With a 13 point loss to the Bobcats and Kobe's anger management issues fresh in the minds of Laker Nation, here's some potentially good news.

Today, Lakers.com posted a video documenting Andrew Bynum's rehab process.

If you don't have three minutes to blow on, basically, music video of a dude working out, here's a synopses:

"On Monday, Andrew continued to workout the knee through a series of of weight-training exercises aimed at strengthening the area where the injury occurred. The center also ran for several minutes on the team's Alter-G treadmill that simulates low gravity situations. Since the machine controls what percentage of body weight a player runs on, it is less physically demanding for an athlete returning from an injury."

The knee has had 11 weeks of healing, and from the looks of thing in the video the recovery is going smoothly.

The high point of the video was finally getting to see this $75,000 treadmill that we've been hearing about for the past few months.



Inside Andrew Bynum's Rehab [Lakers.com]

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Also, after reports of Pau Gasol's return being pushed back to Wednesday, the LA Times is reporting:

"Center Pau Gasol might return Sunday against Washington after a pain-free day with his sprained left ankle.

He did some one-on-one drills Thursday with assistant coach Kurt Rambis at the team's training facility. Some post moves still bothered him when he made quick turns, but he felt "pretty good," he said. "I'll just wait until probably Saturday to go through a full practice, see how it feels."

Latest Kobe stopper could be whistle away [LA Times]

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Finally, Kwame Brown will make his return to Staples tonight. Kwame hasn't seen minutes in the Grizzlies' last four games, but when he does, he's good for anywhere from 0 to 8 points -- 8 being his high since the trade. On the other hand, Javaris Crittenton might be factor of sorts in this game. Since the trade, J-Critt's high is 22 points and he's seen increased playing time in the past couple of games. Regardless, I'm excited to see Crittenton ball again... AND, I'm more excited to see the greeting Kwame gets IF he manages to sneak into the game.

Grizzlies at Lakers [Fox Sports]

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[edit: 7:14pm] Well, when it rains it pours. Derek Fisher has been diagnosed with a partial tendon tear in his right foot.

"If this happened during the middle of the season or something like that, he would probably rest for six to eight weeks in order to heal," Lakers spokesman John Black said. "It's a pain and inflammation thing. If he can play, he'll be on anti-inflammatory and pain medication and try to play through it."

So there we have it. Both members of the Lakers back-court are now "playing through pain."

Fisher to play through pain [LA Times]