You know how when someone dies we like to comfort ourselves by saying, "He's in a better place now"? That saying isn't as necessary for Jerry Buss, the longtime Lakers owner who passed away Monday.Buss was always in a better place. Perhaps other team owners would get an invitation to a party at a friend's house in their honor when they won a championship. In Buss' case, it came from Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.Whenever I interviewed Buss on the phone he would be somewhere enviable....