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Who cares? If you want to be the best, you've got to beat the best. I look forward to our games against LA...should be grand.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/p...urn=nba,179911
Free agent Lamar Odom(notes) plans to return to the champion Los Angeles Lakers with a four-year contract, according to a report on ESPN.
The deal reportedly would be worth as much as $33 million, including the Lakers' option on the fourth year of the deal.
Odom, 29, averaged 11.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists for Los Angeles last season. He had also been considering rejoining the Miami Heat, for whom he played during the 2003-04 season before joining the Lakers.
Source: ESPN
Who cares? If you want to be the best, you've got to beat the best. I look forward to our games against LA...should be grand.
Only in the playoffs and I look forward to games against Dallas
Spurs are much improved. If we have a healthy Timmy and Manu come playoff time with the new additions, they can beat the Lakers even with Odom..
Wait a minute.
It's been confirmed by ESPN. Lots of talk about it in the NBA Forum too.
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132392
Dang.
The only reason I don't like it is because the Lakers didn't need to get stronger than last season. They were already ahead of the pack as it was. With Odom and Artest...they arguably did.
Time to play the games, fellas. Bring it on.
Good news. I want the Spurs to play LA at full strength.
who cares?
no surprise here
We can do this if everyone is healthy. Should be epic.
100% agreed...oh...and GSP is a beast
Yup.
Looking forward to seeing you guys in the WCF. (hopefully)
as I said from he beginning...Odom never was interested in Miami...It was only to put pressure on LA
no problem with hin beeing in the mix...I don't see him making the matchup difference against us anyway
LA's Offer
Year 1: $7,127,430
Year 2: $7,875,810
Year 3: $8,624,190
Year 4: $9,372,570 (team option)
Total: $33,000,000
Based on 10.5% raises. However, only $23,627,430 is guaranteed
Miami's Offer (full MLE)
Year 1: $5,854,000
Year 2: $6,322,320
Year 3: $6,790,640
Year 4: $7,258,960
Year 5: $7,727,280
Total: $33,953,200
Based on 8% raises. If Odom makes more than $953,200 in 2013-2014, the Lakers' deal is better. He'll be 34, and there's no telling what he'll have left in the tank then.
I'm kind of puzzled, though. The Lakers could conceivably cut him loose after three years, and he'll be 33 with limited market value by then. Combined with the taxes that will cost him ~$660K, and Miami's offer is bigger by ~$1.2M. A close decision, and I'm not surprised that he stayed in LA (they're a much better team), but it's much closer than I thought it would be.
Kudos to Kupchak, et al, because they saved quite a bit of money.
Buss won't forget this, and will likely butt him by cutting him to save the last year's salary.
If the stories are true, Odom went from rejecting both 3 yrs/$30M and 4 yrs/$36M to turning down 3 yrs/$27M, and finally accepting what is basically 3 yrs/$24M. I don't see any way that the Lakers will actually pay that 4th year.
Miami is pissed.
Lamar Odom is a big dumb .
according to ESPN, odom gets guaranteed $27 million because the fourth year will have a buyout of $2 million. either way, he still got 3yrs/$27 million, which according to the same article was the lakers' original offer.
Great news. The Lakers are clearly the team to beat now, puts pressure off the Spurs as all the pressure is on the Lakers now to repeat with that stacked lineup. If healthy the Spurs can give them a huge fight in the playoffs.
Nothing that we didn't know already. Odom wasn't going anywhere. He was just forcing Buss to reach deeper into his pocketbook.
Unlike the Spurs the Lakers have never had issues repeating.
they've already made back to back Finals appearances with the same team.
the lakers didn't get a repeat til the late 80's you dumb bandwagoner
Pressure has never been an obstacle for San Antonio. And the pressure was squarely on LA last year to win and they did. Pressure has nothing to do with where these two teams will end up at seasons conclusion next year, the best team will win and thats that.
i was checking the games they played last year, he really didn't seem to be a factor based on the stats.
They already have.
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