Lamar Odom has become so synonymous with the following phrases it's become cliché to use them; inconsistent, enigmatic, sugar-addicted.
The truth about Lamar Odom is that he's the perfect fit for the Lakers, and was always the right choice for them.
Lamar was at the center of trade rumors for years, never expected to be a long-term solution for anything the Lakers were doing. Fans clamored to flip him for a more "elite" player such as Shawn Marion, Jermaine O'Neal, and Kevin Garnett, peaking during the summer of '07 when the mere mention of KG in a question to Mitch Kupchak brought a room full of season ticket holders to a rousing applause.
And I would take Odom over them all. While those players have broken down into a faint glimmer of what they once were, Lamar has never been better. He's still bursting with intangible talent, yet completely in control of his unique role as the Lakers game changer off the bench.
Even the man Odom was originally traded for (Shaquille O'Neal) has fallen off so considerably that that blasphemous trade that rocked Los Angeles has now become lopsided in the Lakers favor.
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Lamar Odom Is The Right Choice For The Lakers
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