LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Los Angeles Lakers will celebrate the team’s 15th NBA title with a parade Wednesday that the financially troubled city either badly needs or can’t afford, depending on who you ask.
Kobe Bryant, coach Phil Jackson and others will take a route that begins at Staples Center and winds up at the Coliseum for a rally despite a week marked by complaints about the $2 million cost and worries about a repeat of the hooliganism that followed the team’s Sunday night championship-clinching win over the Orlando Magic.
Private donors stepped up to ease most of the money concerns, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa defended the decision to stage the parade, saying it’s important to celebrate even at a time of high unemployment and home foreclosures.
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