It's been a fun summer. On my end, I managed to successfully avoid developing a tan for the 25th straight year, and though I was unable to grow a beard, I did learn to play Chuck Berry songs on guitar at double-speed, while filling my Tivo with hours worth of NBA TV's finest repeats. Here's hoping your post-Finals turn was just as fulfilling.

That said, it's time to get back into gear. The NBA offseason is in its last throes. For the next six weeks, we'll be breaking down how the offseason played out for each of the league's 30 teams, division-by-division. We start with the Atlantic.

Boston Celtics

Losses: Gary Payton, Antoine Walker (Heat)

Gains: Curtis Borchardt (Jazz), Will Bynum (draft), Dan Dickau (free agent), Ryan Gomes (draft), Gerald Green (draft), Brian Scalabrine (free agent), Qyntel Woods (Heat)

Offseason goals: Add to the established young talent on hand; and safely escort Walker out of town without incident.

What really happened: The Celtics pulled another winner out of the draft, finding a top-five talent in Green at No. 19, though he's years away from contributing and has dogged defender Tony Allen and semi-reformed head case Ricky Davis ahead of him at shooting guard. GM Danny Ainge didn't have to involve more teams in the sign-and-trade that sent Walker to Miami -- Borchardt and Woods aren't long for Boston -- but by helping add three more clubs to the deal's mix, Ainge acquired some draft picks and potential cap space (via Woods' and Borchardt's deals) for his effort. Smart move. Signing Scalabrine may be a waste, but at least he won't be making much, and he'll probably spend the next five years as a Kevin Ollie-style trade throw-in, bouncing from team to team.

Outlook: It remains to be seen whether or not Paul Pierce will continue to keep his chin up with all the kids running around his lawn. The Celts are doing the admirable thing by trying to stay in the playoff picture while developing the youngsters, but one mood swing by Pierce could change all that. Still, Ainge has proven to be an astute judge of talent, so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt with the Green/Gomes picks and the Dickau signing.

New Jersey Nets

Losses: Brian Scalabrine (Celtics), Ron Mercer

Gains: Jeff McInnis (free agent), Antoine Wright (draft)

Offseason goals: Shore up a thin frontcourt and bench around their three maxed-out superstars, Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson.

What really happened: GM Rod Thorn cobbled together a sign-and-trade deal that would have given the Nets Shareef Abdur-Rahim for the next six years, at a reported $33 million. It would have been a tremendous coup, securing the services of a player whose professionalism and scoring skills in the paint would fit right in with a Nets team trying to get back to playing deep into June. Instead, the deal was put on hold, and finally rescinded, as the Nets took issue with a 12-year-old knee injury SAR suffered in high school. It smacked of the penny-pinching that nearly put the Nets in the lottery last season; if an uninsured Abdur-Rahim had to retire in two years, his average salary would hardly be a financial millstone. The Nets have done next-to-nothing since.

Outlook: It's hard not to like what the Big Three bring, but who plays power forward? It could come down to a converted center (Nenad Krstic), a longtime backup center (Marc Jackson) or a 38-year-old (Clifford Robinson) who never could rebound and whose prominent skill set (defense and perimeter shooting) left him around the same time Christina Aguilera got her first piercing. Signing McInnis looks nice on the surface, but why not take a stab at young point man Jason Hart, who was sent to the Kings from the Bobcats for the pittance of a second-round pick?