Lakers are 17-2, did their front office outmanuever the Celtics?

[CelticsWhat35]

Lakers have had a cupcake schedule so far.  14 games in December; I don’t see them doing any better than 9-5 during that stretch.

They made some solid signings after whiffing on Kawhi, but they’re still not the favorites, and their window is short.  However, considering what a dumpster fire they’ve been the past 5+ years, I’m sure all Laker fans will take it

[gpap]

I don't think the Laker front office outmaneuvered the Celtic front office.

Anthony Davis simply prefer the Lakers over the Celtics.

Back in 2007, KG preferred the Celtics over the Lakers.

It's just a case of win some, lose some.

And it's not like Lebron is 25 or 26 years old, Anthony Davis will sing a different tune once Lebron is gone or on the decline in 2 years.

This pretty much sums it up. The wildcard was Davis wanting the Lakers over the Celtics. Had the opposite happened, then we'd probably be 17-2 right now.

That's really the main difference.

I suppose the other thing you can point to is maybe the Celts shoud've taken a flier on Dwight Howard before the Lakers did, as he seems to be playing really well. Although, I'll admit, I thought Howard was cooked too so there's not much I can say about that.

[Celtics17]

The Lackers took the 'high risk, high reward' route but the thing is they are very unstable. An injury to Lebron or Davis can derail their entire season. The Celtics on the other hand are a much more balanced team, and a better team too.

It is possible that anything happens with either team this season but after this season I would definitely take the team we have. Lebron will miss games and also not be as dominant in the post season as he has been.

Davis will become better but may not even be a Laker in the future and then they are right back where they were a few years ago.

The lakers have rebuilt their team quicker then Celtics and it's a short term rebuild meaning it wont last.

[hpantazo]

Lebron is 34 years old, soon to be 35 in a few weeks. He's going to fall off a cliff soon, and AD may possibly leave this summer. The Lakers traded away all their youth and picks to get AD, despite the fact that he wanted to come to LA. They are looking great now, but their future is bleak imo.

[Celtics4ever]

Davis didn’t want to sign with us because Rich Paul (LeBron) poisoned him against us.

Really because I heard he did not like the way we treated IT

Also, NEWSFLASH Rich Paul is not part of the Lakers Front office, so you're wrong

[NKY fan]

The Lackers took the 'high risk, high reward' route but the thing is they are very unstable. An injury to Lebron or Davis can derail their entire season. The Celtics on the other hand are a much more balanced team, and a better team too.

It is possible that anything happens with either team this season but after this season I would definitely take the team we have. Lebron will miss games and also not be as dominant in the post season as he has been.

Davis will become better but may not even be a Laker in the future and then they are right back where they were a few years ago.

The lakers have rebuilt their team quicker then Celtics and it's a short term rebuild meaning it wont last.

I would take our situation over Lakers after this season as well. If lakers win the title this season it would be worth it for them the way it was worth it for Toronto last year.. I’m really scared of that scenario
Also it seems as if the more years pass after our EC finals appearances the more we get away from being actual contenders ... just the way it feels

[hpantazo]

What a treat if it's LAL vs. Boston again.

Yeah, that would be awesome for us and for the NBA.

I'd love to see a classic Celtics-Sixers playoff series followed by a Lakers-Celtics Finals.

[mqtcelticsfan]

Lebron is 34 years old, soon to be 35 in a few weeks. He's going to fall off a cliff soon, and AD may possibly leave this summer. The Lakers traded away all their youth and picks to get AD, despite the fact that he wanted to come to LA. They are looking great now, but their future is bleak imo.

I’m pretty sure the conventional wisdom on aging doesn’t apply to LeBron. His cliff might still be 5 years away.

[NKY fan]

Lebron is 34 years old, soon to be 35 in a few weeks. He's going to fall off a cliff soon, and AD may possibly leave this summer. The Lakers traded away all their youth and picks to get AD, despite the fact that he wanted to come to LA. They are looking great now, but their future is bleak imo.

We have had great looking future for the last 6-7 years... at some points the future have to become now and we have to be real contenders or it will be a failure

[SHAQATTACK]

they cater to the lebron   Diva types ,  allowing the players to run the team .  This loose work atmosphere,  plus the weather , and extra business money deals available drew the best big man in as usual. 

Its seems to be cultural thing to gravitate to CA. teams . 

not the fault of the Celtics .  Not when the talent forces themselves on to the Lakers.

very lucky .....PG3 or Kawhi are not on the Lakers .  yet , there they all are ganged up in LA or at least CA .

[bopna]

Lebron is 34 years old, soon to be 35 in a few weeks. He's going to fall off a cliff soon, and AD may possibly leave this summer. The Lakers traded away all their youth and picks to get AD, despite the fact that he wanted to come to LA. They are looking great now, but their future is bleak imo.

We have had great looking future for the last 6-7 years... at some points the future have to become now and we have to be real contenders or it will be a failure

In the grand scheme of things...the HEALTHIEST team always and I mean always wins it all.

NO TEAM in NBA history has won it all if a single player that is part of their core has gone missing or missed a  pivotal game and or series or season...puff...all gone.

ln 2009 we were cruising and have an unbelievable record in the regular season until KG s season ended in that fateful game in Utah...game over, season over even though we won 60 wins that season, we were out in round 2.

YES the dang Fakers are 17-2 and really has a chance to be special this yr...but we are not even past the 1st quarter of the season so lets all chill for now....in the course of a long season anything is still possible.

the top 4 teams in both west and east must go through the season unscathed first before we could truly see who will emerge...we already had our share of bruising as we have lost GH.for some time now and its cost us the top seed..Fakers have yet to miss AD nor James for a significant amount of time.

Lakers truly have a very good team and their management have done a great job of fitting these vets together but their season will now depend on if their team can hold it together unscathed of injuries for the season.

I still believe and hope their across the locker team Clippers have what it takes to bring down Lebron and this so called mighty Fakers team.

[hpantazo]

The Lakers have a very tough path to the Finals, with the Clipper, Rockets, Nuggets and Jazz all in the West, plus Luka's Mavs can get there if Porzingis returns to form.

On our side, there is no team in the East that the Celtics fear in a 7 game series. The Bucks and Sixers are our main competition, but we have means to improve with our youth and remaining stock of picks, they don't.

[GreenCoffeeBean]

It’s weird. They have a good record but they don’t look good in games. They also haven’t beaten too many great teams yet.

[BitterJim]

The Lackers took the 'high risk, high reward' route but the thing is they are very unstable. An injury to Lebron or Davis can derail their entire season. The Celtics on the other hand are a much more balanced team, and a better team too.

It is possible that anything happens with either team this season but after this season I would definitely take the team we have. Lebron will miss games and also not be as dominant in the post season as he has been.

Davis will become better but may not even be a Laker in the future and then they are right back where they were a few years ago.

The lakers have rebuilt their team quicker then Celtics and it's a short term rebuild meaning it wont last.

I would take our situation over Lakers after this season as well. If lakers win the title this season it would be worth it for them the way it was worth it for Toronto last year.. I’m really scared of that scenario
Also it seems as if the more years pass after our EC finals appearances the more we get away from being actual contenders ... just the way it feels

It's been 1 season since we made the ECF...

[Neurotic Guy]

The Lackers took the 'high risk, high reward' route but the thing is they are very unstable. An injury to Lebron or Davis can derail their entire season. The Celtics on the other hand are a much more balanced team, and a better team too.

It is possible that anything happens with either team this season but after this season I would definitely take the team we have. Lebron will miss games and also not be as dominant in the post season as he has been.

Davis will become better but may not even be a Laker in the future and then they are right back where they were a few years ago.

The lakers have rebuilt their team quicker then Celtics and it's a short term rebuild meaning it wont last.

Lakers always have low risk.  If this doesn't work, they'll have a top 5 player make their way there soon enough.  Not too dissimilar to the Red Sox -- is it really high risk to spend big money on a FA in the same way it's high risk for other teams? 

There's always a risk that you'll blow this season and/or next, but the big picture is always just fine for the privileged teams.