The Los Angeles Lakers will learn to adjust to the post-Kobe Bryant era thanks to a new state-of-the-art training facility.
The complex — named the UCLA Health Training Center — is located in El Segundo, Calif. and is expected to open in 2017.
“The new building is three times the size of the one we're in now,” Lakers head coach Luke Walton told Nunzio Ingrassia of Fox Sports. “It's got state-of-the-art everything.”
Walton wasn't joking. The facility will include dual cryogenic chambers, an indoor-outdoor lounge, a barber shop and two basketball courts that have a 750 capacity arena seating.
To say this new facility is decked out, is an understatement. A player can do a cryo-recovery, have a coffee at the lounge, get a haircut, and do some light shooting, all inside the brand-new complex. What a life!
See the preview for yourself:
Go inside the Lakers state-of-the-art future home, the @UCLAHealth Training Center. pic.twitter.com/gPmIq1Ke3R
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 31, 2016
“The UCLA Health Training Center will be the greatest and most up-to-date training facility in the league, and will allow us the best opportunities to enhance our efforts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and injury prevention and treatment,” general manager Mitch Kupchak said.
Although this facility won't do much for a young team while it's still being built, at least it'll give some players a reason to stay in L.A. and to some others a reason to look forward to next offseason.
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