L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Ross Siler Back in his first season with the Lakers, Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. offered a four- word answer to our questions about what position he was best suited to play. It was one of those great moments when an athlete talks about himself in the third person. ``Odom is a player,'' he said. That sums up his perspective but does nothing to end the debate about whether he is a small forward, power forward or a point guard in a 6-foot- 10 body. In the new NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , Odom might even be a center, which is something the Lakers will have to consider with Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm Christopher (Chris) Steven Mihm (born July 16, 1979 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. He stands 7 feet tall (213 cm) and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg). out. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Web site 82 games.com, Odom played 44 percent of the Lakers' minutes at power forward last season, 34 percent of their minutes at small forward and two percent of their minutes at center. Odom was most productive as a power forward and least productive as a center. |
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