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Robert Marvi

Lakers superfan Snoop Dogg throws shade at the Clippers’ new arena

For the last 25 seasons, the Los Angeles Clippers have shared Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as Staples Center) with the Los Angeles Lakers. But starting this coming season, the Clippers will have their own arena — the Intuit Dome in Inglewood.

The Intuit Dome officially opened on Thursday with a concert that featured Bruno Mars and the Hooligans. Bombastic Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has promoted the facility as “the best basketball facility ever built.”

For Clippers games, the arena will have something known as “the wall,” which is a section that is specifically for Clippers fans only. When Lakers superfan and hip hop legend Snoop Dogg was asked about “the wall” during an episode of the “All the Smoke” podcast, he threw shade at the organization like only he can.

“Well, it’s gonna be kinda empty in that [expletive] then,” he said.

When the Lakers and Clippers would play each other over the years, there would seemingly be a larger number of fans of the former than the latter, even when the latter was designated as the home team. “The wall” may be a sincere attempt by the Clippers organization to strengthen its home-court advantage, but the Los Angeles area will continue to be dominated by Lakers fans for years to come.

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