Gary Vitti admits he didn't think the Lakers made the right move when trading Vlade Divac for Kobe Bryant: "I didn't see it, ...

I didn't see it,' Vitti said. 'So I go, `where'd you get hurt? He goes, `over there.' I'm not trying to laugh. I said, `Man, where on your body did you get h ...

Vitti screamed. Bryant immediately relented. Former Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti shares with Kristine Leahy his experience treating Kobe Bryant after he dislocated his finger during a game.

Kobe Bryant is a legend in Los Angeles Lakers history, but not everyone in the organisation was sold on his potential at ...

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant helped the Lakers to three straight NBA titles, but their feud ended up tearing a dynasty ...

During his playing career, Shaquille O'Neal was known as a dominant force in the NBA. To his teammates, he was much more than ...

Former Los Angeles Lakers trainer Gary Vitti recently confirmed one of the strangest and most disgusting stories involving Shaquille O’Neal.

Lakers trainer Gary Vitti recalls Shaq’s disgusting prank, when the NBA legend threw dirty toilet paper at him.

The 2012-13 NBA campaign seemed like the longest season of Gary Vitti’s 30 as the team’s head athletic trainer … at least until 2013-14.

Gary Vitti, who'll leave his job as Lakers trainer after next season — his 32nd with L.A. — recalls the good times and bad.

Lakers center Andrew Bynum holds his ankle as trainer Gary Vitti talks to him on April 1, 2012. Lakers trainer Gary Vitti, left, puts talc in the hand of Kobe Bryant on Feb. 2, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Gary Vitti eased his way into a hat store in Cleveland on a recent Lakers trip in search of a lid for his bald head, when the door quickly opened and a man burst in. “Hey, you’re Gary Vitti ...