LAMAR ODOM NEWS
If Odom Returns, It's All on Kupchak
by Matt SteinmetzFiled under: Lakers, NBA TransactionsHere's hoping Lamar Odom and the L.A. Lakers reach an agreement and he returns to the defending champions.If and when that happens, judging the offseason of general manager Mitch Kupchak will be simple. Odom returning to the...
Lakers And Odom Reach Impasse In Contract Negotiations
July 15, 2009 by
Full of Sports
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The “Los Angeles Times” has reported that the NBA Champions the Los Angeles Lakers have pulled their three year offer to free agent forward Lamar Odom off of the table. The deal reportedly was worth $27 million over the length of the pact.
Pat Riley stars in “The Negotiator”
After moving into striking distance of acquiring its top free agent target, the Miami Heat continue to play the waiting game for Lamar Odom, who is grappling with a decision to sign with Miami or return to the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Time for Pat Riley to step up the negotiations...
Odom Basking in Changed Reputation
by Tim PovtakFiled under: Heat, LakersLamar Odom is living large these days. For a guy whose career for a long time was marked by underachievement and failed expectations, he is being treated now like the franchise savior he never was, while the Lakers, Heat and Mavericks all contend...
Is Mo Pulling for Lamar?
July 15, 2009 by
King James Gospel
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Earlier today Mo Williams expressed his interest in Lakers forward, Lamar Odom, via Twitter. The Lakers recently pulled their $27 Million dollar offer from Odom, and it’s no secret that the Cavaliers are shopping around for a forward that can shoot the ball. The latest news...
Lamar Odom Remains A Laker
July 30, 2009 by
LA Ball Talk
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IT’S A DONE DEAL!!
The Lakers are back to being the overwhelming favorites to repeat as NBA Champions next season. After acquiring Ron Artest earlier in the Summer the Lakers drama began.
Contract disputes between the Los Angeles Lakers and Lamar Odom lasted over a month.
Today...
BREAKING NEWS: Odom to return to Los Angeles
July 30, 2009 by
SoCal Sports Hub
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According to two very reliable sources, Lamar Odom will be back in Los Angeles sporting a Laker uniform next season. About 25 minutes ago, John Hollinger of ESPN posted this on his twitter page:
Twitter: A league source just told me Odom is going back to the Lakers.
Now, J.A. Adande...
Sports bloggers need to work with the incentives of distributors
This is part of my continuing series about what’s next for sports blogging. You can read my introduction here, as well as posts about the tension between ESPN and blogs like Deadspin and the power of distribution in relation to content quality. As a reminder, these are my own personal...
Where does the Miami Heat go from here?
July 31, 2009 by
The Sports Bet Guide
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Let the nightmare begin Heat fans. ESPN has reported that Lamar Odom has decided to resign with the defending champion Lakers for $33 million over four-years. This signing is somewhat shocking to me because he gave the Heisman pose to the Heats five year, $35 million offer that would...
Carmelo Anthony, Jordan Farmar Sound Off On Odom At The ESPY Awards (Video)
July 16, 2009 by
Lake Show Life
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Last night on the red carpet at the ESPY Awards, Jordan Farmar gave the lip service he had to about the Lamar Odom situation the Lakers have found themselves in. Meanwhile, Carmelo Anthony echoed what I’ve been saying for over a month now — L.O. was the key to the Nuggets series.
Lamar Odom’s Wedding Scored Better Ratings Than the Mad Men Season Finale
22 days ago by
The Big Lead
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Karadashians > Mad Men: Unbelievably, Lamar Odom’s wedding to Khloe Kardashian scored higher ratings than the Mad Men season finale. We have never - nor will we ever - see a minute of the Kardashians show; we have this season of Mad Men saved on DVR, but have yet to watch...
Odom, Lakers Back to Negotiating Table
July 23, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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The talks have resumed, and according to some, it’s nearly a done deal: “Is the table being set again? A week after the Lakers pulled a pair of contract offers to Lamar Odom off the table, the sides resumed talks Wednesday. The discussions were labeled productive, but there...
Things Break Down Between Odom and Lakers
July 15, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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Team owner Jerry Buss has apparently had it with the negotiations: “Lakers owner Jerry Buss, an avid poker player, called Lamar Odom’s bluff at the negotiating table Tuesday, following through with his threat to pull the offer to Odom. The Lakers admitted that the offer...
Lamar Odom: “The Games I Played Well Were the Games I Ate Candy For Breakfast.”
This might be old to some of you but we’re just seeing it now. We found this while we were looking for something else. Skittles, Now & Laters, and Starburst jellybeans are apparently the stuff of champions…
And here’s a piece ESPN did on his candy obsession...
The Return of Lamar
July 30, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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by Ryne Nelson
Miami has a lot of things going for it: no state taxes, plenty of beaches and nightlife, and an all-NBA teammate in Dwyane Wade. But Lamar Odom is happy with his home in Hollywood.
According to an ESPN.com report, Odom’s will play for the Lakers for at least three...
VIDEO: Hill: Odom being unreasonable
July 15, 2009 by
Fox Sports
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The Lakers are offering good money and a chance to keep winning titles, so why isn't Lamar Odom signing? Randy Hill is baffled.
Report: Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian To Marry
September 17, 2009 by
SPORTS by BROOKS
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Wow, that was fast. Ken Baker of E! News has a blindside on the Lamar Odom-Khloe Kardashian front. Khloé Kardashian and her NBA star boyfriend Lamar Odom are already planning to tie the knot. A source close to the couple tells E! that Odom, a forward for the L.A. Lakers, and...
Khloe Kardashian And Lakers’ Star Lamar Odom Dating
September 06, 2009 by
Lake Show Life
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Lamar Odom didn’t just get a new contract this summer, he got a new girlfriend. The Los Angeles Lakers star is now dating reality TV star Kloe Kardashian. Word on the street is that he’s as into Khloe as he is fashion. Looks like the Kardashians traded one L.A. sports celeb...
Suicide lines: Kahn heads for Spain; Odom wants to be wanted
July 20, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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Each weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your carbs.Jerry Zgoda, The Star Tribune: "David Kahn heads for Spain today and meetings presumably with Ricky Rubio and his DKV Joventut team in a trip that Kahn says his only mission...
2009 Offseason Whirlwind (Part 4)
In case you're wondering, yeah, the Starbury show is still going on.
And, no, I'm not going to talk about Lamar Odom until he actually signs.
All right. So a couple of big moves happened over the past week or so.
***ANDRE MILLER TO PORTLAND***
Why do I NOT like this move...
Hitting The Links: The Worst Of The Worst, Walter Herrmann, Lamar Odom & Starbury
Today is Sunday and you know what that means. Chuck is here to give a little link love. Here is the Sunday Six Pack…
Breaking down the NBA Teams from Hell Basketball Fiend
The FanSided Network’s resident Poet Laureate busts a rhyme about former Detroit...
Odom Is Back... So Now What?
Well, a few transactions happened... but being an L.A.-based blog, the big news of the day is Lamar Odom re-signing with the Lakers. The terms? 4 years and $33 million. The fourth year is a team option.
Frankly, I got tired of all the WILL HE and WILL HE NOT? stories from various...
Odom staying with champion Lakers
July 31, 2009 by
CBSSports.com
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Lamar Odom agreed on a multiyear contract Thursday to stay with the
Los Angeles Lakers, as reported earlier by Ken Berger of CBSSports.com.
Breaking News: Lamar Odom Will Re-Sign With Lakers
ESPN is reporting that Lamar Odom and the Lakers have agreed on a reported potential four-year, $33 million deal.
According to ESPN, Miami had offered Odom as much as it can for a team well over the salary cap: $34 million over five years with an opt-out to return to free agency...
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