With the NBA allowing teams to return to practice facilities on Friday in states with eased stay-at-home orders, the Los Angeles Lakers must sit and wait.
Amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has remained strict about the importance of staying at home. For L.A. residents and businesses, the stay-at-home orders will not be officially lifted until May 15, at the earliest.
The Lakers have targeted May 16 – the day after the orders are lifted – as their day to re-open the team’s El Segundo practice facility. However, that wasn’t their first choice.