Who had a worse (or more disappointing) off-season, the Celtics or the Lakers?

[LooseCannon]

The Lakers, and it ain't even close in my mind.  My perspective is to ask the question: if you told me in June that the season would start in December, which team outperformed expectations? 

The Celtics easily did.  Boston had a reasonable draft, turned a trade exception into an actual player, made a use of the (mini) MLE that didn't make me cringe, and got something for Glen Davis.

The Lakers didn't do well by that standard. 

[stylo617617]

i glad this topic has brought up

i have a wierd feeling this year's finals are going to be celtics vs lakers part 3 dont ask why just a wierd feeling

[GreenEnvy]

Probably the Lakers. We had a decent off-season. Not earth-shattering but decent. The Lakers had to deal with losing a big in Lamar Odom and not to mention the whole Chris Paul debacle.

I think we downgraded this off-season, so I can't call it decent.  Basically, we traded Jeff Green, Glen Davis, Nenad Krstic and Delonte West for Marquis Daniels, Brandon Bass, Chris Wilcox, and Keyon Dooling.  I don't think we got any better in that trade, although I know that some believe to the contrary.

I can buy that the Lakers had a worse off-season, though.  Lamar Odom was an integral, core piece of their team, and they lost him for essentially nothing.

Hmmm... Jeff Green was not as bad for us last season as many claimed he was, and he looked poised to be more comfortable this season, but Marquis could give us close to what Jeff did. I think Bass will be an upgrade over BBD. The only thing I will miss from BBD is his charges. Nothing else. Krstic and Wilcox I don't see a major difference in. Delonte is a better player than Dooling, but where was West last year? Keyon may not be as talented, but he is more dependable (and Doc apparently loves him already).

I think our bench could actually be better. From numerous accounts, the second unit was a mess last year (on the court and in the locker room). These guys this year they look like men on a mission - with something to prove. Wilcox and Dooling want to finally taste success, 'Quis wants to show he is healthier than ever, and Bass could be playing for a new contract.

How this season plays out depends not on The Big Three or the bench, but whether Rondo has improved (both his game and his mentality) and the health of JO.



And I'd say losing Odom and Phil definitely gives the edge to LA for worst off-season.



*takes off green glasses*

[pearljammer10]

Lakers by a long long long shot. Loosing Odom for nothing? Loosing out on CP3...Guys like Shannon Brown out and Kapono and Murphy in...

Terrible compared to bringing in a bench of Dooling, Daniels, Bass and Wilcox.

[Eja117]

Lakers

[Lord of Mikawa]

The Lakers are looking mighty average as of late.

[BASS_THUMPER]

LOL

please dont forget about kobe

love or hate

he can ball with the pill

[Tgro]

I agree with everyone that the Lakers had the worse offseason between the two teams and for the time being appear to be in more disarray than the Celtics. The part that concerns me is the fact that even though the trade fell through for them, it was clear that good players still want to play for them while Boston had nary a star player that wanted to come to us.

So while the Celtics came out of this looking better than the Lakers for the time being, it wasn't but a couple of weeks ago that it was looking like the Lakers were going to pull off the Paul trade and in the process make it look like they did far better than the Celtics did.

[Who]

The Lakers and it's not close

• Lamar Odom was a hugely valuable player. Massive loss. It would be like the C's losing not only Jeff Green but Ray Allen as well.
• They already had one of the weakest supporting casts in the league behind their top four guys (which is now a top three and in need of more help than ever before thanks to the loss of Odom). They have done nothing to improve. Well, maybe that Morris guy but that's still a long shot. We'll have to wait and see what he can do.
• A big downgrade from Phil Jackson to Mike Brown.

[chambers]

Losing Lamar for them and Jeff for us put us both at a huge down turn.
Lamar is slightly better than Jeff but if Jeff was given Lamar equivalent minutes this year he could've been better than Lamar.

Lakers have a worse off season because they lost their coach, lost their 6th man (of the year), and didn't really find a replacement for Fisher or Artest who are both terrible.

Their bench sucks, and Matt Barnes is their 6th man.
Kobe's hurt, Gasol is feeling girly-like after being on the trade block.

We lost Green, didn't get Dave West but we did get a nice veteran bench that should remain relatively injury free.
Getting Bass was huge for us.

In an NBA finals metaphorical sense, the Celtics beat the Lakers this off season quite easily. 4 games to 2.

[celtics2]

Could it get any worse for us?