Lamar Odom: Games, Changes, Fears

The game of basketball is very similar to the game of life. In both basketball and life you have to maintain several types of relationships between people in order to be successful. The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA Championship about a month ago. It was a really great thing for the city of Los Angeles. The players came back from Orlando with their trophies in hand, and they celebrated together. Then they celebrated with the city of Los Angeles in that huge parade. But then something happened. The celebrations stopped, and now it is back to business. Back to life. The Lakers had three free agents this offseason in Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, and Lamar Odom. All three players expressed great happiness in where they are at in Los Angeles, and all three expressed that they wanted to return to Los Angeles to defend their crown. So of course they all signed back with the Lakers and they all lived happily ever after, right? Wrong! Shannon Brown did re-sign with the Lakers. Trevor...