Now that Portland has "lost" Hedo, will they chase Odom?!?

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

imagine a starting lineup of Odom/Aldridge/Odom/Roy/Bayless.

What team is fucking with that starting five? It allows Bayless to start b/c Roy and Odom can handle the ball. And it would clearly be the biggest most imposing frontline in the NBA. It would be fun to watch the Blazers demolish the Lakers.

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Two Odom's?


Besidess Oden sucks.

If we get Sheed our improvement I believe would be more impressive
Bonner/Duncan/Finley/Mason/Parker to
Sheed/Duncan/Jefferson/Mason(possibly Ginobli depending on game plan)/Parker

it would be more impressive compared to what you had before yes......

Odom doesn't fit on Portland..the only reason they would do this is for an upgrade of talent off the bench, and just to fuck with the Lakers, which is something Portland would do, so that wouldn't surprise me..

Odom cannot play SF though, the spacing would be horrible..that's why you never see Phil Jackson playing him there, it would kill their spacing..

Portland need to offer Artest a contract and steal him from the Lakers

With Odom Portland can be a speed team. Lakers loose Odom and Brown and they are going to have trouble with athletic, speed teams, even more so than last year.

odoms not gonna leave LA. he'lll take a pay cut if he has to.

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Originally Posted by angelbelow

odoms not gonna leave LA. he'lll take a pay cut if he has to.

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How much pay of a pay cut is he willing to take? Human nature tells me that if some other team wows him with a bigger contract than LA --the dude's bolting.

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Originally Posted by picnroll

Rumor circulating is LA wants to get him on the cheap for a one year $7 million. If that were true and Portland served up a long term deal in the $9 - 10 range and LA didn't buckle you'd have to look real quick to catch Odoms Escalade speeding up the freeway.

Worst case scenario Portland could put a little pain into Buss.

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:lmaoppyyuuummm. Away goes the caddy.

i hope odom goes to phoenix actually lol

Anywhere but LA.

I don't think odom is going anywhere

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Originally Posted by weebo

How much pay of a pay cut is he willing to take? Human nature tells me that if some other team wows him with a bigger contract than LA --the dude's bolting.

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i think with his talent and skills (and age) hes worth about 10-12 million. but i can see him taking 7-9 to stay in LA.

I could see him take less... who wouldn't want to take a shower with Kobe 82 to 86 times a year.

Odom going to anyone but the Lakers is a win in my book.

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Originally Posted by DunParGin

Odom going to anyone but the Lakers is a win in my book.

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2nd. odom leaving them for anyone, ESP. cleveland would be a huge blow to the lakers and increases our chances of winning the west

common lamar, make the right decision

or he can sign with the Spurs and hit two rocks with one bird. reverse that

LA is pretty much a lock for Odom..Portland is the only team with any possible chance, but it's highly doubtful..Odom isn't going to a bad team, and he isn't gonna sign with another team for the MLE..

I would say he's a lock to go back to LA if he can't get any team to offer him more then the MLE but if Portland offers him the same type of money they offered Hedo he is good as gone. Odom strikes me as a greedy guy just like Ariza he played out of his ass during the playoffs for a contract. The situation right now is the Lakers aren't willing to budge off of 7-8 mil a year while he wants 10 mil a year. The reason Odom hasn't signed with them right away it would seem that he's weighing his options right now to see if a team possibly would throw him the money he wants. We will know in a few days what will happen it all depends on Portland.

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Free Agent Buzz (UPDATE)

Posted on: July 6, 2009 5:58 pm
Edited on: July 6, 2009 8:58 pm

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With two days to go until the official signing period begins, here's the latest free-agent buzz gathered from conversations with executives, agents, and others in the know:

* Despite reports that the Trail Blazers were preparing to make a major bid for Knicks restricted free agent David Lee, a coaching source familiar with the situation said Portland is more interested in the Lakers' Lamar Odom. And the source described the Odom situation with Portland as "lukewarm." The Blazers and Lee's agent, Mark Bartelstein, discussed the situation early in the negotiating period, but Portland was preoccupied at that time with its pursuit of Hedo Turkoglu. Now that Turkoglu has spurned the Blazers and committed to the Raptors, Portland is deliberating what to do with its $9 million in cap space. The Blazers have been exploring point-guard options for some time, but the coaching source said Sixers free agent Andre Miller isn't the answer because of his sub-part shooting ability.

according to rich bucher's twitter they have moved on from odom

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Originally Posted by The_Game

We aren't winning the title without him, that I agree with

However we will still be a top 3 team in the west, so we won't be done just not quite enough to win it all.

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Sadly, I have to agree that that Lakers team isn't going away. As a Spurs fan, of course, I believe we could beat them (especially without Odom). But they'll be in the title hunt with or without him for the next few years (You know, unless, Kobe breaks Bynum's knee again, Artest takes time off to promote his rap CD, Odom gains 40 lbs on gummy bears and Phil retires.)

Odom will never leave LA. Los Angeles has permanent advantages - beaches and 'glitz' and David Stern's knobslobbery.