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The Clippers’ ‘halo’ scoreboard inside their new arena looks like every sports fan’s dream

This board looks so cool, y’all.

The sooner the Clippers are able to get out of Crypto.com Arena, the better.

First of all, because it doesn’t feel right typing that out at all. Why in the world would you include dot com in an arena name? Yikes. Staples Center wasn’t the greatest name in the world, but this is dreadful.

But secondly, the Clippers’ new arena looks incredible, y’all. The team broke ground on the “Intuit Dome” at the tail end of last year and the plans behind this thing seem pretty incredible. Every image of Steve Ballmer’s new $1.8 million arena seems like it’s coming right out of a sports fan’s dream.

That is especially the case with the new “halo” scoreboard the arena will apparently have.

In pretty much every sports setting you go to, there’s a scoreboard that holds a bunch of information. It obviously has the stats for every player in the game and key info like what quarter it is, how much time is left and how many timeouts a team has. That’s the basic stuff. Sometimes it’ll even have stats from around the league.

But the way the Clippers’ scoreboard is looking? They’ll probably be streaming Netflix live during the game from this joint or something. It shows you literally everything you can ask for.

Look at this thing, y’all.

It’s a double-sized board broadcasting the game in 4k. The thing is nearly an acre in size. Like, this is completely ridiculous, y’all. It’s totally overboard. I…I love it.

I will say, the “Intuit Dome” name almost sounds as dumb as Crypto Dot Com arena. The only thing it’s missing is dot com, honestly. But I guess this is just the SponCon world we live in at work these days.

Anyway, the Clippers officially move into their new space in 2024 and, honestly, that day cannot get here soon enough.

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Head coach Willie Green said the …

Head coach Willie Green said the Pelicans found a little extra motivation after they went through “a good portion” of Friday morning shootaround at Crypto.com Arena in the dark. “They didn’t turn the lights on,” Green said. “We talked to our guys about and we were like, ‘Look, we’ve all played with the street lights out before. So let’s get after it.’ I think it motivated us.”

Christmas wrapped up nearly two months …

Christmas wrapped up nearly two months ago, but Floyd Mayweather still did his best Santa impression outside of the Lakers game on Tuesday night … doling out $100 bills to kids! It was a super generous act for the legendary boxer … who said, “I’m all about giving back to the kids” as he forked over cash to youngsters who were trying to sell candy bars at Crypto.com Arena.

The National Basketball Association is …

The National Basketball Association is offering virtual courtside seats on Meta’s $299 Oculus Quest 2 devices. The headsets were one of the most popular Christmas gifts in 2021, showing that people seem to be more willing than ever to give virtual reality a try. And businesses are trying to keep your eyeballs on their content by creating VR versions of their apps and games. The NBA experience is free and available on Meta’s Horizon Venues platform, which is a free software download for the Oculus headset. People appear as digital avatars, sort of like cartoon versions of their real selves, and watch an NBA game from a courtside perspective. It’s not Jack Nicholson’s Los Angeles Lakers seat at Crypto.com Arena or Spike Lee’s seat at Madison Square Garden, but it almost replicates the real thing.

Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal is glad Staples Center is undergoing name change

Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal explains why he’s happy Staples Center is changing its name, and it involves Kobe Bryant.

The Los Angeles Lakers will soon be playing in Crypto.com Arena, the new name for the building once called Staples Center.

Crypto.com, a crypto exchange company based in Singapore, agreed to a $700 million naming rights deal to have the iconic building undergo a name change. Staples Center had been the building’s name since 1999.

READ: Crypto.com CMO says people resist change about still calling arena Staples Center

There have been plenty of negative reactions to the move, but Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal had a different perspective.

Shaq explained why he’s happy about the name change on an episode of “The Big Podcast” (h/t: LakersNation.com):

“It was a blessing to be able to play in that building. To play in front of my favorite actors and actresses, to play in front of my family, score 61 points on my birthday, win championships, three in a row for the city. I’m glad they’re taking the name of the Staples Center down because that was our building. Congratulations to the owners for getting a new deal, but, hey, the Staples Center belongs to Shaq and Kobe forever.”

Of course, Shaq and Kobe led the Lakers to a three-peat from 2000 to 2002, which is one of the memorable eras the franchise that is rich in history has had.

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Crypto.com CMO on fans still calling arena Staples Center: ‘People resist change’

Steven Kalifowitz, CMO of Crypto.com, gave his thoughts on fans still calling the arena Staples Center despite the name change.

The Los Angeles Lakers are among the teams that will soon refer to Staples Center as Crypto.com Arena.

Crypto.com, a crypto exchange company based in Singapore, recently made a deal worth $700 million to have the naming rights to the arena in downtown L.A. that has been called Staples Center since 1999.

The move, which was announced in mid-November, began trending on social media almost immediately, and the general consensus for fans was that the arena would always be called Staples Center.

The chief marketing officer of Crypto.com recently discussed the company’s thoughts on the matter in an interview with Bill Oram of The Athletic:

“He or she will call it whatever they want, and we’ll be OK with that,” said Steven Kalifowitz, chief marketing officer for Crypto.com. “It’s part of a broader strategy of getting people to know who we are.”

“I’m happy for them to say, ‘The company that took over Staples Center,’” Kalifowitz said. “Over time, it’s really about growth of the business.”

Kalifowitz said the change should come gradually instead of referring it to Crypto.com Arena right away:

“People resist change. I realize that,” Kalifowitz said, adding that he’s still slightly taken aback to see “Citi Field” instead of “Shea Stadium” exit signs when he’s home in New York. “People will change when they’re ready.”

Kalifowitz then said Staples, the company behind the name change, is just the name people are hooked to, not the actual company itself.

“The Staples Center is not that old; the naming rights partner, I don’t know if they’re still in business,” Kalifowitz said. “There is an attachment to the name but not company.”

The name change will go into effect on Christmas, so it’s not long until Staples starts to slip away from people’s mouths. Arena officials have already started the process of removed the Staples signage, so Crypto.com will soon have its name around the building.

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Trevor Noah wants hardcore fans of the …

Trevor Noah wants hardcore fans of the Staples Center name to get a grip as owner AEG Live prepares to rebrand the venue Crypto.com Arena, starting Christmas Day. On Wednesday night’s “Daily Show,” the late-night host ran a clip of Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George — a Palmdale native who’s been a Clipper since 2019 — lamenting the change from the only name the place has had since it opened in October 1999. “It’ll be weird … You know, I grew up [with] this being Staples and Staples being, you know, the place to play and the place to be,” George told reporters. “It’s kind of, like, just stripping the history here.”

“I don’t know if you need to get that …