Comparing the recent drafting of the Lakers and Celtics

Posted on LakersGround.net on 7/31/07.

2003 Draft
#13 - BOS Marcus Banks (in deal with MEM)
#24 - LAL Brian Cook
#27 - BOS Kendrick Perkins (in deal with MEM)

2004 Draft
#15 - BOS Al Jefferson
#24 - BOS Delonte West
#25 - BOS Tony Allen
#27 - LAL Sasha Vujacic

2005 Draft
#10 - LAL Andrew Bynum
#18 - BOS Gerald Green

2006 Draft
#21 - BOS Rajon Rondo
#26 - LAL Jordan Farmar

Of Boston's 7 draft picks, 5 were taken before the Lakers drafted.

Banks was a bust for the C's, who didn't pick up his option. Kendrick Perkins was a HS draft pick and contributed little his first two years and now is a back up C caliber player. Cook was drafted by NBA contender for more immediate help and is a back up PF caliber player.

Jefferson is a starting PF caliber player. West and Allen are better than Vujacic but are still back up caliber players and were drafted ahead of him.

Green has only played well when the C's were tanking. Bynum is 21 months younger than Green and is already a solid contributor to a playoff caliber team.

The only big success Ainge in those draft picks was Jefferson and that was for one season on a bad team.

Now, the price to the C's of developing all those young players has been a bad season and a terrible season.