Lakers’ Lamar Odom Suspended [Archive]

duncan228

01-01-2008, 05:35 PM

http://www.nba.com//odom_suspended_080101.html

Lakers’ Lamar Odom Suspended

NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2008 – Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom has been suspended one game without pay and assessed a Flagrant Foul, Penalty Two for flagrantly fouling Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics by throwing himself into Allen and knocking him to the floor, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 2:56 remaining in the fourth period of the Lakers 110- 91 loss to the Celtics at Staples Center on Dec. 30. Odom will serve his suspension on Jan. 4 when the Lakers host the Philadelphia 76ers.

Tippecanoe

01-01-2008, 05:42 PM

this was the play.

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duncan228

01-01-2008, 05:47 PM

Looks even worse than it did when it happened.

Tippecanoe

01-01-2008, 05:49 PM

Looks even worse than it did when it happened.

its a different the camera angle :lol

this is what viewers actually saw on television

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duncan228

01-01-2008, 05:55 PM

Well that would explain why it looked different! :lol

Armando

01-01-2008, 06:22 PM

Horry should complain that Odom only got 1 game.

Trainwreck2100

01-01-2008, 06:28 PM

No he shouldn't Horry needed the rest that series

Mr.Bottomtooth

01-01-2008, 06:35 PM

:lol
WTF was Odom thinking? I don't know if that was dirty or he was just that stupid in the moment.

Armando

01-01-2008, 06:39 PM

:lol
WTF was Odom thinking? I don't know if that was dirty or he was just that stupid in the moment.

I don't think it was dirty just him being frustraded how the game went. Dirty = Mat Harpring

JamStone

01-01-2008, 06:51 PM

Matt Barnes was never suspended for that foul on Turiaf?

slayermin

01-01-2008, 06:52 PM

:lol
WTF was Odom thinking? I don't know if that was dirty or he was just that stupid in the moment.

He was pissed because he didn't get a goaltending call right before that happened.

m33p0

01-01-2008, 07:30 PM

good tackle.

Ronaldo McDonald

01-01-2008, 07:49 PM

really stupid play by lamar odom. the lakers are trying to grow as a team, and something like this could serioulsy stunt it's growth if they happen to drop a few in a row. that could easily send a young and inexperienced team like this down a totally different road for the remainder of the season, or at least a good part of it, which the can't afford especially since they are playing in the west.

duncan228

01-01-2008, 09:20 PM

SI.com chimes in with quotes.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/01/01/bc.bkn.lakers.odomsuspe.ap/index.html

Odom suspended
Lakers foward punished for flagrant foul vs. Celtics

NEW YORK (AP) -- Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was suspended for one game without pay Tuesday for committing a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter of his team's 110-91 loss to the Boston Celtics.

Odom threw himself into Ray Allen and knocked the Boston guard to the floor with 2:56 remaining Sunday night and the outcome already decided. Besides the suspension, Odom was assessed a flagrant foul, penalty two, NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson said in a press release.

Odom, who had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the one-sided loss to Boston, will serve his suspension Friday night when the Lakers (19-11) play the Philadelphia 76ers (14-17).

Allen said the foul was "uncalled for."

"I've never had any bad history with Lamar," Allen said Tuesday. "After the play happened, a couple of his teammates came back on the floor and just wanted to make sure I was all right. ... It was just uncalled for."

Celtics coach Doc Rivers thought Odom was angry because he didn't get a foul call on the previous play.

"I just thought he (Odom) lost his composure," Rivers said. "I didn't think it was intended at Ray. Whoever had the ball was getting that. It wasn't anything personal. Odom's a good kid, a good guy."

JamStone

01-01-2008, 09:40 PM

really stupid play by lamar odom. the lakers are trying to grow as a team, and something like this could serioulsy stunt it's growth if they happen to drop a few in a row. that could easily send a young and inexperienced team like this down a totally different road for the remainder of the season, or at least a good part of it, which the can't afford especially since they are playing in the west.

Uh he's suspended for only one game.

slayermin

01-01-2008, 09:56 PM

Celtics coach Doc Rivers thought Odom was angry because he didn't get a foul call on the previous play.

"I just thought he (Odom) lost his composure," Rivers said. "I didn't think it was intended at Ray. Whoever had the ball was getting that. It wasn't anything personal. Odom's a good kid, a good guy."

Huh. I thought it was because of a goaltend call. I guess I was wrong.

ChumpDumper

01-01-2008, 10:17 PM

Should have kicked him in the face.

BonnerDynasty

01-01-2008, 10:21 PM

Had that been Nash, Odom would have been ejected...

From the NBA.

samikeyp

01-01-2008, 10:22 PM

He was just auditioning for when they bring football back to L.A.

:)

m33p0

01-01-2008, 11:12 PM

Uh he's suspended for only one game.
not sure, but i think in the regular season its 1 game, 2 games during the post season. or, it may be under the discretion of the league office.

m33p0

01-01-2008, 11:13 PM

He was just auditioning for when they bring football back to L.A.

:)
yeah... had he thrown allen down with more force, he'd make a perfect linebacker.

Ronaldo McDonald

01-01-2008, 11:25 PM

Uh he's suspended for only one game.

i know that dipshit.

but i said that a young a team like this really can't afford any lapses.

samikeyp

01-01-2008, 11:41 PM

yeah... had he thrown allen down with more force, he'd make a perfect linebacker.

I would have been ok with that. :)

Cry Havoc

01-01-2008, 11:42 PM

It looked like Odom got spooked because Allen jumped and that's why he put his shoulder down.

Not trying to defend that, that play was just dirty. But I don't think he went in with the intent to shoulder charge, and probably thought Allen was going to retreat.

Still nasty. Suspension deserved.

TheNextGen

01-02-2008, 12:08 AM

im surprised Barnes didnt get suspended for tackling Turiaf mid Air. Im also surprised that Carmello Anthony didnt get suspended for shoving Sasha's throat.

Stu Jackson is a joke.

m33p0

01-02-2008, 12:18 AM

Had that been Nash, Odom would have been ejected...

From the NBA.

heaven help him if that were to happen to the new logo.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2157511580_6b84b85af8.jpg

MrChug

01-02-2008, 01:02 AM

Good for him...I'm sure it was worth it.

remingtonbo2001

01-02-2008, 02:43 AM

If Bowen steps on someone's foot he's immediatly judge as DIRTY.

But when Odom...."A GOOD KID" spears Allen, it's just a laspe in judgement.

Would someone please provide an explination.

m33p0

01-02-2008, 07:06 AM

If Bowen steps on someone's foot he's immediatly judge as DIRTY.

But when Odom...."A GOOD KID" spears Allen, it's just a laspe in judgement.

Would someone please provide an explination.
coz allen is an :donkey ?

Soul_Patch

01-02-2008, 09:19 AM

It couldnt have happened to a better person. i think more people need to sideline tackle ray allen. I cant stand that biotch.

TheNextGen

01-02-2008, 12:34 PM

If Bowen steps on someone's foot he's immediatly judge as DIRTY.

But when Odom...."A GOOD KID" spears Allen, it's just a laspe in judgement.

Would someone please provide an explination.

well we have to consider HOW MANY dirty plays Odom has done compared to bowen..loll

dirk4mvp

01-02-2008, 12:47 PM

If Bowen steps on someone's foot he's immediatly judge as DIRTY.

But when Odom...."A GOOD KID" spears Allen, it's just a laspe in judgement.

Would someone please provide an explination.

I'm not sure Odom has ever jumped up and kicked somebody in the face on purpose.

lefty

01-02-2008, 02:14 PM

I'm not sure Odom has ever jumped up and kicked somebody in the face on purpose.

Do you mean like howard and Terry hit Manu on purpose the last time Spurs and Mavs met?

Soul_Patch

01-02-2008, 02:20 PM

I'm not sure Odom has ever jumped up and kicked somebody in the face on purpose.

oh, so he told you he did that on purpose? I wasnt sure, since i dont normally talk to him.

what an ass...

dirk4mvp

01-02-2008, 02:25 PM

oh, so he told you he did that on purpose? I wasnt sure, since i dont normally talk to him.

what an ass...

I guess it was an accident he lifted his leg to somebody's face thinking it would break his fall or someting.

what a faggot...

CavsSuperFan

01-02-2008, 02:38 PM

Good for Lamar…NBA Fans will be happy to see that he has a pulse…

remingtonbo2001

01-02-2008, 05:43 PM

I guess it was an accident he lifted his leg to somebody's face thinking it would break his fall or someting.

what a faggot...

Can we get a clip (in it's entirity) of the "kick" incident?

And yes...Everyone knows what a faggot Ray Allen is.

DazedAndConfused

01-02-2008, 06:06 PM

If anyone watched the game on FSN Prime Ticket you can hear Ray Allen say "Get that weak sh!t out of here motha fu**a" when Odom got swatted by KG with like 2 minutes to go in the 4th.

Then Odom tackled him.

lefty

01-02-2008, 10:53 PM

If anyone watched the game on FSN Prime Ticket you can hear Ray Allen say "Get that weak sh!t out of here motha fu**a" when Odom got swatted by KG with like 2 minutes to go in the 4th.

Then Odom tackled him.

Really?

m33p0

01-02-2008, 11:00 PM

Do you mean like howard and Terry hit Manu "accidentally" on purpose the last time Spurs and Mavs met?
fixed.

m33p0

01-02-2008, 11:01 PM

If anyone watched the game on FSN Prime Ticket you can hear Ray Allen say "Get that weak sh!t out of here motha fu**a" when Odom got swatted by KG with like 2 minutes to go in the 4th.

Then Odom tackled him.

he asked for it.

DazedAndConfused

01-02-2008, 11:15 PM

Really?

Yup, KG has even made Ray Ray a trash talker. Odom is really not the kind of guy that just goes after players without provocation, he doesn't have a history of doing that in his career. But, when somebody starts talking smack when the game is already over with like 2 minutes to go he'll get pissed like most NBA players would.

ludda

01-02-2008, 11:49 PM

If anyone watched the game on FSN Prime Ticket you can hear Ray Allen say "Get that weak sh!t out of here motha fu**a" when Odom got swatted by KG with like 2 minutes to go in the 4th.

Then Odom tackled him.

I'm almost certain that was KG who said that...

Also that's much to vulgar for a lady like Rayella to say.

exstatic

01-03-2008, 12:35 AM

I'm not sure Odom has ever jumped up and kicked somebody in the face on purpose.
Do you think that a player could, in the fast furious flow of an NBA game, actually jump high enough with perfect timing in order to intentionally kick a player in the face? I don't deny that he kicked him, but I seriously doubt it was intentional.
BTW, I did lol when it happened. It was like a video game move where you say "No way that could happen in real life!!".

DazedAndConfused

01-03-2008, 01:32 AM

I'm almost certain that was KG who said that...

Also that's much to vulgar for a lady like Rayella to say.

NOPE. I know KG always talks sh!t when he swats somebody, but this was all Ray Ray.

Medvedenko

01-03-2008, 02:54 AM

I like the fact that the celtics were us 19 and they still had the big 3 in the game with 2 mins left.....