The Los Angeles Lakers (4-4) are off to a somewhat surprising start eight games into the 2016-17 season. With a young, talented roster in place, they're showing quite a bit of promise for the future.
Luke Walton, 36, is a new addition to the Lakers' sideline, as he's in his first year as head coach. Not only has he proven he can succeed in drawing up X's and O's, but he also is one of the few coaches in the NBA who's agile enough to get out there on the court with his players.
Tarik Black, Thomas Robinson and Julius Randle were all given a chance to score in the post on Walton in practice Wednesday, but the former Laker wasn't going to make life easy for the youngsters.
Coach can still D up (and take a charge) when he has to #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/U0LaEsPIlJ
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) November 9, 2016
Black wasn't able to finish, Robinson might've been called for a charge in an actual game, and Randle, who was forced to pump fake multiple times, was the only Laker to get a bucket during the workout -- even though it seemed Walton let him score.
It turns out Metta World Peace, who's also 36, isn't the only old-timer on the squad who can still move his feet; add Walton to the list, too.
-- Josiah Turner