Kobe Bryant is working on getting his body weight down from 225 pounds when he first returned from his injured Achilles to the 200 pounds he has typically been over the past few seasons.

Bryant also believes Pau Gasol needs to drop weight.

"I told him I thought the thing that really helped me out, I dropped some weight," Bryant said after practice Thursday. "I told him he should probably measure it himself, see if that's something he needs to do himself. As we get older, our metabolism slows, we quietly become a little heavy." 

Mike D'Antoni said he'll leave that decision to Gasol.

"I think that’s between him and [conditioning coach] Tim [DiFrancesco] and the strength guys," D'Antoni said. "I think coming off of inactivity this summer, I think he is a little sluggish but I think that will go away if he keeps playing. The biggest thing is just, everybody to a man has got to play harder and worry about things less." 

Gasol entered training camp at 275 pounds, while he was listed at 250 pounds last season.