Odom to leave Mavs, sit out remainder of season

[QUOTE=Locked_Up_Tonight]He was a **drain** on the team.

He was like a friend you hang around that would constantly mope, b*tch, complain. It might not get to you at first but after awhile it wears on you and it brings you down big time.

That is what Lamar was doing to the Mavs. He was a constant anchor to the Mavs trying to move forward.

(In fact there were several times that Lamar would tell a teammate in the lockerroom: "I can't believe who yall have to play. That's right, he didn't ever say "we" when refering to the Mavs. He would say "they.")[/QUOTE]

Why would you expect anything less? How many times in history has a guy who's been on a team for years and won championships, loses to a team in the playoffs and then is happy to go join the team he lost to?

He was busy hating and bad mouthing every single one of that teams players..... Theres no way you can just go and be bro's with them now. I don't know why dal of all teams would want to sign him and not suspect this would happen... any other team, fine.

What a ****ing ***** Odom is. He should try his hardest all the time, or give his money back. He's basically on welfare amounting to millions.

Can LA pick him up this season?

Do it Mitch :socalmikesmokingsmiley

[QUOTE=RazorBaLade]Why would you expect anything less? How many times in history has a guy who's been on a team for years and won championships, loses to a team in the playoffs and then is happy to go join the team he lost to?

He was busy hating and bad mouthing every single one of that teams players..... Theres no way you can just go and be bro's with them now. I don't know why dal of all teams would want to sign him and not suspect this would happen... any other team, fine.[/QUOTE]
:oldlol: Right. His cousin dying, his driver killing that kid, his father's illness, and the possible marriage problems obviously don't play a role. He's playing bad because he doesn't like Dallas.

[QUOTE=RazorBaLade]Why would you expect anything less? How many times in history has a guy who's been on a team for years and won championships, loses to a team in the playoffs and then is happy to go join the team he lost to?

He was busy hating and bad mouthing every single one of that teams players..... Theres no way you can just go and be bro's with them now. I don't know why dal of all teams would want to sign him and not suspect this would happen... any other team, fine.[/QUOTE]

pretty sure he chose Dallas. didn't Kupchak give him an option or ask him which team he wanted to be traded to?

i also get it psychologically for why he asked to be traded to spite the management that wanted to trade him, even tho he loved the Lakers so much. Its still his own dumb fault and it all comes down to Odom being overly sensitive for why all of this occurred. thats the reason why he asked to be traded from the team he loved, and also the reason why he couldn't handle being away from them and in Dallas....he's got the sensitivities of a lil girl.

[QUOTE=It's A VC3!!!][url]http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7791431/dallas-mavericks-lamar-odom-sever-ties-immediately[/url]

There is the article. Just proves to me even more that Rick Carlisle is a terrible coach and should be fired. People think he's a good coach because Dirk went into "NBA LIVE" mode? Get real.[/QUOTE]


you are a moron dude.

[QUOTE=LA_Showtime]:oldlol: Right. His cousin dying, his driver killing that kid, his father's illness, and the possible marriage problems obviously don't play a role. He's playing bad because he doesn't like Dallas.[/QUOTE]

he was just a passenger in the car riding backseat, if anyone should be traumatized from that hit, its the driver....

his father had a stomach virus, was over in like a day~

i don't think they got marriage problems, altho i'm sure they will once Odom gets tired of how fake Khloe is with the high pitch schmoopie talk, then going into diva bitch mode. thats completely on Odom tho.

the things i feel sorry for Odom he should've long recovered from like his mom and relatives dying when he was very young and basically raising himself. i don't even get why he wants a relationship with a father that left him and his mom out to dry. it pisses me off that he even makes an effort to get to know and be with his deadbeat father :facepalm

[QUOTE=LA_Showtime]:oldlol: Right. His cousin dying, his driver killing that kid, his father's illness, and the possible marriage problems obviously don't play a role. He's playing bad because he doesn't like Dallas.[/QUOTE]

You honestly believe he wouldn't have been completely fine in LA? Wouldn't have been fighting for an all star spot this year?

On the show (after the driver and cousin stuff) I saw a glimpse of the show and he was calling someone all giddy saying Coach brown is pro odom, I heard coach brown is a fan of lamar odom.. I think my spot is secure. All giddy.

[QUOTE=Godzuki]i just heard they're paying him for the rest of the season :wtf:

how the hell does that work? dude practically gives up on your team, lies about his father being so ill, lets everyone know he doesn't want to be there, so he gets to go home while being paid?!!!1 :biggums: :coleman:

i don't even get why Cuban is holding on to him, to think he can get anything for Odom at this point, unless Kupchak is sympathetic and will do a trade-back. I'd get it if Cuban gave him to the Hornets or Bobcats for free just to humiliate him, but to pay him for the rest of the season and let him go home? :mad:

makes no sense to reward a quitter, especially one that quit on YOUR team...real disappointed in you Cuban if you're reading this. you shouldn't have even let him go with having to be with his father BS....[/QUOTE]

What type of message does this send to the other weak minded players in the league??? I guess this is what the owners were fighting for over the Summer. DMC is probably drooling. Could you imagine Blake going to a city where he couldn't get foul calls? He would marry Kim Kardashian just to scare off teams. :lol

[QUOTE=Pointguard]What type of message does this send to the other weak minded players in the league??? I guess this is what the owners were fighting for over the Summer. DMC is probably drooling. Could you imagine Blake going to a city where he couldn't get foul calls? He would marry Kim Kardashian just to scare off teams. :lol[/QUOTE]


yeah its absurd. i mean they basically rewarded Odom with getting paid while doing whatever he wants now, well, other than playing again this year. now he can just focus on his reality show while making like 9 mill~ for doing nothing :facepalm 9 f'in Mill....you couldn't have low balled him on a buyout Cuban?!!! :wtf:

i'd love to hear what Cuban has to say behind closed doors. still not sure what he's thinking in terms of trading him. i can't see them getting much, if anything for a player that only wants to play for the Lakers.

this all makes no sense from the Mav's side IMO.

What a cry baby. No excuses to be made for his absolutely terrible play.

Ah well. Lamar wants to be a TV star, he

Odom is an @$$hole.

Wasn't it reported not long ago he regretted doing his own show and didn't realise how much it would interfere with his basketball? I really hope noone picks him up, he deserves to be out of the league after all the bullshit he's thrown out this season. He's payed millions of dollars to play ball but he's more focused on his tv show. Other players have personal issues too but they still perform. If i lost members of my family my work would be expecting me to still turn up and do my job months after it's all happened. Didn't Big Baby lose 2 family members this season? He came back and kept playing. Thomas Robinson in college lost his grandma, grandpa and his mum without a dad and while looking after his little sister, he still came out to play. Odom was my favourite laker but now i really can't stand him.

[QUOTE=Jimmy2k8]Someone on this site predicted that Odom wouldn't improve as the season progressed further. Well done sir, well done. :lebronamazed:[/QUOTE]

That was me. I made a thread at the beginning of the season about Odom being a product of Kobe, Phil Jackson and the triangle. I said that he was done, and I got flamed left and right for it.

I just love being right though. Haters gonna hate.:kobe: