Lamar Odom - Consummate Teammate/Point Forward
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- "Basketball has given me everything I love.” Those were Lamar’s words as he talked about receiving the Sixth Man of the Year award. From 2008 to 2010, the Lakers made 3 straight Finals appearances. They lost to the Celtics in their first go around, but sacrifice was needed to claim the game’s greatest prize. Enter Lamar Odom. In 2009, even though he was an impending free agent, he accepted the role of coming off the bench. That selflessness shined through and allowed that Lakers team to win back-to-back championships.
The perennial playmaker was at his prime during this 3 year span: 2009 NBA championship. 2010 NBA championship. 2010 FIBA World Championship. 2011 Sixth Man of the Year. He became the first player in history to win NBA and FIBA gold in the same year. What’s more impressive is that he was arguably the most important player on that 2010 team riddled with past and future MVPs (Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry), Finals MVPs (Chauncey Billups, Andre Iguodala), and DPOYs (Tyson Chandler). His versatility allowed that team to flourish, starting as the center for every game of the tournament, and leading the team in rebounds.
No matter what happens, those who love the game should love how much Lamar has given back. He’s shown us what’s important in basketball: unselfishness. Sacrifice. Heart.
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That Odom/Gasol connection was deadly. I'm sure Pau missed Lamar's presence as much as anybody.
Brandon Reed wym he Ain’t dead
@@zlwel287 on the team 🤦🏾♂️
@@TheClutchKenny 5years ago we all thought he might die cuz he was in a coma
@@zlwel287 Yeaa I know. But on this post he was talking bout the team chemistry
Don’t forget bout Bynum
True Lakers appreciate LAMAR ODOM! He'll forever be remembered as LAKER! His presence was invaluable!
THE GOODS!
Leaving the Lakers killed Odom's career. Kobe was like the one guy who could get the best out of Odom and you could tell Odom loved and respected Kobe
Lamar Odom is a pure hopper, the first point forward in the league & very underrated passer
I love Lamar but Scottie Pippen was the first point forward.
@@11lesdoon that’s a good debate
@@11lesdoon not really…there was one called John Johnson and Paul Pressy in the 80’s they were the pioneers. Then you can add other players such as Larry bird, Rick Barry or even Magic (who is a pg) but played different positions and is 6’9.
Kukoc was a point forward too
@@11lesdoonboth nice but not the first point forwards!
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He was really good at everything. My dog. He could've had a long career with him being so well rounded and a high basketball IQ
Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, and Ron Artest. Those were the days...
Both good on offense and defense
Lamar should be in the nba manual. Almost shed a tear watching this. Makes basketball look amazing.
oh how the times change
I decided to publish this for two reasons: the obvious one being that finally some good news is coming out about Lamar. The other being that my latest video (the Bulls Frontcourt Passing) was taken down recently, and it felt strange having my latest video be 2 weeks old. So this is my video for this week, a day early. Enjoy!
Why was it taken down?
+Bryson Townsend I genuinely don't know. I make all my videos the same way and acknowledge that everything belongs to the NBA, but sometimes they can just choose to block content and that's what happened here.
+PurePozi I actually upload some videos that are finished early and set them to private until the time I normally publish and I was informed of some copyright issues, so I'm working on figuring out what the problem is, then repost. So yeah, hopefully next week!
+PurePozi Draymond was underrated for so long that now he's horribly overrated and the worst part is, the way he's talking it looks like he thinks hes a top 20 player or something
Okay you can take +/-, but PER, which is a much more reliable advanced stat, gives him a 16.43 which is barely above 15, the league average. What I'm saying is you can't take a single stat and immediately determine someone is a top 10 player that's not how it works. In addition, Draymond is the 4th option at best for GSW, and never ever gets any real defensive attention. To be a top 10 player in the league, you must be able to carry the team, unless you want to argue Tony Allen is also a top 10 player. Draymond doesn't have any elite offensive skills, and he can't create offense by himself. You can't compare him to any real stars because they get the entire opposing team defense and double/triple teams geared up to stop them. Draymond gets wide open threes and dump off passes from Steph for majority of his points every game, which isn't very high anyways. Also he can't defend any quick guards/forwards, he only can trap pick/roll and guard some softer big men inside. Ex: LeBron/Mozgov were bullying him entire finals. He's very overrated
Odom is one of the best passing bigs to ever play
one of my favourite players of all time. if he just kept at it, he could been one of the best
The passing on those Lakers squads was amazing
Loved Odom. A team first player.
1:33 rejects the open three to pick a free teammate top of the key. Visionary.
He was never a freakish leaper but his rebounding prowess looked so effortless.
I miss these Lakers! 😪 Get well LO
He was my fav player! I still wear his jersey from LA! Glad to see him recovering and all! Thanks for the vid! Your work is greatly appreciated!
Gasol, Odom, Walton 👌🏻
I was too young to appreciate his style of play. What a baller
MY FAV POINT FORWARD
I’m not a lakers fan but Lamar would give you 15, 10, and 5 consistently. Great passing big man.
I miss Lamar in LA. I really hope he's doing better. He's a really great person. Much respect.
Hey Evin, great video, really like what you're doing. Can you do a defensive video for Westbrook? I know there won't be alot of lockdowns, but it would be fun to see a video of him running around like a maniac after getting the steals. Keep up the good work.
Mighty sports Philippines bring me here. Tnx LO
LO7 had his best years with the Los Angeles Lakers 🌴 with 2 championships. In my perspective, I think he would have been a bigger star if the Miami Heat 🌇 had not traded him to the west coast
Gasol got so many points from Odom. I miss this guy! And the Lakers 2009-2010
Great upload
The left hand always goes strong
Odom was a beast. If the Lakers had him they would be unstopable.
One of my favourite to don the Lakers jersey.
3:57 odayum!
To me, Lamar Odom will always be a laker.
great video,you earned a sub!
so fun to watch him
All his moves were so clean
Mr.clean ahaha
So fun to watch
Well said and great video man
soo smoth to watch, odom
Gasol owes Lamar
LAVAR IS A FUCKING BEAST
He was Draymond Green of that era, minus the yapping
Omg :36
I miss Lamar's Laker days aye and also the times wheh he and Khloe were married 😞😞 were the good days!! 👌
I Love Lamar great player but he became victim of the Kardashians
Na, if anything Khloe Kardashian did more for him than people realize. He's been addicted to drugs before the Kardashians.
He moves like Kobe or vice Versa 🤔
The fact that he was traded by the Lakers makes no sense at all..
Julius randle = Lamar Odom 2.0
+Jaster Ragual no
+Jaster Ragual As Kobe said, ""Randle is Odom, but in ZBo's body.""
Randle will never be at Lamar's level. Lamar had one of the best coach during his LA career, also practicing and training day and night for years with the Laker team back then would teach you so much more. Just imagine playing/practicing with big shot Rob, Rick fox, Shaq, kobe, Gasol, fisher and couple more.
Ben Simmons = Lamar Odom 2.0
Julius Randle, very strong in the paint, but low basketball IQ... Lamar Odom very high IQ, best passer in the position, coast to coast, finisher, sometimes shooter... the perfect teammate for all star player...