The 2016 season will represent first year in two decades that the Lakers will host their annual Media Day festivities without the Black Mamba himself, Kobe Bryant.
And while it will be strange to watch, fans will take delight in the fact that it also signals the end of what has seemed to be the longest offseason in NBA history.
Though we’ve seen what little clips we could find of D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson and the rest of the young members of the Purple and Gold working out together in El Segundo, Monday will be the first time we are officially able to see the entire new look squad in one place at one time.