On June 16, 2009, in a blog entitled "Dynasty for Sale or Rent," I wrote, "Maybe beating Orlando was the easy part. The hard part might be bringing the band back together next year."

I may have jinxed the Lakers because since then Trevor Ariza left the Lakers for the most incomprehensible of reasons, and now, things seem to have fallen apart with Lamar Odom.

It's amazing how many parrots accuse Kobe Bryant of being selfish while completely overlooking Lamar Odom's LONG history of self-serving and very bad judgment -- a history of bad decisions that goes very far beyond candy bing eating.

--- HIGH SCHOOL

Lamar Odom played for 3 different high schools, not because his family was moving, but he dumped teams in perceived furtherance of his basketball career.

--- COLLEGE

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