BEIJING — It was a unique Lakers road-trip flight.
The team got a far larger charter jet than usual to accommodate all the extra team personnel, family and friends who joined what will be a week-long preseason stay in China for the NBA Global Games.
Some Lakers players spent the 12-hour flight bonding with girlfriends instead of teammates, while others couldn’t pass up the rare opportunity to connect with the Laker Girls, who don’t usually go on the road.
For your trusty reporter here, traveling via commercial jet, it wasn’t as interesting. Well, there was a guy sitting in my row wearing a rip-off non-NBA-merchandise sweatshirt with “LAKERS LOS ANGELES” (in that order) on the front.
The Lakers’ plane was met by fans at the airport and more at the team hotel—some fans staying beyond midnight in hopes of seeing players (or that one player). The Lakers’ hotel had a buffet waiting for them if they were hungry…and then a full team dinner right after that.
I joked on Twitter before leaving LAX that I’d be open to one of the in ...
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