Mere days after pronouncing "I need to get my fat a** in shape," Kobe Bryant claims he lost five pounds in one day as he continues to rehab from April surgery on his torn Achilles.
Though both Bryant and team management continue to refrain from putting an exact timetable on when he might return to the court, Bryant told the L.A.Times "I'm starting to move a little bit more. I'm trying to pick up my pace a lot more."
Earlier this week, the 35-year-old Hall of Fame bound guard tweeted "six months of eating whatever the hell I wanted to eat and not running and stuff like that caught up to me a little-bit. I can do it in about three weeks of rigorous conditioning. I have the green light now to do that."
The Lakers embarked on a 13 hour flight to China this weekend, where they will play a pair of exhibition games against Golden State, giving the team coach Mike D'Antoni has created more in his own up-tempo image more time to bond.
In the wake of Dwight Howard's free agency departure to Houston, the Lakers signed Xavier Henry, Jordan Farmar, Nick Young and Wesley Johnson this off season. The team also inked journeyman center Chris Kaman to a one-year deal to fill the void left by Howard.
The Lakers open the regular season Oct. 29 against the Clippers.
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