odom on the rockets?

we wont have enough money more than likely. maybe a sign and trade deal. posey and another player and prolly a pick. this has been brought up alot. good thought though

 

I don't think the Rockets have the money to sign Odom with the exception of their mid-level exception. I think Odom would want more than our middle level exception. If they can do a sign and trade then it might worth of looking into. But I don't think the Clippers would do a sign and trade.

 

exactly how i said it

 

Odom is a selfish player. He rarely passes the ball. I sure don't want to see another ball-hogger on this Rox team. We need more passers on this team to complement SF and YM.

 

Odom is a fairly good player but does not fit our team. He would disturb the little chemistry that we have now. Not a very upstanding character either!

 

A small forward who averages 4.8 assists for his career is selfish? He's often been described as a point forward, and has, in the past, been called out by his coach for not looking for his own shot enough.

 

Odom was drafted when I first moved to LA. At first, I thought he was going to be a superstar like KG, but between his drug habit and lazy ass attitude, Odom's career is already on the downward slide. It would be a monumental mistake to sign him up. My guess is that he will end up in New York because they need some big body to fill their front line.

If we are going to sign anyone from the Clips, how about Andre Miller. He is a FA after this season.

 

Can please people stop talking about Elton Brand, Odom or Andre Miller? We don't need them. Period. We don't need any more star players to distrub the chemisty. We just need to find the correct role players to complement our stars (YM, SF and CM) and we will be fine.

You just can't provide max contracts to stars like Brand/Odom or the same level of player and ask them to become the 3rd/4th option. It's a hugh waste of money for the club's part and a big waste of talent on the players' part. Not to mention the potential locker room problem (See Portland). We don't need that.

 

Odom kind of tied that Clipper talent all together (even though he's been injured). If they don't retain him, I will definitely start to question the team's overall talent again, as well as their front office. Right now they have Andre Miller at the point. Richardson (on the verge of stardom) at the 2. No one at the small forward. Brand and Wilcox at the 4. And Kandiman at the center. I don't know; without Odom in there, they just don't seem stacked anymore.

I can't figure this guy out. He has top 5 potential and athleticism. He just hasn't ever put it all together. I'd like to see him play for a team that could give him motivation to be great and help him tap into that supreme potential. The Rox don't seem likr that team. They need to do all they can to get EG ready to play!

 

Odom is not a selfish player, but he does need the ball to have any sort of affect on offense.
We don't need that.....we have enough ball-handlers.

 

Interesting stat. I must admit I am surprised by that number, but having watched a lot of Clipper games since I got here, I found him to be a non-team player. He plays for his own stats and cares very little about winning. Maybe that's not a fair assessment of him because just about everyone on the Clippers is playing for next year's contract.

 

Very good point here...if anything I think we could use a player like Battier. He would be a great fit for this team since he is a great defender, doesn't need a ton of shots, good team player, nice outside shot, perfect role player for a championship team. Anyhow, I know we already have Posey at the 3 but I am just making a point here. We don't need stars...we need guys who will bust their butts, who don't have big egos, and who don't need a ton of shots or have the ball in their hands at all times to make them happy.

 

I don't think we need anymore players unless we can do a sign and trade for him, as we are loaded now at all positions when healthy. I have seen probably more Clipper games in the last few years than combined all other team games(sadly) and in my opinion he is not selfish at all, he does become a little too aggressive on offense when he feels no one else is scoring but that only happens when the the game is getting out of reach and literally no one can score so he tries to take over. The only times I have seen him shoot too much is just the first game he came back from injury this year to get back nsync but the guy can score at will if he wants to but tries too much to get others involved that he gives up too many opportunities which is why the coaches and fans get on him to take more shots.

What I really like about him is he's an all around talented player. He's got it all really- on offense he can knock down the three, hit the mid range jumper, second to none in dunking moves, take it full court, drive in consistently and very quick at it, extremely good court vision, can hit a player on the break with a perfect full court pass right after a rebound aswell as the alley opp pass and I also love how he likes to drive in and dish or kick it out it's like it's his first instinct(I just hate seeing big O miss off those nice passes or fumble them away). His passes just make you say wow like yao's. On defense he's got everything there too- he's been assigned to everyone from small PGs Gary Payton and our on Francis to big guys PFs Webber and Malone at times and I love is thrist to try and defend them by actually telling his teamates to switch with him. Has great career avg of more than 1 steal and 1 block a game is more than enough to show his defensive attitude. He gets the rebounds that count and his 7 reb a game is superb for a SF. He's a tough guy and wants to play hard every game and get's on guys to play harder, this is leadership and the players repect that, he's their leader.

But he needs to lead off the court too and he needs to control his temper esp. when he feels angry that the Clippers aren't winning and his fustration shows. You can tell he just wants to win so bad out there that's why he just doesn't know what else he can do so he occasionally gets a tech for being to angry like hanging on the rim longer than usual or defending players so tight that he ends up knocking them down then grabing the ball and running down court and dunk it even though the foul has long been called making it a delay. Make no mistake he wants to win and he has the heart and talent to play at the next level but only when he finds who he is as a player on a team.

Odom is my first choice for small forward if I had to start a team but on the Rockets we just don't have enough room for him with everyone. But if he was on the Rockets now he could probably be our 3th scoring option, 2nd ball handler, 2nd most rebounder, 3rd most blocker, and 3rd most stealer in my opinion. Maybe somewhere around 14pts, 6rebs, 4ast and 1 stl and 1blk. He could make this team better and he is definitely worth trading for.

 

Give Posey or Boki playing time, they are well capable of putting up 14 ppg, 6 rpg, 4 apg IMO. In fact I think this type of player can be found everywhere in the league. Lamar Odom with suspect off court attitude is not worth being given a multi-million contract/some of our players to put up this kind of number. In fact I don't understand why Clippers players are so coveted. I really don't like any of them. I think they lack a winning attitude. But that is my opinion.

 

The Clippers suck and we already have one of their players- Mo Taylor. Do we really want another? I think not.

 

I don't want Rox to go after Odom cuz he's expensive, but we do need a 3. Posey is fairly good but we need a shooter and Rudy is never gonna let Boki play.

 

Cato ( or Griffin) and Mobely for Odom (S&T, max). Posey at 2, (defense) LO at point forward, SF at 1 but really open to shoot with set up from LO. Size and defense in backcourt now with Poesy. Designated scorers Ming/Francis. Odom and Posey slashers/rebounders/post up on size advantage. Good team boards, size, d. Need an MCE pf to board. Ball entry to Ming immeasurably improved.

 

One prob, who's gonna rebound? Cato is giving us boards off the bench and plays decent D, trade him and who's gonna board? Also, who's play backup C? Don't tell me MoT or Collier.

 

Oh Lord please save us from the get Odem chats. We had enough of this during the summer.