The Los Angeles Lakers will not bring back their head athletic trainer after an injury-riddled 2020-21 season and will revamp their strategies for player health, ESPN reported Saturday.
The team did not renew the contract of Nina Hsieh, who took over as head trainer two summers ago. Hsieh had been with the organization for more than 10 years before assuming the top job in August 2019.
When the Lakers won the 2019-20 NBA title, she became the first female head athletic trainer in professional sports history of a championship-winning team in the U.S.
The Lakers finished the season with a 42-30 record and in seventh place in the Western Conference, forced to earn their way to t…
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