LOS ANGELES -- Lakers assistant coach Lionel Hollins will not join the team when it flies to Orlando, Florida, next week for the restart to the NBA season, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.
Hollins was deemed a higher-risk individual due to underlying medical conditions, the source told ESPN. He will not be present in Orlando but will continue to be an essential member of the team and participate on coach Frank Vogel's staff remotely.
Without specifically mentioning Hollins by name, Vogel said it was a "fairly miserable experience" putting together the Lakers' 36-person traveling party list that had to be submitted to the league this week.