Nine days in paradise is a bit different if you’re a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The purple and gold wrap up their stay in Hawaii Wednesday, but it was far from a week of sunshine and piña coladas.
Head coach Byron Scott’s training camp is notorious for testing players’ conditioning, and it lived up to its reputation.
“They're always tough,” said Brandon Bass, who played for Scott in New Orleans from 2005-07. “They're always challenging. Always going to be a lot of running. It's going to challenge you mentally and physically. I think it's a usual Byron Scott training camp.