The Last Day of the Big 4 Celtics

Today will probably mark the last time Rajon Rondo gets to suit up with teammates Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. With Ray Allen on the court for the visiting Heat this is more than likely the last time all four of these players will share a court together.

Before the game Celtics fans were hoping that Rondo had only a minor injury but during today's game between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics it was announced that Rondo had torn his ACL and will miss the rest of the season. This the Celtics chances of possibly contending for another title went out the window with the injury. The big question is what will the Celtics look like next season?

Doc on Rondo injury: "Obviously the Rondo news is tough. I knew before the game, I didn't tell anyone. Obviously it was pretty emotional."
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 27, 2013

When the first "Big 3" were brought together before the 2007-2008 season they were the team that everyone thought would win the title. That year they won their first title with a young Rondo who had a much smaller role than he does today.

Five seasons later and former starters Kendrick Perkins and Allen are now on other teams contending for a championship and Garnett, Pierce and the Celtics must now think about what stands in their future.

Coming into this season there was already talk about blowing up the team and building around Rondo, but the Celtics decided to make one final run with Pierce and Garnett. With Rondo out the rest of the season now, and more than likely part of next season as well, the Celtics will now have to decide on what to do with it's second all time leading scorer in Pierce, along with Garnett who was the key piece in what brought the Celtics their first championship in over two decades.

Garnett is under contract for next season and Pierce has a team option that they will more than likely use. I think the smart choice for them to do is to trade Pierce and Garnett to young teams and look for a young swingman like a Klay Thompson and a young big man like Kenneth Faried. These are two trades that I could see possibly happening. You put Pierce on a young Warriors team that needs a veteran leadership and they become better right away. You put Garnett on a team that comes close every year but never has enough to get too far in the Nuggets and that team also gets better.

If the Celtics were able to pull these trades off they could then build around a young team of Rondo, Bradley, Thompson, Green and Faried. They would then need to look for a center and then this team could be a team to watch in the future.

Even though the Celtics just won one of the best games so far this season, the only thing that people will remember and talk about is the injury to Rajon Rondo.