Hello Lakers nation. Welcome in to the Lakers nation.

podcast. I am Trevor Laid. We are looking ahead to training camp for the Lakers coming up in just a few weeks.

Not in the normal tropical paradise.

Well, I guess in the last few years it hasn't been,

but the Lakers used to go to Hawaii all the time.

Not so, my guest joining me though,

is in Hawaii.

Araj Marikaze of his Sporting Tribune.

Arash, thank you so much for coming on.

Thanks so much for having me.

So you are out there in Hawaii right now.

Word has come out that the clippers will be having

their training camp in Hawaii.

The Lakers not.

What is the buzz like there in Hawaii?

Is there excitement over the clippers coming?

And then we'll talk a little bit about what this might mean

for the Lakers as well.

Yeah, I mean, so this will be the fifth time since 2017

that the clippers have had training camp and a pre-season game in Hawaii.

They've really planted their flag here in Hawaii.

I mean this came this came to be after, I want to say, 2016, when the Lakers built their brand new practice facility that's amazing in El Segundo, again, when they moved away from sharing the Toyota Sports Center with the Kings,

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