Maybe LA itself doesn't WANT LeBron, and, Commissioner Silver, you're wrong...

Two NBA notes:

• The new LeBron James mural in Los Angeles is gone.  It was completely whitewashed today after a number of Lakers fans basically made it clear that LeBron James may NOT, after all, be welcome in a Laker uniform....  (USA Today)

One graffiti writer refuted his claim as "King James"...

Another simply put "3-6", James' record (or, if you wish, that of his teams') in NBA Finals...

A third called him LeFraud.

And a fourth said "We don't..." something "... you!"

Jonas Never, who painted the mural at Baby Blues BBQ in Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, whitewashed the entire thing shortly thereafter.

• Adam Silver says the continued dominance of the Golden State Warriors is not a bad thing for the National Basketball Association.

He's wrong.

He's flat wrong.

Adam Silver has existential problems with his league right now.

Is it any wonder that a lot of incompetent GMs and owners are basically stealing money and match-fixing all over the place by tanking what could be half or more of the regular-season contests? 

Isn't it absolutely clear to a lot of people that at least 26 of the 30 NBA franchises are rank useless, a number that could well reach 28 or 29 as of this year??

You wouldn't have this tanking if this weren't a one-team league, in which the Warriors, even they being thuggish assholes the last three years, are one good fourth quarter away from pretty universally being viewed as the greatest team of all time (at least for one season), and be four-time defending champions instead of two?

Why is most of this league, or it's fans, supposed to care if it's now clear that title #4 is, even with LeBron in LA, about a 1-2 shot, according to the SuperBook?

You're wrong, Adam.  Even if I'm a fan of the Warriors if I'm a fan of any NBA team, you've got a problem and it needs to be fixed.  And none of the solutions are pretty.