Still No Team for Lamar Odom

After Lamar Odom and his agent lingered on their response to the Lakers offer, the team pulled it from the table and now the veteran remains without a team. The Lakers’offer was for four years at $9 million a season and although he preferred a five-year deal it appeared Odom would have been willing to accept if the Lakers guaranteed all four years, but only three were set in stone. On Tuesday (July 14) Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss withdrew his offer because Odom was dragging his feet and also reportedly in talks with Miami Heat President Pat Riley.

Odom discussed signing for the mid-level exception of $5.8 million with the Heat. Miami would have given him a five-year deal for $34 million and most likely the opportunity to opt our after three seasons and thus become a free agent in 2012. Odom will reportedly make a decision this wek and if he is able to get Buss to re-open talks about re-signing with the Lakers he may have to take less than the $9 million a season the team previosuly offered him. The Portland Trail Blazers have some $8 million to give another player but neither the team nor Odom, who turns 30 on Nov. 6, have expressed an interest in one another.

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Posted in General on July 20, 2009

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