Borderline Blasphemy, Bad idea, or good idea?

By far.

he already said he wants to play on a beach and he doesn’t really like coming off the bench, i think he goes for big money and playing time somewhere warm

if we still have LA, Oden and Przy. Where would we play him? Why would we get him if it’s only a 15 minute back up role

it seems as if we just don’t do business with them. all that aside though, Lamar Odom is actually FAMOUS for being one of the most inconsistent players in the NBA. He’s the poster child for wasted talent. He could be an amazing point forward, capable of handling the ball, running an offense, rebounding, scoring, and isn’t even that bad a shooter. Too bad he just can’t do any of this stuff consistently. Put it this way, Lamar Odom is to laker fan, as Travis Outlaw is to blazer fan.

Then i was reading The small line-up and as11osu wrote a post with a list of free agents he personally would look at.

Those weren’t all the FA’s I’d look at. Those weren’t even ones I’d really want. That particular list was of the players (UFA’s, RFA’s and Potential Draftees) that could play small ball PF if Trout were to be traded. I in no way advocate getting Lamar Odom.

My top FA’s would include:

(The Full 8.5 Million) in the order I’d want them
Paul Millsap
Trevor Ariza
Brandon Bass
Ramon Sessions
Jason Kidd
Hedo Turkoglu
Ron Artest
Anderson Varejao

(Or 2 of these guys at 4.25 Million) in the order I’d want them *essentially
Leon Powe
Antonio McDyess
Eddie House
Anthony Johnson
Chris Anderson
Linas Kleiza
Jamario Moon
Charlie Villanueva
Donyell Marshall

Blasphemy. Seriously, that made my face hurt. I do not like Odom.

Aside from that, though, I have one other concern with that scenario. I don’t think we can give up both Trout and Webster. We should have two real SFs on the team. It could get awkward always trying to squeeze a SG or a PF into that position.

way more money than outlaw, but just as inconsistent, only upside, better rebounder, ball handler (not that that’s saying much). see my sig.

A post to trade for Kobe Bryant?

Oh… wait….

But I don’t see any comments… come on, give us your take.

we already have some unpredictable players

BUT the dude makes $14,000,000 a year — which is starter money, not backup money.

BUT the dude loves LA and really wouldn’t have an interest coming to Oregon.

BUT with the Lakers he is one of 3 rotating bigs (Gasol, Bynum, Odom) and if he came here he would be one of 4 rotating bigs (Oden, Pryz, LMA, Odom).

BUT we would have to replace Mike Rice because he would have a nervous breakdown having to deal with Oden/Odom on a nightly basis. That would be cruel.

I think that could work really well for us. Obviously he’d start over Batum … no way he actually wants to come here though.

My favorite thing about Odom is that any team he is on has to deal with the fact that he has choked and/or disappeared with big games on the line. Maybe he’ll find redemption this year, but that will only increase his price tag.

If the L.kers get stuck unable to sign both him and Ariza, that will make me happy. But I’d much rather attack the Ariza front if I’m going to get a L.ker on the Blazers.