LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers make a guest appearance in Los Angeles this weekend. A fan of the Lakers named Jacob Emrani took this opportunity to place billboards in town.
Emrani, who has been a season ticket holder for many years, has paid for four billboards that are supposed to convince James to switch to the Lakers – the superstar will be a Free Agent next summer and has already been wooed by fans of the 76s.
Emrani referred to this with his billboards: Under the lettering “#LABron” also the phrase:”Cleveland & Philly, you can’t compete with LA. To ESPN he continued:” We don’t need a process here. In L. A. banners are won. This isn’t about start-ups like Philadelphia, it’s about a legacy.”
The Lakers have long been said to be very interested in James. In the summer, they have the opportunity to clear up to 70 million dollars of cap space and thus take out maximum contracts for James as well as for a potential other star. James owns two houses in the vicinity of LA.
Emrani wants to keep the billboards up for at least a month and is already considering buying similar ads for other players,”This is the first time, but if it’s going well, maybe I’ll do it sometime for Paul George,”said Emrani, who earns his money as a lawyer.