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The LA Times wrote: Looks like Mike Krzyzewski will have plenty of options for the Team USA roster.
With some players already committing to the cause for the Beijing Olympics — All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce, to name two — Lamar Odom wanted to throw his hat into the five rings before it got too late.
The U.S. took a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics after losing to Argentina in the semifinals, but Odom was one of three U.S. players to score in double figures in all three medal-round games.
Odom has tried to contact Jerry Colangelo, Team USA's managing director.
"I'm doing my best to call Mr. Colangelo, let him know I want to play again," Odom said. "They're going to pick who they want to pick."
Indiana Pacer All-Star forward Jermaine O'Neal said he would commit to Team USA as long as he did not have to play in the 2006 World Championship and perhaps a zone qualifying tournament in two years.
Odom said he would do whatever it takes.
"To get to play USA basketball, that was special for me," he said.
The LA Daily News wrote:The disappointment of not winning the gold medal couldn't outweigh the overall experience of playing in the Olympics for Lakers forward Lamar Odom, who would like the chance to suit up for USA Basketball again.
With Phoenix Suns chairman Jerry Colangelo reportedly having received commitments from five players to play for the national team, Odom said Tuesday he would welcome an invitation, if it was extended.
"I'll do my best to call Mr. Colangelo and let him know I want to play again," Odom said. "They're going to pick who they pick. Hopefully, I'll be one of those guys."
Odom took pride both in playing with the likes of Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson in Athens and representing the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood in which he grew up. Even as the U.S. team imploded, Odom burnished his reputation playing for coach Larry Brown.
"I tried to just do what I was asked to do," Odom said. "At that level, it's not about the name on your jersey. It's about the name across the chest."
Odom said he would be willing to make a three-year commitment to USA Basketball and that he expected some players from the 2004 team would play again. The U.S. team lost three times on the way to a bronze-medal showing in Athens.
Lamar can do whatever he wants fans still don´t appreciate how smart and great character he is and a hell of a baller *shakes head*
Bosh? 
