The Los Angeles Lakers joined the list of NBA teams to re-open their practice facility, and while it provides players with an opportunity to expand on their workouts, strict protocols from the league remain in place.
Among other guidelines, group settings are prohibited and players are limited to working with one trainer while on the premises. When full team practices are eventually allowed, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel will need to figure out how to slowly bring players back to NBA-level conditioning without putting them at risk of injury.
It has been two months since the NBA’s hiatus began, and rushing back into full scale practices may cause huge injury problems.