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It's been a complicated season for Lamar Odom, who in a contract year decided to accept a virtual demotion, agreeing to come off the bench and provide a spark from there. But he's not even consistently doing that. And yet, the ever-enigmatic Odom refuses to see this as a setback, either for himself or the team, and continues to speak truth.
Odom is averaging a career-low 7.5 field goal attempts this year in a career-low 25 minutes a game in his new role as the Lakers' sixth man. But after taking just three shots in 29 minutes in Sunday's win over the Raptors, Odom said that was less about playing time and more about the way the Lakers have been sharing the ball this season.You heard it here, folks. "The game is called basketball, not shoot." If that's not the non-Marbury quote of the NBA season, I don't know what is. And Steph now probably spends a lot of his day concocting crazy stuff to tell the media, so those don't even count. I know Odom's not getting starter minutes anymore, but at least he has to pay some attention to the game, night in and night out.
"The game is called basketball, not shoot," he said. "You can play a complete basketball game without shooting a lot of shots. There aren't too many guys that can do it, I just happen to be one of them."
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I’m not sure if I consider this a problem anymore, its just who Lamar is. He’s not aggressive. He’s a throwback player and would have been great in the days of 30-27 final scores. He’s definately a different kind of player. Either that or he smoked himself retarded. You be the judge.
by lawstash on Dec 2, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions
Whatever game Plaxico Burress plays should be called "Shoot."
by L'etat, c'est moi on Dec 2, 2008 7:21 PM EST reply actions
Lamar is right. He’s one of the best rebounding forwards in the NBA and he’s not even the 3rd or 4th option for LA on offense. As a starter on most team he’d be a consistent double-double.
– It’ll be interesting to see what kind of offer$ he gets next yr…
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by lvmao on Dec 3, 2008 9:35 PM EST reply actions
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