Kobe Bryant did not arrive in Honolulu as scheduled yesterday, and his status for the remainder of the Los Angeles Lakers' training camp is uncertain.

Bryant, the all-star guard who is facing felony sexual assault charges in Colorado, did not board the Lakers' private flight yesterday because he was "under the weather," according to team officials.

"We're obviously disappointed that Kobe's not here with the basketball club with his teammates," Los Angeles head coach Phil Jackson said. "We have to trust that he's doing the most responsible thing he can do for himself, and ultimately, at this point, Kobe has to think about himself before the team."

The Lakers' training camp in Honolulu started on Tuesday for players with less than four years of NBA experience.

Bryant and other Laker veterans were scheduled to arrive in Honolulu yesterday, and report to training camp at the Stan Sheriff Center today. Team officials said Bryant will not attend today's practice, and they could not say whether or not he would attend the camp at all.

"I'm not anticipating anything," Jackson said.

The announcement of Bryant's condition came on the same day that a judge in Eagle, Colo., turned down several requests by Bryant's defense attorneys for next week's preliminary hearing.

Bryant was charged in July with sexually assaulting a hotel clerk at a resort in Colorado. The preliminary hearing for the case is scheduled for Thursday at Eagle, Colo.

Yesterday, Judge Frederick Gannett dealt Bryant's defense attorneys a setback by ruling that: Bryant's accuser will not have to testify at the hearing; Bryant's attorneys will not be allowed to examine medical records of the accuser; and the proceedings will probably be kept open to the public.

Bryant, 25, has maintained that he and the 19-year-old female clerk had consensual sex on June 30.

Because of the ongoing case, a media frenzy has followed the Lakers to Honolulu. According to Lakers spokesman John Black, "between 70 and 100" media outlets have requested credentials to cover the training camp and exhibition games against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Jackson said a meeting for all the Laker players was scheduled for last night.

"Our first priority was to talk about the team in general," Jackson said. "Our second priority was to talk about some of the rules we have as a basketball team. Our third thing that perhaps we would have addressed was obviously the press and the Kobe situation."

Jackson said he could not reach Bryant via telephone on Wednesday.

When asked about Bryant's condition, Jackson responded: "I can't answer that question because I'm not privy to his condition. I know that the report is that he's under the weather. I wasn't told he was sick, I was told he was under the weather."

However, Jackson added that he was "perfectly comfortable" if Bryant were to miss the entire training camp.

"He knows what we do," Jackson said. "We're concerned for Kobe's well-being, but the limited thing we have to offer him now is come back and join us when you're ready, and we're ready to go on with you ... or without you."

All the other Laker veterans — including Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton — are scheduled to attend training camp today.