--The Times' Mike Bresnahan profiles Ramon Sessions on how he has fit in with the Lakers thus far. Bresnahan also reports Sessions is expected to decline a player option for $4.6 million next season and become an unrestricted free agent, but he wants to stay with the Lakers.
--The Times' Ben Bolch mentions Mike Brown's return to practice Saturday and that Kobe Bryant probably won't play against the Dallas Mavericks.
