Odom, Okafor, and Other Notes

Some links and quotes from around the league rumors. Odom meeting with Riley, Wade - CBSSports.com Reporter Jim Hill of the CBS-TV affiliate in Los Angeles reports that Odom was scheduled to meet with Wade and Riley on Monday in hopes of finalizing the talented sixth man's departure from the defending champion Lakers. This comes after Wade escalated his recruitment of Odom on his Twitter account over the weekend, urging Odom to "come back to where it started for both of us. Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat continues recruitment of Lamar Odom in LA - ESPN One team source confirmed Monday that Lakers owner Jerry Buss, after pulling his initial offer off the table on July 14, is now offering "less" than the original three-year, $27 million deal that he withdrew when Odom pushed for a fourth year. Sources: Hornets set to get Okafor for Chandler - ESPN The New Orleans Hornets have agreed in principle to a trade that will send center Tyson Chandler to the ...