For Lakers, Kings, Clippers and Sparks fans, Tuesday night’s news of an impending name change for Staples Center name change came as a complete shock. Not only was it unexpected news of a change for an iconic building in Los Angeles, but that it was being renamed Crypto.com Arena — a clumsy moniker that hardly rolls off the tongue — only added to the bewilderment.
A pair of prominent athletes that play in the arena on a nearly nightly basis also happen to be Los Angeles natives in the Lakers Russell Westbrook and the Clippers Paul George.