The Lakers officially announced their purchase of a five-acre lot intended for a brand new practice facility and team headquarters Friday afternoon. The facility will be walking distance from the current building and will probably jump to the top of practice accommodations in the NBA as soon as it’s finished.
Timing is interesting here, because the team will have this to promise to incoming free agents next season and the year after, when that Kevin Durant guy will be an unrestricted free agent.
Jeannie Buss had a few words to say about the development, and sounded expectedly excited about what it might mean to the franchise.