When the Lakers arrived at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas earlier this month, they were given the sort of welcome typically reserved for prize fighters and pop stars.
The hotel and casino was blanketed in signage announcing their preseason game Oct. 13. Fans in team apparel snapped selfies with the gilded lion in the lobby, which was fitted in its own gold Lakers jersey.
This is the treatment to which the 16-time champions have become accustomed, even after the worst two-year stretch in franchise history.
There was, however, one key difference from past October visits to Sin City.
The ubiquitous billboards showed Julius Randle with his hands on his hips, and D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson each positioned behind one of his shoulders.
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