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Odom Questions Lakers - and Himself

L.M. Otero/AP

The half-eaten gourmet omelet sits idly next to the ignored biscuits and potatoes. It's obvious some of this Lakers stuff still bothers Lamar Odom.

The popular Lakers forward became the former Lakers forward last month, a turbulent time that had him running the scale of emotions in a breakfast interview Saturday with The Times.

He was involved in the most awkward trade veto in NBA...

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