This season, Rajon Rondo will play a crucial role as one of the veteran leaders on a young, up-and-coming Lakers team. However, prior to signing with Los Angeles this summer, Rondo wasn’t the most popular guy in town because of his time with the Boston Celtics.
Rondo spent the first eight seasons of his 13-year career wearing Celtic green, including the 2007-08 season, when the Celtics ran the Kobe Bryant-led Lakers out of TD Garden in Game 6 of the NBA Finals 131-92. It was the first time since 1984 the Lakers had lost to the Celtics and it tormented the hyper-competitive Bryant for two years.