The NBA makes it's major-market power play.

LeBron James, just minutes ago (when I started this earlier), was announced to be a Los Angeles Laker.

4 years, $154,000,000.  3 years definite, 4th is a player option.

I mean, I knew it by the end of Game 3 that LeBron was gone and the Cavs didn't care if the door hit him where the Lord split him.

They'd rather be a 30-win team without him than in the NBA Finals with him.  As a result, the Cavaliers are now 500-1 to win the title -- the Lakers are now 7-2.  (and that is just with James -- if the rumored superteam takes shape...)

Take a look at the reality of the NBA...

The Warriors probably tanked more than a fair bit of the regular season themselves this year, just to make things somewhat interesting.

And then they ran through the playoffs and won one of the worst NBA Finals in history.

The NBA needs a second team.  One-team leagues do not tend to survive long.

If you take a look at LeBron's situation, there were three teams he probably could have gone to once he opted out.

If you take a look at the NBA's wants, there were three major-media-market cities they would want LeBron to land in.

Those two lists had one intersection:  The Los Angeles Lakers.

Stay tuned -- there's more coming to LA than this.