Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Toyota Sports Center (4-12-14 and 4-19-14)

Day 1 (4-12-14)

I heard that the Lakers were going to be practicing so I decided to head down to their practice facility in El Segundo. It was only about 20 minutes from where I live so it wasn't too bad. I showed up around 9 am and left at 2 pm, the D-Fenders (Lakers D-League Affiliate) were practicing along with the Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors D-League Affiliate) that day in preparation for their playoff series. I was also able to see the Los Angeles Kings practice but since I did not go prepared I had nothing to get signed but I was able to take pictures with Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams, Dwight King, Willie Mitchell, Daryl Evans and Daryl Sutter. I waited for the Lakers on there way out of the parking lot and I was able to get most of them: 


Top Left: Gary Vitti 
Top Middle: Luke Walton
Top Right: Shawnee Williams
Middle Left: Kendall Marshall
Middle: Nick Young
Middle Right: Jordan Hill
Bottom Left: Jodie Meeks
Bottom Middle: Ryan Kelly
Bottom Right: Robert Sacre

Day 2 (4-19-14)

I decided to go back to Toyota Sports Center the following week to see the Kings practice and to try to graph them and it turned out pretty well. I took some cards and a 2012 Stanley Cup Champs 8x10 Photo to get signed by the people I didn't have cards for. I also took an 8x10 picture of Justin Williams with the Stanley Cup and I was lucky enough to get it signed:


As for my Stanley Cup Champs photo, I was able to get a few people to sign it:


Top Left: Jake Muzzin
Top Right: Alec Martinez
Middle Left: Jarret Stoll
Middle Right: Dwight King
Bottom Left: Daryl Evans
Bottom Right: Rob Blake

Along with the 2 photos, I was also able to get 4 cards signed.

Jonathan Quick:

Jordan Nolan:

Anze Kopitar:

Matt Greene:

To cap the day off, I had bought 2 blank pucks to get signed and I got them signed by a few upcoming stars.

Tanner Pearson:

Martin Jones: 

Tyler Toffoli:

Overall, I had a great time graphing at Toyota Sports Center and I had a great time meeting a lot of the players, coaches and alumni. Thanks to all of the guys who stopped to sign and take pictures and thanks to you for reading. Stay tuned for more.





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