Lakers take team photo without Jordan Hill or a Buss
The Lakers took their team photo on Thursday, well most of them.
Jordan Hill missed the annual event, arriving late to the team’s practice facility, according to a Lakers spokesman.
Also absent in the photo is any member of the Buss family, with owners Jim and Jeanie Buss sitting out.
It’s team photo day at El Segundo. #GoLakers pic.twitter.com/epoQ4zQAME— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 20, 2014
After the passing of Jerry Buss last February, the Lakers honored their late owner with a basketball sitting on an empty chair in between Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard.
Jim Buss represented the Buss family in the team’s 2012 team photo.
This year’s image includes a rare glimpse of Kobe Bryant in uniform. The team’s All-Star guard has missed all but six games this season with Achilles’ tendon and knee injuries.
The Lakers are just 22-45 this season, the fifth worst in the NBA.
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