Some obviously weren't able to handle a dedicated Los Angeles Lakers thread which would have kept all of the Lakers talk in one thread, rather than having multiple Lakers discussions going at once.
Except for the Bryant/Jackson soap opera, the Lakers really aren't all that interesting these days. It makes sense that there would be more discussion about teams that are playing well, like the Spurs, Mavericks, and Nuggets.
I doubt there's much Suns talk on Lakers boards these days either, or at least much less than last season. No one really cares about teams in the middle of the pack.