Lamar Odom: Mavericks Star Should Blame Himself, Not Reality Show for Struggles

March 17th, 2012 by Mike Chiari Leave a reply »
The 2011-12 season hasn't exactly been a banner one for Dallas Mavericks forward Lamar Odom as he is having the worst year of his career. Mr. Kardashian is blaming his reality show for the drop off in his game, but Odom needs to take a long look in the mirror.

According to In Touch Weekly, Odom thinks that his play has suffered due to the reality show that he takes part in with his wife Khloe Kardashian, Khloe & Lamar. Odom also reportedly believes that his participation in the reality show was what caused his trade from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Mavs.

If this is true, then Odom is the master of revisionist history. The Lakers' original plan was to trade Odom during the offseason in a deal for elite point guard Chris Paul. The reasoning for that was obvious as the Lakers were willing to do pretty much anything possible to get Paul in the fold.

That wasn't an indictment of Odom's play as he was coming off a Sixth Man of the Year Award and it certainly had nothing to do with the reality show, rather the Lakers had to give up a talented player with a substantial salary, and Odom fit the bill.



Obviously that trade did ...

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