The Los Angeles Lakers had already planned to trim the number of coaches included on their 35-person traveling list for the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida, and then received word assistant Lionel Hollins was flagged as a medical risk.
The specific reason for the 66-year-old being ruled as such was not made public, though Hollins won’t be traveling with the Lakers when they head to Walt Disney World on Thursday. “It was very disappointing,” Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said.
“Coach Lionel had been intent on going the entire time. We’ve talked about it with our whole staff that this is a personal choice.