FREE LAMAR!!!

In my first post with content, I feel like talking about one of my favorite players ever: Lamar Odom. Odom was a favorite of mine from his rookie year with the baby Clips. I was a young, transplanted Kings Fan living in southern cal and the NBA season was dominated by televised games of the Evil Laker Empire, and I couldn't bear to watch them more than once a week for fear of retribution from the NorCal Basketball Gods. I instead turned my attention towards the clips: D-Miles and Q-Rich provided the foundation for my post-basket celebrations in Rec League, McInnis for my ballhoggery, and Odom for the certainty that I would never be an NBA player. I've never watched a player have that many skills and lack the assertiveness to consistently dominate, a feat which seems like it would be easier and more natural for him than to defer. He's long, athletic, has great court vision and rebounding acumen, range on his J, post moves, handles. He's absurd. And Kobe Bryant, (another of my favorite players because he possesses every skill on the planet and i love versatility) can't seem to mesh with him. Now Shawn Marion wants out. This might be just what they need to switch stuff up and keep Kobe partially content. Cook and Odom for Marion works, as does LO +Farmar +Vujacic. But I think LA needs to gameplan for cap room, and that's where my modest proposal comes in: Radmanovic+LO+a pick (1st or 2nd) for Marion. LA gets more cap room sooner if Marion opts out and they're out from under the Radman's deal. If they then can't placate and must trade Kobe for an expiring plus a couple promising kids next summer, they would have just rebuilt their team in no time. Then again, a team centered around Javaris Crittenton doesn't sound too promising. And that's coming from a guy whose last name is Crittenden. Back to the original point, a team that could run out Nash, Diaw, and Odom would probably average 30 assists a game while having another sturdy post-d option. Radmanvic would be able to fill the '06 Tim Thomas role nicely, except with less defense and more braids. Plus, as the infallible Kelly Dwyer pointed out during his video breakdown of the baby clips vs the t'wolves, 4Q, 9:29: Odom works in the post, quickly, and lays it in over KG. I've never seen anyone, with the possible exception of Tim Duncan, give Garnett more fits than Odom. This could be a major plus if the Suns were to face the C's in the finals. Wait, who am I kidding, the suns would crush the celtics with Marion or Odom. I digress, Odom would be a wonder to watch in D'Antoni's system, And Marion would be able to take advantage of Bryant's somewhat uderrated proclivity for lob passes while giving the Lakers similar rebounding over, more than likely, more games. I want to see this happen because the Suns take me back to my glory years as a Kings fan, and if one of my all time faves can get them a championship, all the better.