...pace is over and they're into that half-court, we have to be able to execute." Vujacic, Trevor Ariza, Jordan Farmar and Lamar Odom are the Lakers' second team. Of that group, Jackson expects Odom to be the steely one. Odom, after all, had been a starter until...
...having an MVP type season down in the desert. 3. When you talk about the Lakers success, don't forget to mention the play of Lamar Odom. He's been demoted to sixth man, but despite that he's making an even greater Win Contribution to the Lakers this season...
...in if you were going to fight Garnett, as the Lakers will do in 24 days. With Bynum and Pau Gasol starting down low, and with Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza (another virtual absentee from the Finals) coming in later, the Lakers have a chance to throw any Boston...
...Trevor Ariza making the extra pass to get Pau Gasol a layup. In fact, sometimes the Lakers were too selfless. There was Lamar Odom's behind-the-back pass that bounced off Bynum's fingertips, or Bryant's long pass that sailed over Ariza's head, prompting...
...habit the Lakers seem to have of turning it on when the game matters most happened again. Bynum and the bench crew of Lamar Odom, Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar and Trevor Ariza took apart the Raptors early in the fourth quarter. Bynum contributed with a double-double...
...Manu Ginobili off the bench a few years ago. Utah and the Lakers have tried it out this season with Andrei Kirilenko and Lamar Odom and been rewarded with mostly favorable results. Seven games into the Jason Terry experiment, things are looking pretty good...
...well aware of their ability to put together extended scoring runs such as "Basketball is a game of runs," Lakers forward Lamar Odom said. "It's good to know that every game is winnable. If we're down by 10 points with six or seven minutes to play, we know...
...the one that lost in the Finals last season. Also worth noting are the expiring contracts of Wally Szczerbiak in Cleveland and Lamar Odom in L.A. Those are two teams that could actually even make themselves better. While it might not be likely that two teams...
...capspace... so it better be worth it. I hope the HEAT treat the Beasley situation the same way they treated Caron Butler and Lamar Odom: only trade him if the deal makes the team instantly and significantly better. I really like Beasley's upside. However,...
...winning has bred an over-confidence. The Lakers expecting to win doesn't mean it's going to happen on its own. Forward Lamar Odom recognizes that the more success the Lakers have, the more teams will be coming after them. "That's what we expect. We don't...