The Los Angeles Lakers will be going into the Walt Disney World bubble in Orlando, Florida, without one of their most important players. Avery Bradley announced he would not be joining the team, citing a health issue with his eldest son and not wanting to put him in any danger.
For the Lakers on the basketball side it is a certainly a major loss, but one that vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka and the entire organization were with Bradley the entire way through.
“I had worked really extensively with Avery and his wife Ashley, and as he’s indicated, they had a family issue with one of Avery’s sons that was a health-related issue,” Pelinka noted during a conference call.