The Los Angeles Lakers have been waiting for a while now for Pau Gasol's(notes) hamstring to heal up and he supposedly will test it out this week again at practice, according to the Orange County Register.

Coach Phil Jackson is apparently saying that Gasol has gone five days without pain and that he's been out on the court for "light" workouts. The team is supposedly ready for him to try the hamstring out against some actual contact.

Lakers fans are surely thinking that it would be nice to have the 18.9 points per game he averaged last year back in the lineup.

Source: Orange County Register