Tim Varner talked with Brian Kamenetzky about the Los Angeles Lakers’ early season struggles.

I subscribe to the theory that most things are more complicated than we assume. But the complexity of the 2009 offseason finds a simple solution in Peter Holt. He’s the string to follow if one wants a snapshot of the league. Peter Holt is the NBA’s poster boy for the summer of 2009. By most [...]

Reports out of Los Angeles suggest that Andrew Bynum will miss 8 to 12 weeks with a torn MCL, the result of this play against Memphis: On an optimistic view, Bynum will return in April with enough time (7 or 8 games) to regain his conditioning and game rhythm prior to the playoffs. It’s more [...]

It’s bewildering, if you don’t stop to think about it. You wonder, “Can that be right?” But then, after a few moments reflection, you begrudgingly acknowledge that it must be true. Andrew Bynum has outdunked the entire Spurs team by a count of 85 to 34. On his own, the Lakers center is +51 on [...]

It’s always nice to wake up and read a Johnny Ludden Spurs column. Last night’s Lakers-Spurs game was a classic, and the best NBA game this season. Graydon will be along later this afternoon with a proper Notebook, but for the time being he’s on a jet plane heading east. In the meantime, I’m here [...]

Matt Bonner has come alive for the San Antonio Spurs this season. It’s something of a surprise because his first two years in the system represented a struggle, so much so that the Spurs invested themselves in a supposed sweet shooting big in the offseason, Anthony Tolliver. But Bonner’s response to his threatened role has [...]

This most recent defeat of my beloved Spurs by L.A. brings up a lot of questions, so let’s get down to business: Spurs in the second half: At halftime this game was 53-53. At the end of the game it was 106-85. Recent losses to the Jazz and Suns followed the same pattern. A hard [...]