Quotes by Laker fan proving Odom is worthless.

[Allanon]

I have never back-pedaled on Lamar Joseph Odom.

He'll get paid and he'll be a Laker this year.

[DrHouse]

Lamar is irreplaceable. If the Lakers lose him they will be a worse team next season.

It saddens me that his greed is getting in the way of common sense here.

[mingus]

Lamar will sign w/ the Lakers if the Jazz don't match Millsap's contract. i think he's pretty much just waiting to see what happens there. if Utah matches, he's as good as gone to Portland, even if he takes a $1 million pay cut. i think he feels underappreciated in LA w/ all the big names, plus the fact that he was initially offered way less than what he's worth .

[mingus]

Lamar is irreplaceable. If the Lakers lose him they will be a worse team next season.

It saddens me that his greed is getting in the way of common sense here.

Buss lowballed him at first, basically presuming Odom would accept much less than what he's worth, which was greed on his part as well. Buss approached him with an unreasonably low offer at first. he should have originally offered Odom the 9-10 million that he's worth instead of just assumming Odom would be ready and willing to take less .

[poeticism707]

Lamar will sign w/ the Lakers if the Jazz don't match Millsap's contract. i think he's pretty much just waiting to see what happens there. if Utah matches, he's as good as gone to Portland, even if he takes a $1 million pay cut. i think he feels underappreciated in LA w/ all the big names, plus the fact that he was initially offered way less than what he's worth .

Agreed.

This is why the last offer was "taken off the table," because Buss no obviously knows that Utah will match Millsap, then Portland will make an offer to Odom.

Classic Buss trying to save some money with hardball tactics.

However, it might backfire this time. If Buss had stormed out of the gate with their current offer as their first one, then Odom may have signed immediately. But thinking there was no way another team could sign him, the Lakers thought they could low ball Odom. Now, however, they have obliged Odom to explore FA.

It's funny that Odom is being classified as "greedy," when in this new contract he'll make less than half what Bryant makes, and nothing close in endorsements.

If anyone could have taken a paycut and played for 17m or so, it was Bryant. But Bryant wants to MAKE ALL THE MONEY, and WIN ALL THE RINGS!

He'll be in for a hard lesson if Odom leaves LA. What's more, he would have already learned a hard lesson if Bynum hadn't taken 30 million less than he could have gotten (took 52 million total I believe), at least forcing the Lakers to match.

[DrHouse]

Buss lowballed him at first, basically presuming Odom would accept much less than what he's worth, which was greed on his part as well. Buss approached him with an unreasonably low offer at first. he should have originally offered Odom the 9-10 million that he's worth instead of just assumming Odom would be ready and willing to take less .

You obviously don't know how business negotiations work.

[mingus]

i don't think it's about the money at this point for odom ... he's surrounded by big names, is coming off the bench, and is underappreciated and disrespected (as indicated by the low initial offer by Buss).

[brettn]

I get your point, but Odom never gave us a big three, like the Spurs, Celtics, and other teams. This is why no one gives a if he leaves. Role players can be replaced... no biggie.

I'm pretty sure plenty of Lakers fans give a if he leaves. So do NBA fans in general. It'll shift the balance of power at the top of the West considerably. Josh Powell and whatever forward the Lakers were to sign wouldn't be able to replace Lamar's production or the versatility he brings to the team.

[Tacker]

Because you are turning into a Laker "fan" all of the sudden.

Gay people are fine, but I myself am not gay.

[howbouthemspurs]

they would suck as usual

[DPG21920]

Gay people are fine, but I myself am not gay.

What is that? I see you are plagiarizing again.