Lamar Odom’s alter-ego was the one complaining
Lamar Odom (photo. Tim Tadder)We’ve been over the developing Lamar Odom vs. Phil Jackson beef, which initially came to light around the beginning of training camp when Coach Jackson mentioned the possibility of bringing Odom off the bench, and L.O., who’s in a contract year, made it clear that wasn’t gonna fly.
Yesterday, however, Odom changed his tone.
“That was like my alter-ago talking,” Odom was quoted in the Los Angeles Times. “Seriously. That’s Odom. Not Lamar. I’m being dead serious. I’m a good locker-room dude. I don’t want to be detrimental to the team, especially, like, how this is a championship-caliber team.”
Odom went on to say he’d be fine stepping into the sixth-man role, even if he knows it’s not the ideal look for his free agent resume next summer. He came off the bench during the Lakers’ win over the Kings, putting up four points and nine rebounds in a little over 20 minutes.
Source: L.A. Times
October 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
fallinup says:
Less playing time. = Less frequency of choking.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
AY says:
his career can either go down the antoine walker path or the antawn jamison path; either way it’s likely to be extremely profitable financially. way to go lamar.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Tyrone says:
Odom’s a talented cat but he gotsa understand that a brutha sometimes gotta take a backseat for the good of the hood - good to see he’s becomin cooperative y’all.
True thugs never lie.
Tyrone
October 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
fallinup says:
Tyrone Translator:
“Lamar Odom is quite a talented young lad that has to come to the understanding that a good teammate means making sacrifices for the good of the team as a whole. It’s good to see that he is coming to that realization, ladies and gentlemen.
Have a pleasant day.
Tyrone”
October 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
dukesman2000 says:
Phil Jackson checked his ass
October 13th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
fallinup says:
@#5
Yeah. He probably threatened to trade his ass to OKC. haha
October 13th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Joe says:
split personality disorder seems like a it might be detremental to the success of a basketball player
October 13th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Celts Fan says:
Here’s what REALLY happened.
Lamar: “I’m not coming off the bench! Forget that. I don’t care about what happened the Finals.”
Agent: “Wait, you played in the Finals?”
Lamar: “Umm, ya.”
Agent: “I heard you didn’t show up… Oooh, nevermind, I get it.”
Lamar (frustrated) “I’m not coming off the bench. It’s a contract year.”
Agent: “So arguing with the coach after a disasterous Finals helps how?”
Lamar: “Umm… shoot.”
Agent: “Don’t worry, just don’t say anything and be a good soldier.”
Lamar: “I’ve got a better idea. I’ll say it was my alter ego. That way, I can blame someone else.”
Agent: “Wait, isn’t that still you though?”
Lamar (taking a puff): “Huh?”
Agent: “Nevermind, go with the alter-ego thing. No one will laugh at you. Really…”
Lamar: “Got any Doritos?”
October 13th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
weezy f says:
tyrone be killin me!!
@ fallinup
im fuckin weak!
October 13th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Ross says:
How do we know this isn’t just Lamar Odom’s alter ago playing tricks on us right now?
October 13th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
David Brandon says:
@fallinup,
HAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!! what the hell!!!??!?!!! hilarity ensues. youre on a roll today man…
October 13th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
jz_smoove says:
doesnt matter where he plays or ends up, he will always have value.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
@ Fallin Up–
You got me ROTFLMAO
October 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Dagomar says:
So that’s why they didn’t trade this cat for Artest. Odom sounds like he’s getting just as crazy.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
it ain't easy being green says:
so was it “lamar” or “odom” who didn’t play in the finals last year? Phil pulled his card.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
ZACH says:
@ Fallinup
Thanks man, I was googling to find a translator, you saved me some trouble. lol (Tyrone I’m not hatin just givin dude his props)
Lamar Odom is sort of like Chris Webber a pretty damn good REGULAR season player, but I’d leave both of them off my playoff roster
October 13th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Homeless J says:
BREAKING NEWS:
Police are currently at a violent standoff with National Basketball Association player Lamar Odom. Over the past three hours he has robbed two banks, murdered six nuns, forcefully jammed an empty Cristal bottle into Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly’s anus, and has now taken hostages to the top of a building where he is engaging in periodic shootouts with police helicopters and snipers.
When reached for a statement, Odom kept shouting, “IT’S COOL, Y’ALL! THIS AIN’T ME, IT’S JUST MY ALTER EGO, LAMAR.” Apparently this has not been enough to legally excuse his actions, but we are still contacting lawyers and government officials to verify.
When confronted about how stupid it is to contend that your alter ego’s name is the same as your own, and does not have any clear differences from your own original personality, thus obviously negating the legitimate mental disorder where split personalities form with clearly different names and, well, personalities, Lamar simply said “Look man, I didn’t get into college because I was smart. I just put the fuckin ball in the hoop. I ain’t no psychobiologist or nothin.”
October 13th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Meica says:
Can we stop talking about this now?
October 13th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
smity far away says:
interesting although it is pretty lame of him to say “it’s my alter ego” and then put the “seriously” in there to legitimize it. The thing is everybody has different personalities (or even “alter ego” if you want to say it that way) but they are all parts of us. It’s still all us so…Celt’s Fan’s explanation of what happened makes sense cause otherwise i don’t know how he thought this could fly or make sense and have people not think he sounds silly or crazy. I just hope lamar (or odom or lamar odom) can put keep being as good as he potentially can to shut all the haters up.
@ AY
thats a good way to put it. i agree
@ Meica
i agree.
October 14th, 2008 at 2:55 am
mr.a says:
no, I’d liketo keep talking about this forever.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
doc says:
tHE FINALS HE MUST’VE BEEN IN HIS DELISHA MILTON EGO
October 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
doc says:
CHARACTER NOT EGO MY BAD
October 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Mike Jones says:
Lamar should apply this simple equation to Phil (Michael) Jackson - my (Lamar) foot + your (Phil) ass = ouchie.
Four fingers up, two twisted in the middle