The Los Angeles Lakers had legitimate momentum this season, but had that derailed by a litany of injuries to key players that never stopped. Organizationally, they’ve also developed a pattern of having players come back on the later side of prognoses if not after the promised return dates have passed altogether.
As a result, the Lakers have made their first firing of the offseason, and it’s somewhat promising even if literally everyone was hoping it would be Rob Pelinka:
The Lakers fired athletic trainer Marco Nuñez on Weds, sources told ESPN. Nuñez joined LAL as an asst trainer in 08-09 & ascended to the head position in ‘16, succeeding Gary Vitti.