Jim Buss’ boldness, Bynum’s rise, and Ra-mahn (Ra-moan?) Sessions

Game stories

--The Times’ Helene Elliott focuses on Ramon Sessions’ strong performance as the Lakers’ starting point guard in the team’s 103-96 win Friday over the Portland Trail Blazers.

--The Orange County Register’s Kevin Ding jokes Sessions should get a statue outside of Staples Center before Shaquille O’Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

--The Daily News’ Phil Collin also highlights Sessions’ strong debut in his first start with the Lakers.

Notebooks

--The Times’ Elliott highlights Jim Buss’ interview on 710 ESPN’s Mason & Ireland in which he said the Lakers are the “team to beat” in the Western Conference.

--The Daily News’ Collin notes how Brown is learning how to say Sessions’ name correctly.

Sidebars

--I chart Andrew Bynum’s continual improvement.

--ESPN Los Angeles’ Dave McMenamin notes Buss’ comments that the Lakers will never trade Kobe Bryant.

Columns

--The Orange County Register’s Ding argues that Derek Fisher would’ve lost his voice in the Lakers’ locker room with a bench role.

Blogs

--ESPN Los Angeles’ Brian Kamenetzky breaks down the Lakers’ win over Portland.

Tweet of the Day: “I joked with Mike Brown about asking a Ramon/Goudelock question just to hear his various pronounciations” -- EricPincus (Hoopsworld’s Eric Pincus)

Rick Friedman Reader Comment of the Day: “This looks like a completely different team with Sessions at PG. In fact, it simply looks like a team. Everyone now is moving, cutting, passing, looking for an open man. Looks so easy that Kupchak and Jimbo must be looking at each other saying, ‘Why the hell didn’t we do this 4 months ago?’ Indeed, why didn’t they?” -- CornerJ