Why don't FA's go out West? and I don't mean to the Lakers

[Edgar]

well imagine the fakers

kobe
artest
bronnie
pau
bynum

 - that will NEVER happen. not enough ball to go around.

Lakers don't have the money for LeBron either.

they do without odom, fisher, and package.

[guava_wrench]

i guess what I'm saying is that can a BIG NAME FA go out West to some other team than the Lakers. In fact I'll go a step further and say why don't 2 Big Name FA's go to a particular team to really knock off the Lakers.

For example, we keep hearing that Lebron wants to go to NY, and there's a slight possiblity tht DWade might go there too. Why can't they decided to bolt to a team like Portland? or Phoenix?
and really knock the swagger off of the Lakers.

In the NBA, they have this thing called a salary cap.

Question answered. Next!

[Mr October]

Here's a question maybe better suited for an LA forum: In other cities with two teams in the same sport there is regional support. For instance, The South Side of Chicago are for the White Sox fans while the North Side for the Cubs. NY has the Mets supported by Queens and the Yankees getting the Bronx and much of Manhattan. Do these regional fan bases exist in LA for the Clippers and Lakers?

There isn't a regional divide in LA. (Except for LA vs Anaheim teams, or USC vs UCLA football)

Lakers support is huge. The expensive seats go to the rich and apathetic. The upper deck goes to the real fans - the working class.

Clippers fans are made up of the spill over from the Lakers, or people like me who support the Clips 'cause I hate the slick apathy of the Lakers. :-)