New Orleans Hornets' Emeka Okafor, center, lays the ball up to the basket as Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom, right, and Josh Powell, left, defend in the first half of a NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

New Orleans Hornets' Emeka Okafor, center, lays the ball up to the basket as Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom, right, and Josh Powell, left, defend in the first half of a NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.