Rajon Rondo and Rick Carlisle can either make the best of the rest of their brief time together or make a complete mess of the Dallas Mavericks' season.
The root of the Rondo-Carlisle crisis is a simmering disagreement about whether the Mavs were best off with the genius former Coach of the Year or brilliant four-time All-Star point guard calling the majority of the plays.
Rondo, a nine-year veteran with one of the highest basketball IQs in the league, believes that's a big part of his job as a point guard. Carlisle, one of the NBA's best offensive minds, doesn't want to hand the keys of his sports car over to a guy he just met.
The reality is Rondo's run with the Mavs is extremely unlikely to extend past this season