The kids were tasked with running, sprinting, dribbling, shooting, and special skills drills under Lakers Youth Foundation head coach Daryl Roper and his coaching staff. The mood was light and fun, but the tune-up comes just two short days before the team’s opening 2022-23 preseason game against the Sacramento Kings, which will be held at the Arena in Los Angeles.īefore the Laker’s arrival, the Lakers Youth Foundation coaches hosted a basketball clinic for about 100 children.
The shoot-around and scrimmage at the tribe’s recreation center gym on the Pechanga Reservation featured LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, and the entire Lakers team and coaches.
After a four-year-long absence due to the pandemic, the Los Angeles Lakers made a much-anticipated preseason practice stop at the Pechanga Recreation Center on the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula, California, to the glee of about 250 tribal youth members, parents, teachers, and coaches.
