LOS ANGELES – U.S. military living and stationed in Southern California will be invited to participate in basketball skills clinics with the help of Los Angeles Lakers before three of this year’s preseason games. A special partnership between the Lakers and Pechanga Resort & Casino created the “Hoops for Troops” program in 2015. The program returns starting Sunday, Sept. 30 for another successful year, offering the chance for 50 U.S.