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Legendary Lakers Trainer Gary Vitti

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Legendary Lakers Trainer Gary Vitti
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Legendary Lakers Trainer Gary Vitti

April 19, 1988 SI cover

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Lane Stewart for Sports Illustrated

(Clockwise) Billy Thompson (55), James Worthy (42), Milt Wagner (20), coach Pat Riley, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33), Wes Matthews (1), assistant coach Bill Bertka, Mychal Thompson (43), A.C. Green (45), Michael Cooper (21), Kurt Rambis (31), trainer Gary Vitti, Magic Johnson (32), Byron Scott (4), Mike Smrek (52), and assistant coach Randy Pfund

October 14, 1991 — McDonald's Open practice

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Gary Vitti

1989

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Gary Vitti and Byron Scott

January 30, 1996

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Eric Draper/AP

Gary Vitti and Magic Johnson

May 19, 2002

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Kevork Djansezia/AP

Gary Vitti, Shaquille O'Neal and assistant coach Tex Winter

November 3, 2002

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Shaquille O'Neal and Gary Vitti

April 29, 2003

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Gary Vitti and Derek Fisher

October 2, 2003

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Gary Vitti and Luke Walton

January 12, 2004

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

May 25, 2004

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Gary Vitti and Karl Malone

March 27, 2005

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Gary Vitti and Jessica Alba

October 7, 2005

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Gary Vitti and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

December 5, 2007

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

January 27, 2009

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Gary Vitti and Jonah Hill

May 22, 2009

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

June 4, 2009 — NBA Finals, Game 1

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Lamar Odom and Gary Vitti

December 18, 2009

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

February 20, 2011 — NBA All-Star Game

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Tim Duncan and Gary Vitti

October 7, 2012

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Pau Gasol and Gary Vitti

November 9, 2012

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Steve Nash and Gary Vitti

November 30, 2012

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Gary Vitti and Dwight Howard

March 8, 2013

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Kobe Bryant and Gary Vitti

March 22, 2013

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Gary Vitti and Antawn Jamison

April 12, 2013

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

October 6, 2013

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Gary Vitti and Nick Young

November 1, 2013

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Gary Vitti and Xavier Henry

September 29, 2015

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Gary Vitti and D'Angelo Russell

March 10, 2016

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Gary Vitti and Kobe Bryant

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