Lakers training camp: Live updates from Day 5 in Hawaii

Oct. 3, 2015 5:07 PM PT

Lakers beat writer Mike Bresnahan will be at Lakers camp through their last practice on the island on Wednesday, Oct. 7. He will be providing continual updates with the latest news, notes and analysis from camp.

Need to catch up with the action so far? Check out Bresnahan's report from yesterday here .

Want more? You can find the daily live blog at latimes.com/lakers . You can also follow Bresnahan's Facebook page for updates from Hawaii.

5:07 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Wrapping up the early practice session

Kobe Bryant will probably play in the Lakers' exhibition opener Sunday against Utah in Honolulu.

"If I had to guess right now I would say, 'Yeah, he's going to play,'" Lakers Coach Byron Scott said Saturday.

It obviously doesn't count in the standings but would be Bryant's first game activity since he sustained a torn rotator cuff Jan. 21 against New Orleans.

Bryant has been practicing fairly regularly since the Lakers began training camp Monday at the University of Hawaii. He can be seen hitting his trademark fadeaway shot in scrimmages and also had a dunk earlier this week.

On their last day of two-a-days, the Lakers got some injured players back at practice -- D'Angelo Russell, Nick Young, Metta World Peace -- but lost two others: Marcelo Huertas (strained hamstring) and Larry Nance Jr. (back spasms). Neither injury was believed to be serious.

Scott was relieved to have Russell back on the court. He had been slowed by a bone bruise under his right foot.

"I still think he's going to have a lot more ups this year than downs," Scott said.

4:50 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Looking for more peaks than valley for D'Angelo Russell

4:49 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Guess who will be playing in exhibition opener?

4:48 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Video of Kobe in typical form

4:46 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

List grows of players not practicing

1:18 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Video: Injury updates (and there's a few)

Last day of two-a-day workouts for the Lakers. It's probably a good thing. They're running out of players.

Last day of two-a-days for the Lakers. It's probably a good thing. They're running out of players.
Posted by Mike Bresnahan on Saturday, October 3, 2015

1:08 P.M. Mike Bresnahan

Final session of daily doubles starts soon

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.