Los Angeles

"I keep forgetting that," said Jordan. "Well, Jerry [Reinsdorf] has two teams. We're not even a real team. Aren't we the Hornets again? Who do we even have? Al Harrington?"

TMZ is reporting that embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling was gloating after his interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

An op-ed piece from Seth Jaffe, a Heckler writer born and raised in Southern California: If you grew up Los Angeles like I did, then there is only one thing on your mind this weekend, and that’s hockey, unless of course you have Coachella tickets or know somebody who can get you into SkyBar.

"Man, getting Kobe on the ice will be huge," said Strong. "Plus he'll be skating with Gretzky, which will be insane."

"Super excited!" said an exuberant Weir. "This is LA vs New York, East vs. West, Broadway vs Hollywood. The only disappointment is the Blackhawks aren't involved. To me they have the best outfits. Of course Henrik Lundqvist is here. There's a man that's put together. It's a shame he has to wear that mask for three hours."

Against the wishes of their captain, several Blackhawks players have flown to Los Angeles to crash the parade of the newly crowned Stanley Cup Champions Kings.

“The owners could have made at least one unreasonable demand,” Bettman was overheard lamenting to a confidant. “Otherwise what am I doing here? All I’ve got is this cheap suit and my idea to dot the greater southwestern desert with unprofitable teams.”