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^^It's all bad for the Lakers, ATM. I can't stand them and even I kinda feel bad for them. Watching the fans meltdown is fun tho :devil:
The fans are going crazy. If you really think about, LakeShow has been going down for the last two years.
This tweet was circulating.
Joshua Rivera‏@supersloth
We traded pau gasol and Lamar Odom for Chris Paul and lost all three
michie said:
You're right. The Mavericks organization really put out the welcome mat for them. Too bad that Lamar was at a different mindset and didn't show his appreciation by playing like he meant it.
As for the Lakers, yeah, their season so far is in the toilet. Nothing seems to be going right. Should have re-hired 11-time championship winning coach, Phil Jackson, or at least given him the time to think about coming back, lol. Lamar is probably thankful he's with the Clippers now.
True.
I hope they're preparing themselves for the a$$ whoppings to come this week. They play Houston, OKC, and San Antonio, right? *SMH* All bad...
YUP and Their 3 bigs are hurt. Gasol and Hill aren't traveling. Howard is traveling, but out for about a week. It's hard to phanthom how a team with Kobe, Gasol, Nash,and DHoward is not working. The defense is horrible and they need to get Gasol more touches in the post.
Bynum, Gasol, and Odom worked in LA because Odom could play with Bynum and Gasol. Lamar was a willing passer and did the little things.
Bynum, Gasol, and Odom worked in LA because Odom could play with Bynum and Gasol. Lamar was a willing passer and did the little things.
JazzyJaz said:
The tweet is soooo true. The trade talks made it difficult for Pau to concentrate on the game. I don't think he really got over that when we consider how he's playing this season. Lamar was awarded the prestigious Sixth Man of the Year Award, but was soon offered for trade? Didn't make sense. What made sense was that the Lakers wanted Chris Paul --- who doesn't? LOL
In the end, Pau remained with the Lakers, but he's not playing well at all so essentially the Lakers really did lose all three.
All Lamar needs to do now to really give the Lakers the middle finger is to get back in tiptop shape and play as if he's a contender once again for the Sixth Man of The Year award.
Long but good read.
VINCENT BONSIGNORE on the CLIPPERS:
Lamar Odom conjures up sweet emotions after tumultuous 2012
By Vincent Bonsignore, Columnist
Posted: 01/05/2013 06:22:21 PM PST
Clippers power forward Lamar Odom (7) and power forward Blake Griffin (32) talk during the first half of a game Dec. 30 against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center. The Clippers won 107-96. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
Lamar Odom ducked into the Clippers locker room Friday and grabbed a banana and an orange from a large fruit bowl. On his way out the door, he spotted a friend, smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
For a guy who used to load up on a fistful of candy before games, even he had to laugh at the complete turnaround in his pregame dietary habits.
But with the calendar flipping from his 20 s to 30 s three years ago, the scale turning into an enemy rather than a friend, and the NBA getting younger, faster and more explosive right before his soulful, brown eyes, a guy's got to do what a guy's got to do.
"There's a bunch of young guns out there playing at a fast pace," Odom said, laughing. "You have to be prepared."
In Odom's case, that meant getting serious about his conditioning, shedding more than 25 pounds since the beginning of the season, and re-calibrating the psychological and corporeal equilibrium needed to bounce back from the worst year of his career last season.
His basketball life depended on it.
"It's not just a mental challenge; it's literally what you have to do," Odom said.
The result is as obvious as his re-made body, which now resembles the Odom of his 20 s rather than the puffy one that reported to Clippers camp last October after languishing through a lost season in Dallas the previous season.
Since losing the weight, Odom is playing more minutes, contributing more to the box score and being leaned upon by
the Clippers much like the Lakers did while winning two consecutive NBA championships and advancing to three straight Finals from 2008-10.
"L.O.'s body has made a complete transformation," Clippers point guard Chris Paul marveled. "He can feel it and we can see it."
Echoed Clippers center DeAndre Jordan: "He looks like a totally different person and he's playing with extreme confidence."
Friday being a prime example as Odom came off the bench against the Lakers to score nine points, grab six rebounds and block three shots in 24 productive minutes.
"L.O. means everything to us," Paul said.
As if the Clippers didn't need another capable, experienced asset off their deep bench, they now have a motivated, well-conditioned Odom to whom to turn.
And that's a remarkable development, considering the tumultuous season Odom endured last year for which most observers wrote him off as a viable NBA contributor.
His struggles are well documented, of course. Odom was included in the trade the Lakers made for Paul in December of 2011, but when NBA commissioner David Stern - who was essentially running the New Orleans Hornets - nixed the deal, Odom felt betrayed and asked the Lakers to find a new home for him.
The Lakers accommodated his wish by dealing him to the Mavericks, but an out-of-shape, heartbroken Odom never took to Dallas and spent most of the season looking and playing like a shell of his former self while averaging career worsts in points (6.6), shooting percentage (35.2), rebounds (4.2), assists (1.7) and minutes (20.5).
It all came to a head in April when the Mavericks simply told Odom to leave the team.
Looking back, Odom accepts his responsibility for how badly things turned - the initial reaction to being included in the Paul trade and how he allowed disappointment to sabotage his stay with the Mavericks.
But mostly for the deep funk he fell into when the script he wrote for himself underwent a rewrite by life.
Clippers power forward Lamar Odom (7) runs onto the court for the game against the Denver Nuggets on Christmas Day 2012 at Staples Center. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
"You know, my grandmother always told me, 'If you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans,'" Odom said. "The thing is, you never know where your road might lead you or what sort of adversity you'll encounter."
But rather than accept that reality - and deal with it - Odom let discontent dictate reaction.
"Sometimes life can bring you down," he conceded.
It's taken plenty of time - and the help of counseling - for Odom to re-take control of his mental and spiritual state, but he's absolutely emerging from a near year-long abyss.
And in a professional sense, it took the comfort of the positive surroundings he found with the Clippers - who acquired him over the summer from the Mavericks - to rediscover his passion for basketball.
"There is youth, greatness," Odom said about his new home. "It's an organization that wanted me."
For Odom, the Clippers represented both a new start and a return to his NBA birthplace, his career starting with them as the fourth pick in the 1999 draft.
Of course, the franchise he came back to is dramatically different than the dysfunctional one he left for Miami in 2003, a maturity and professional transformation that showed in the rapid respect and acceptance he was afforded upon joining his new teammates.
"He was immediately welcomed into our family," Jordan said. "And that's part of the camaraderie we have here."
Odom's psychological resurrection was not initially reflected in his physical condition, but over the last two months he's gotten serious about his weight and made the necessary changes to his diet to shed the excess pounds.
Again, his teammates played a role.
"We challenged him, sure," Paul said. "But we're all so close we could also joke about it. The thing about L.O. is he's a winner on and off the court. He knew what he had to do and he did it."
That is beginning to show in his increased minutes and effectiveness, his journey back to being a productive player one more element to the Clippers' rise as an NBA power.
"And it's only going to get better from this point on," Paul said.
"For L.O. and us as a team."
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VINCENT BONSIGNORE on the CLIPPERS:
Lamar Odom conjures up sweet emotions after tumultuous 2012
By Vincent Bonsignore, Columnist
Posted: 01/05/2013 06:22:21 PM PST
Clippers power forward Lamar Odom (7) and power forward Blake Griffin (32) talk during the first half of a game Dec. 30 against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center. The Clippers won 107-96. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
Lamar Odom ducked into the Clippers locker room Friday and grabbed a banana and an orange from a large fruit bowl. On his way out the door, he spotted a friend, smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
For a guy who used to load up on a fistful of candy before games, even he had to laugh at the complete turnaround in his pregame dietary habits.
But with the calendar flipping from his 20 s to 30 s three years ago, the scale turning into an enemy rather than a friend, and the NBA getting younger, faster and more explosive right before his soulful, brown eyes, a guy's got to do what a guy's got to do.
"There's a bunch of young guns out there playing at a fast pace," Odom said, laughing. "You have to be prepared."
In Odom's case, that meant getting serious about his conditioning, shedding more than 25 pounds since the beginning of the season, and re-calibrating the psychological and corporeal equilibrium needed to bounce back from the worst year of his career last season.
His basketball life depended on it.
"It's not just a mental challenge; it's literally what you have to do," Odom said.
The result is as obvious as his re-made body, which now resembles the Odom of his 20 s rather than the puffy one that reported to Clippers camp last October after languishing through a lost season in Dallas the previous season.
Since losing the weight, Odom is playing more minutes, contributing more to the box score and being leaned upon by
the Clippers much like the Lakers did while winning two consecutive NBA championships and advancing to three straight Finals from 2008-10.
"L.O.'s body has made a complete transformation," Clippers point guard Chris Paul marveled. "He can feel it and we can see it."
Echoed Clippers center DeAndre Jordan: "He looks like a totally different person and he's playing with extreme confidence."
Friday being a prime example as Odom came off the bench against the Lakers to score nine points, grab six rebounds and block three shots in 24 productive minutes.
"L.O. means everything to us," Paul said.
As if the Clippers didn't need another capable, experienced asset off their deep bench, they now have a motivated, well-conditioned Odom to whom to turn.
And that's a remarkable development, considering the tumultuous season Odom endured last year for which most observers wrote him off as a viable NBA contributor.
His struggles are well documented, of course. Odom was included in the trade the Lakers made for Paul in December of 2011, but when NBA commissioner David Stern - who was essentially running the New Orleans Hornets - nixed the deal, Odom felt betrayed and asked the Lakers to find a new home for him.
The Lakers accommodated his wish by dealing him to the Mavericks, but an out-of-shape, heartbroken Odom never took to Dallas and spent most of the season looking and playing like a shell of his former self while averaging career worsts in points (6.6), shooting percentage (35.2), rebounds (4.2), assists (1.7) and minutes (20.5).
It all came to a head in April when the Mavericks simply told Odom to leave the team.
Looking back, Odom accepts his responsibility for how badly things turned - the initial reaction to being included in the Paul trade and how he allowed disappointment to sabotage his stay with the Mavericks.
But mostly for the deep funk he fell into when the script he wrote for himself underwent a rewrite by life.
Clippers power forward Lamar Odom (7) runs onto the court for the game against the Denver Nuggets on Christmas Day 2012 at Staples Center. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)
"You know, my grandmother always told me, 'If you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans,'" Odom said. "The thing is, you never know where your road might lead you or what sort of adversity you'll encounter."
But rather than accept that reality - and deal with it - Odom let discontent dictate reaction.
"Sometimes life can bring you down," he conceded.
It's taken plenty of time - and the help of counseling - for Odom to re-take control of his mental and spiritual state, but he's absolutely emerging from a near year-long abyss.
And in a professional sense, it took the comfort of the positive surroundings he found with the Clippers - who acquired him over the summer from the Mavericks - to rediscover his passion for basketball.
"There is youth, greatness," Odom said about his new home. "It's an organization that wanted me."
For Odom, the Clippers represented both a new start and a return to his NBA birthplace, his career starting with them as the fourth pick in the 1999 draft.
Of course, the franchise he came back to is dramatically different than the dysfunctional one he left for Miami in 2003, a maturity and professional transformation that showed in the rapid respect and acceptance he was afforded upon joining his new teammates.
"He was immediately welcomed into our family," Jordan said. "And that's part of the camaraderie we have here."
Odom's psychological resurrection was not initially reflected in his physical condition, but over the last two months he's gotten serious about his weight and made the necessary changes to his diet to shed the excess pounds.
Again, his teammates played a role.
"We challenged him, sure," Paul said. "But we're all so close we could also joke about it. The thing about L.O. is he's a winner on and off the court. He knew what he had to do and he did it."
That is beginning to show in his increased minutes and effectiveness, his journey back to being a productive player one more element to the Clippers' rise as an NBA power.
"And it's only going to get better from this point on," Paul said.
"For L.O. and us as a team."
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Cathy's Kids was founded by Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom in March 2004. It was developed as a means for Lamar to streamline all his charitable efforts and focus on making a positive impact on the lives of under-privileged children, as well as targeting a disease that has played a significant role in his life, cancer. Lamar lost his mother to stomach cancer and subsequently is committed to help causes that are focused on finding a cure and helping people who suffer from the disease. Lamar is focused on ensuring that funds are available for under-privileged youth that live in the inner cities of New York and Los Angeles. It is important to Lamar that young people, especially between the ages of 9-14, have the resources they need to get all the opportunities available to succeed in life. Learn more about Cathy's Kids
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Looking at some of Khloe's items and she's not big at all, she wears sizes 6-10 and mediums. People make it seem like she's so beastly just beacuse she's tall compared to her petite sisters, I think she has a healthy figure.
I can never feel bad for the lakers, this is all enjoyable. It's not even the organization I can't stand it's the fans.
JazzyJaz said:
Yes, Lamar definitely was a willing passer. He was a team player. Lakers brass really underestimated his value for the team in terms of building team spirit and camaraderie. He was playing well for them too. Lakers are paying for their past mistakes big time. Lol
ETA: Great article about Lamar, Jazzy! Thank you!
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David Sterns is to blame too. He shouldn't have vetoed the original trade. Lakers have been using Pau as a scapegoat for the last 2 years.
JazzyJaz said:
Yeah, it was baffling how one man could wield so much power to veto the original trade. I agree --- Poor Pau has been a scapegoat and continues to be one. I read one article that his name is being bandied about for yet another trade talk. Sheesh. How can any player play for a team like this and remain effective? Lamar is fortunate he's not with the Lakers at this point.
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Cooking for my family ♥ I love to cook!
KhloéKardashianOdom‏@KhloeKardashian
Baked chicken, veggies, rice and cornbread.... My hubby and brother are going to be happy
KhloéKardashianOdom‏@KhloeKardashian
Din Din http://instagr.am/p/UNOePzhRtT/
KhloéKardashianOdom‏@KhloeKardashian
Cornbread cupcakes http://instagr.am/p/UNOkARhRtc/
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