late in the game, and DRose is developing into a straight up killer at the end of games. Stacey King says it best, "Too big, too fast, too strong, too good".

The best thing about this debate is that we are going to get to watch it play out on the court and in the playoffs for years to come, and that is going to be great to watch

PS - Rondo is a dirty bitch, and he wanted nothing to do with fighting Hinrich in 2009 playoffs