The Los Angeles Lakers called upon their star power to recruit LaMarcus Aldridge as soon as free agency began, and we’re not talking about Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers started a social media movement called #LAtoLA in an attempt to flatter the top free agent prize on the market. Part of the campaign involved the photo you see above of Adam Levine wearing a custom Aldridge Lakers jersey. Although the Lakers cleared the tweets with the NBA ahead of time, they reportedly deleted them after other teams complained.
Per league source, Lakers' #LAtoLA tweets weren't deleted out of sheepishness, but rather by NBA request after other teams complained
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 2, 2015
Lakers, per same league source, cleared the #LAtoLA tweet plan with NBA legal dept beforehand.