Depending on the narrative you want to push, there are an innumerable amount of reasons for the downfall of free-agent forward Lamar Odom.
From a pure basketball perspective, Odom's story is familiar. He's a 33-year-old basketball player, still on the market in August. Outside of the rare Nikola Pekovic situations, those spots are usually reserved for players barely hanging in the league—whether they're young players just looking for a shot or older guys coming to grips with their basketball mortality.
Obviously, Odom fits into the latter category. He was drafted as Bill Clinton's days in the Oval Office were winding down, a gangly 6'10" kid who somehow helped make Rhode Island basketball relevant. Having seen three presidents pass through during his career, Odom doesn't feel like he's on all that different a strata as Antawn Jamison, another aging vet without a team.
It's just strange that Odom is already there.
Just two years ago, Odom was at the apex of his then 12-year career. In what would be his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers, he played like a man who knew his role pe ...
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Lamar Odom Deserves One Last Chance to Salvage NBA Career
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