You could see a “collapse” as a possibility with the way they played in those other games that you mentioned. If their erratic play isn’t youth personified, then I don’t know what is. One thing that is unique and exciting about the Laker run thus far is that it is unprecedented in recent memory. Phil Jackson has and I would believe continues to have a preference for veterans in his lineup. To win this year flies in the face of all conventional logic about the composition of a championship team given the heavy role the young players play in the success of the team. The Celtics have a decided experience advantage with guys like Alien, PJ Brown, and Posey coming off the bench not even counting the Three Stooges. The Lakers counter with Kobe and Fisher, each with three rings but with a supporting cast making their first deep run ever. None of these guys know what it’s like to play through May, much less June. You have Odom who has been on bad team (Clippers) after bad team (Heat). You can say the same for Ariza (Knicks and Magic). Gasol, who hadn’t won a playoff game, much less three playoff series before this year. Turiaf, Farmar, and Sasha were drafted during the Lakers’ recent slump and haven’t known true success before this year. I’m not going to mention Vlad, because he’s a Space Cadet (Phil’s words, not mine), and experience probably wouldn’t help him anyway. The good news for Phil, regardless of the outcome of this final series, is he’s going to have a group of battle tested veterans up and down the roster coming into training camp next fall. And Bynum.

Hmm … I could have sworn I read somewhere he is a Trojan alum.

But I am still not seeing any info. on where he graduated from.