Lakers' annual preseason game in Las Vegas brings enthusiasm to potential NBA market

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Golden State Warriors,Rae Burrell,Dearica Hamby

While the biggest sports news circulating throughout Southern Nevada began with Davante Adamas being traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the New York Jets, it didn’t seem to matter to the announced crowd of 16,907 inside T-Mobile Arena.

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Hamby was nestled courtside behind the Warriors bench with daughter Amaya and Los Angeles Sparks teammate Rae Burrell, while undefeated super lightweight Emiliano Vargas had a seat directly behind James on the Lakers’ bench.

It dates back even further than Burrell’s childhood, as the marriage between the Lakers and Las Vegas arguably started on April 5, 1984, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the greatest scorer in NBA history at the time, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain’s 31,419 points at UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center. Though a formal process is years away at the earliest, NBA commissioner Adam Silver mentioned Las Vegas and Seattle when talking about expansion in July.

 

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