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When the Los Angeles Lakers return next season after another long summer, it’ll be to new digs.
Next season will be the Lakers’ first in their still-under-construction UCLA Heath Training Center, and if the latest Twitter photo the team shared is anything to go by, it’s going to be nice:
Not one, but two courts with the freshly painted purple and gold. #TeamUCLALakers pic.twitter.com/VxTwERMsT6
— UCLA Health TC (@UCLAHealthTC) April 21, 2017
The Lakers’ new dual court set-up is an upgrade from their current spot at the Toyota Sports Center, which only has one basketball court. Also, anecdotally, this photo makes the court look a lot shinier. Take that for what it’s worth.
As team’s continue to look for edges in free agent recruiting and build up advantages for their own roster that don’t count against the cap, this upgrade could end up being a big deal for the Lakers, and it’s been pretty cool to watch it come together.
Harrison Faigen is co-host of the Locked on Lakers podcast (subscribe here), and you can follow him on Twitter at @hmfaigen.