How the Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns rivalry started early this pre-season

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most valuable NBA franchises, currently sitting in third place behind the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks.

The purple and gold franchise is sitting on a 6.44 billion Net Worth, but they are looking to make business with one of their modern biggest rivals, the Phoenix Suns.

With information via Twitter Content Creator Jake @KingJakeVII the Lakers and Suns are in discussion to play an overseas game in Japan during the 2024 NBA Preseason.

This could be a masterplan without a doubt, as the Lakers have the Japanese Wing Rui Hachimura and the Suns have just signed the other NBA Japanese player Yuta Watanabe. Also, the Lakers and Suns being two of the most popular franchises could be drawing big attention from the Japanese fandom.

Rui Hachimura signing with the Lakers made the Japanese TV crash

The first Lakers game with Hachimura playing made the broadcaster crash in Japan because the NBA fans there went nuts to have a National player with the most popular Basketball franchise in the USA.