Los Angeles • Everything the Los Angeles Lakers have done for the past several months has been with one goal in mind: landing one or more stars — and, specifically, LeBron James — in free agency next July.
To do so, however, the Lakers needed to give them some reason to come here. Sure, virtually every NBA player — including James — seems to either be from Los Angeles or has a home here these days, and it‘s easy to be intoxicated by the combination of the beautiful Southern California weather and the history of one of the league's flagship franchises.