Part of it is that O'Neal doesn't think the current Lakers are worth seeing at the arena. On Christmas Day, the Staples Center will officially become Crypto.com Arena. Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal has no problem with the change.
On a recent episode of the Big Podcast with Shaq, O'Neal revealed that he's ready for the name change because Staples Center will always "belong" to himself and the late Kobe Bryant.