for the vet min?????? I'd take him on the Spurs, he can replace Bonner
Can ya imagine it? This site would go ballistic:
- "I don't care. I really don't. I don't care. I'm glad. I'm really glad."
- Luva
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- "Since this happened I'm taking Culburn off ignore. I want to hear him squeal like a pig."
- Mr. Body
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- "I wonder what Odom looks like nude?"
- Dunc
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- "E=Mc2"
- me
Way to go genius!
Good thing we didn't let you write the mass-energy equivalence theory.
E=mc2 ? SO you're saying Energy= mass X speed of light X 2?
You sure it isn't:
Ah Culburn, you never fail in making yourself look dumb while trying so hard to make yourself look smart!
this really has reached who cares proportions? (other than lakers or heat fan that is).
odom isn't even that great of a player. He's just one of those irreplaceable #3 types. He can't help lead the team to victory morally, but will gladly fulfill a large role
Supposedly we are supposed to hear a decision today correct?
What do you think about this?
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports...for-lamar.html
I just want this to end. It's so damn old...
Odom needs to make up his mind and move on.
Um I thought Odom should have made a decision by now. Monday around this time it said 24-48 hours.
At this point that looks pretty good for both teams. It's far better than letting Odom walk for nothing and Haslem's deal expires after this season. I'm not sure why it has not been discussed by either team as an option yet.
That looks like a sweet deal for both sides.
It makes sense, and therefore will not happen.
Why would LA want to take on salary like that? They'd have to pay Haslem's salary double.
Body with his first salient post. Bout time, buster.
The problem is not the salary for this year, it was for 4 or 5 years down the road. LA was willing to take on that salary for one year with Lamar and Haslem would be a nice replacement for one year and he would be off of the books next season.
If the Lakers let Lamar go, and do not do a sign and trade, they will have only the league minimum to fill the void this year. If they take Haslem, they get a good replacement, and next season can have the MLE to fill the need.
"Both teams are hopeful of a decision from Odom within the next few days, according to multiple sources."
Pursuit of Lamar Odom puts Riley's negotiation skills to test
Lamar Odom is expected to make a decision about his future in a few days, and the Miami Heat's Pat Riley and Dwyane Wade apparently still are lobbying hard.
By Michael Wallace
MiamiHerald.com
As the story goes, team president Pat Riley was in a room a few months back with dozens of Miami Heat fans on the verge of canceling their season tickets.
The reasons they gave ranged from having to make sacrifices in a slumping economy to the Heat's gradual drop off since the team won its lone NBA le in 2006.
Riley listened to each concern, rubbed his chin and launched his best sales pitch.
"I had an opportunity to speak with three groups that were on the fence for a number of reasons -- the economy, the product, the price,'' Riley said as he recalled the impact of his message. "And they all renewed. So just get in a room and let me talk.''
If only things were that simple with the team's ongoing efforts to recruit free agent forward Lamar Odom.
After moving into striking distance of acquiring its top free agent target, the Heat continued Tuesday to play the waiting game for Odom, who is grappling with a decision to sign with Miami or return to the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Both teams are hopeful of a decision from Odom within the next few days, according to multiple sources.
Riley and Heat guard Dwyane Wade were in Los Angeles over the weekend for business and personal reasons, but also presumably to further entice Odom to accept the full midlevel contract of up to $34 million over five seasons.
A Los Angeles TV station reported that Riley and Wade were scheduled to meet with Odom and his agent Monday night. A Heat spokesman Tuesday would neither confirm nor deny the station's report.
Odom and Wade have been close friends since they played together on the Heat's 2003-04 team. Odom was traded to the Lakers after that season in a deal that delivered Shaquille O'Neal -- and, eventually, a le -- to Miami.
Wade has used his Twitter account to send messages about his desire to reunite with Odom. After sending a message Saturday that said he was in Los Angeles to bring Odom back to Miami, Wade sent another tweet Tuesday to say he was moving on to Portland for an endorsement meeting with Nike.
Several Internet and print reports outlets have speculated that Odom and agent Jeff Schwartz are using the Heat's interest as leverage to get a better deal from the Lakers.
According to reports, the Lakers initially offered Odom deals spanning three to four seasons worth between $27 millions and $36 million -- or about $9 million per season. But Lakers owner Jerry Buss pulled the offers after he learned that Odom was negotiating with the Heat. Talks between Odom and the Lakers reportedly resumed last week amid reports that Buss had decreased the offer by $4 million to $6 million overall.
Any deal with the Lakers is still believed to be more lucrative annually than the $5.85 million first-year salary Odom could get from the Heat. Miami is limited to only the midlevel because the team is well above the NBA salary cap and slightly above the $69.9 million luxury tax on excessive payrolls.
The Heat is hoping that Florida's income tax break -- which could add about $1 million a season to Odom's take-home pay -- and an early opt-out clause would close some of the gap.
Neither Odom, Schwartz nor Riley have returned repeated phone calls since the Heat first confirmed interest in Odom three weeks ago amid Wade's public questioning of his team's roster and ability to contend in the Eastern Conference.
An Odom addition would be the Heat's answer to splashy moves by Cleveland (O'Neal), Boston (Rasheed Wallace), Orlando (Vince Carter) and Atlanta (Jamal Crawford) -- teams that finished ahead of Miami last season.
Riley said in June that the team's priority was to protect its salary cap space in 2010 and that he likely wouldn't use the team's numerous exceptions on contracts that would extend beyond the 2009-10 season.
But that plan evidently was altered after Wade, who is eligible for a three-year contract extension and could become an unrestricted free agent next summer, said he would hold off on a commitment until upgrades were made.
Odom, a 6-10 forward who can play all five positions, has averaged 15.1 points and 8.8 rebounds in 10 seasons. He was instrumental in the Lakers' playoff run and was expected to return after he helped the team win its 15th NBA le.
But an early-season demotion to the bench combined with the current contract dispute may have placed discouraging bookends to an otherwise solid run for Odom in Los Angeles.
The Heat also has been linked with vary levels of interest to free agent guard Allen Iverson and disgruntled Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer.
But if the Heat fails to land Odom, it is unclear if Riley will continue to pursue major moves this offseason or fall back to his initial plan for an overhaul next summer.
"I think he sees what we're doing, understands what we're trying to do,'' Riley said of Wade. "He knows that we're not just trying to build a team around him, but a team to win.''
Odom would be nice but they got Artest. The own the West.
Keep dreaming spurs fans, the lakers would much rather Lamar over if he decides he wants a sign and trade. The Lakers will absolutely let him walk and sign the MLE to Miami, he aint sniffing 9million+ on any other team other than the lakeshow. He wants that beautiful MLE, go ahead and take it lakers aren't adding on additonal salary if you listened to Mitch. Odom has two choices and nothing more, the Lakers will under no cir stances agree to a S&T period.
Buss would never utter "uncle" like that. And I don't blame him. I don't want Haslem.
If Odom goes take a couple months and see if anyone on the roster steps up. If that fails, or, even if don't address the vacancy at the trade deadline. There's gonna be a lot of blue chip talent come early January.
That makes no sense. If the Lakers offered Lamar 9M per year (3 years @ 27M) then why would they take issue with getting Haslem at 7M for only one year?
The Lakers do not want to give Odom the 5th year. You may be right saying they would rather make Odom take a MLE offer rather than see him make 9M per year via S&T, but that does not mean it does not logically make sense.
you are a crappy fan. Odom is a starter on most any team. He is a 20/9/6 player, but he came off the bench and only took 3-5 shots per game so Kobe could go out there and shoot 25 shots per game at a crappy percentage and win a championship.
& it finally worked for the first time since Odom arrived in Los Angeles. Kobe had always attempted 25 shots per game at a crappy %. That wasn't the problem. The problem had always been Odom. Until the '09 playoffs he couldn't find his ass with both hands and we'd suffered accordingly. $'s to O's whether he signs in CA. or FL. his ass will be MIA once again.
Why do people obsess with Kobe's shooting percentage and think that is his only impact on the floor? The stats are deceiving you, because part of being a #1 option is to bait the defense into overloading their coverage to your side of the floor. So how can Kobe effectively bait defenses on just 15 shot attempts?
LO played his best because LA didn't have to lean on him.
Not counted on anything but rebounding freed him up to do it all because he wasn't the primary person to do anything. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Does he return to LA? I doubt even he knows right now.
It makes sense for him to hold out for more money. It makes sense for LA not to break the bank for him as well.
Envy, jealousy & spite.
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