Lakers' Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can practice, play under work-release program

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope violated his probation, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday, and as a result is serving a 25-day sentence at the Seal Beach Police Department Detention Center in Orange County, California.

Caldwell-Pope is allowed to leave the facility to go to practice and Lakers games in California under a work release program, but he must wear a GPS monitor outside the detention facility.

The detention stay has caused Caldwell-Pope, 24, to miss two road games; he also won't play at Houston on Dec. 31 and at Minnesota on Jan. 1.

Last week, Caldwell-Pope's attorney, Jeffrey Lance, told ESPN that the player had to return to California to begin an intensive,…