The Anaheim Royals . . .
Do not rub your eyes and reread that. It is true, the Sacramento Kings officially sent in their request to move the team to Anaheim and relocate as the Royals.
If the request is granted, the Kings will begin next season in their new city. The question now shifts to how can the Kings compete in Southern California when there are two NBA teams in Los Angeles?
Not only are the Kings competing with the Clippers but they are also competing with the Lakers, who are kings of Los Angeles and rule all of Southern California.
The majority of Orange County residents are Laker fans but how many of those fans are willing to ditch the 16-time (soon to be 17--hopefully) NBA Champions for the Royals?
Granted the OC will get its own NBA team but why would you root for a lousy team if you are already a fan of a legendary team? (This is were NBA fans can run with this and assist that Laker fans are bandwagon fans--which is not true.)
Three NBA teams in Southern California is not the best solution. Is there anyway Southern Californians can trade the new neighbors and the Clippers for a NFL team? Now that is a awesome idea that every Southern Californian can agree on.
The soon to be Royals will suffer a long time to fit in Anaheim but it can be another two more home games for the Lakers since those Laker road games to Anaheim will be filled with Laker fans.
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