Entering the offseason, the front office and coaching staff of the Los Angeles Lakers had a simple message for their players. In order to be able to play at the uptempo pace head coach Luke Walton wanted, the entire team would need to make a concerted effort to prepare their bodies. Now entering the offseason, both the organization and their fans can see the changes Julius Randle, Larry Nance Jr., and Ivica Zubac and others have undergone.
After subpar results during the 2016-17 season, the message to their players was simple. With a state of the art training facility in the UCLA Training Health Center, a top-notch nutritionist, and a new strength and endurance coach in Gunnar Peterson, the Lakers had the proper assets to help their players adapt to the evolving NBA.