The Los Angeles Lakers have an enormous amount of celebrity fans, but they've lost George Lopez after new ownership took over. The Los Angeles Lakers are up there with the New York Knicks has having the most celebrity fans in the NBA. But one fan has denounced his fandom from the LA Lakers, and it's hard to fault his reasoning. George Lopez, the Los Angeles native who has lived there his entire life, has been one of the biggest celebrity Laker fans in recent history. Mark Walter owns detention centers, runs them for profit.