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.

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 knows the rookies have been sent by the veterans to buy them, a battle he can’t win, so he puts up an adjacent sign that says “cardiac risk,” an almost daily reminder that ...

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 ...

Lakers’ Athletic trainer Gary Vitti looks Kobe Bryant #24 after he hurt his ankle during their game against the Warriors at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Friday, April 12, 2013.