Odom being shopped now

hiptoclip · Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 13

Tony Mejia a newspaper reporter, just stated that the Lakers are shopping Lamar Odom now, to see if they can find a better fit at the 3, (small forward) spot.
What are your thoughts, who can they get for Odom before the trade deadline ???

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Lakeshow24 · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 873

The Lakers aren't shopping a doggone thing. Tony Mejia is full of rubbish.
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Mikedeezy · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

they better not trade odom.........

Weezy · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 19714 Location: Anaheim, CA

I don't wanna hate on Odom, so don't take it like that, but IF they were going to shop him now is the best time. His value is at it's peak for the year right now, he's putting up numbers and his trade value has to be at it's highest. A few weeks ago it was LOW. So IF you're gonna shop him you do it now before he slumps or gets injured.
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Trey24 · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

I would not want to trade Lamar. Hes too silently valuable to us. No one said anything about it but he had a triple double last night. Hes unique and very skilled. ****But I did hear that Vince Carter is available.**** I think that would be a good move for the Lakers to get him. The nets are looking to rebuild and Hopefully Mitch is thinking about Vince Carter

eswank · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

You can't have Carter on the same team as Kobe. Wasn't he the one that trash talked about Kobe scoring 81 on the Raptors a few years back?

Six_Six_One · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 93 Location: Bakersfield, CA

If the Lakers were shopping Odom it better not be for some out of control player like Vince Carter. If anything, there are the Tayshaun Prince's, the Josh Smith's, etc. of the league that can really play defense and are good at what they do. But as for trading Lamar, I don't think it's necessary. Ariza and Bynum have yet to come back and we should see what happens there and look at our roster in the off season. There's no reason we should toggle with our entire core when we are on a roll. It just messes things up and is illogical.

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D1ZzY24 · Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 644 Location: Santa Barbara, CA

I doubt that he is being shopped. Not saying that the front office is not listening to proposals, but I think Odom stays a Laker at least for the rest of this season. He has been very solid since the acquisition of Gasol and I am sure the FO is very aware of that.

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ObamaFan · Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 165

The team chemistry is great right now. Odom is fine at the 3, and is so veratile and unselfish as a player it works out great. Not to mention he can do the intangibles now like rebounding passing, and he doesn't have to worry about being more agressive in terms of getting his points.

Lamar's additude is great, and I am glad he is a Laker. The only thing I don't like about is his contract. If we could resign him for say 7 million a year, I would be much happier.

hiptoclip · Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 13

From CBS Sportsline's Tony Mejia

Most interesting among the rumors heard Wednesday while chasing down the Kidd particulars was the one that involves the Lakers perhaps having one more move up their sleeve. It seems that despite his steady play, L.A. might have a desire for a more conventional small forward, dangling Lamar Odom in the process. Although Odom is having a terrific impact playing alongside Gasol, a source told CBSSports.com that another move could be in the works. Completely throwing it out there, but it would be interesting if the Jazz would set aside the stigma of dealing with a conference rival if it meant trading Andrei Kirilenko and saving on paying a couple of extra years of his large salary.

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Telephone Guru · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 181 Location: USA

I doubt they move Odom before they have a chance to see how the team gels. If it gels REALLY well, we have a fantastic starting five.
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Miggs · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Reseda, Ca

We are paying Lamar a good amount of money to be a 4th option but last season he was the 2nd so with the emergence of Bynum as a dominant young center in the west and the new acquisition of Gasol, I think we should re-sign Odom. I KNEW he'd be a better player once pressure was taken off him. That's all he needs, no pressure and we've all seen how great the Lakers can play when Odom plays the way he has been.

I think we have an AMAZING team and that we can contend for a title THIS YEAR! sounds dreamy but with our play w/o Bynum & Ariza we've done well. Now with those guys back in, damn we can be destroying the west. I think we should re-sign Odom for less money, like 6-7 mil tops! and make NO MORE TRADES. If anything, lets bring in ppl thru free agency altho i honestly do think our team is set! man1

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KB24@CL · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

We will not ship Lamar for another player who makes similar money...

no 4th option in the NBA is worth 15 mio. or anything in that area...

we need a role player with a relatively cheap contract. Trading Lamar has to bring some cap relief, otherwise it makes no sense unless that 4th player is another bonafide star and we pretty much lock the next 5 championships.
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TWO3 · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1276 Location: NorCal

NO to VC and Kirilenko
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Radner · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

Dunleavy, Battier, or Miller are the only guys I'm willing to trade Odom for.

Dunleavy is a offensive player who can bring defense when he wants to.

Battier is not a scorer but rather a shooter who has tremendous defensive abilities.

Miller is a mixture of both players. Unfortunately, I don't think Memphis will be trading with us any time soon.

deal · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 659

Miller & change; but a smoker

; at the most...

Jajwa · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 1159

To be honest Odom doesn't even play at the elbow all that often so offensively it won't be a huge change.

khmrP · Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 424

to the ones that think Odom will resign for 7/8 mill you must be smoking some good stuff. He wont even be 30 by the time his contract is up, theres plenty of teams out there willing to shell out 10+ for his service. I think the ideal SF is J. Smith, but I think with his #'s this year he'll probably demand MAX but if he was willing to accept a sign and trade say the one Odom signed 6/60 mill, Id take that in a heart beat.

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PnOySneakerBoi24 · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 1029 Location: Walnut

not with the way hes been plaYING
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goldenboy · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

Odom is now finally productive, then again, why fix something when it's not broken? Odom's playing good ball, as long as he's playing like this through the playoffs, we'll be alright.
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Radner · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

^^^ Come offseason, it's going to be a completely different story.
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