Time for Lamar to light a contract celebrating stogie
In the wake of fuzzy, bitter dissapointment that was the LeBron "dunked on" footage, we’ve got some pretty amazing video here on the sight to check out in its own right. Derek Fisher’s rooftop shot at L.A. Live Tuesday was pretty incredible, I mean, come on, how often do you see Ronald McDonald passing out high fives?! Of course no Laker can go anywhere these days without being asked about Lamar Odom, and so “D-Fish’s” response to that is on here too. He’s already called the man he hopes is not a former teammate, as has Kobe, childhood chum Ron Artest, and Odom even had a nearly unprecedented phone chat with Dr. Jerry Buss. Kobe texted him from Singapore. What more do you want?! He’s on record as saying he wants $10-million per season, and a 5-year contract. The Lakers have come closer to those numbers than any other club can even approximate, and have even offered them at 3-years. And they don’t have to do any of it. It’s reminding me of the Manny Ramirez negotiations this winter, when the Dodgers refused to bid against themselves, and ended up offering Manny what he asked for, but at a much shorter term. The biggest difference is, the Dodgers did have other options, like Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn. Neither is Manny, but for this season, Abreu’s production is hard to top. If Dr. Buss did what the professional poker player he is is inclined to, and pulled his chips, he’d have every right to. The Odom team, led by the bewildering, blundering, agent Jeff Schwartz, (or if it really Pauly Shore?!), has no cards. If either side wants to quit, they’d have to step away from the $35-40 million dollar table, and be asked to sit in with a much lower class of player. Would you rather sit in with Odom at your side, or how does Ike Diogu, Drew Gooden, or (gasp) Tim Thomas, grab you?! Those are some of the Lakers options. Odom’s option is getting his 5th year to become a Miamian again, but at about $3-million less per season than the Lakers top offer. G-M Mitch Kupchak is on record as saying that at some point, you have to move on and make other arrangements, and that was around the 4th of July, looking ahead to the coming week. Enough already. It’s like going up on that rooftop outside the Nokia Theatre and challenging Fisher to a game of H-O-R-S-E. Only this time, let’s call it L-O-S-E-R, and guess what Lamar, you’ve already got the L. and the O., and the other letters are coming fast. Let’s all come to our senses, call off the game, and reach a settlement, and all get back on the same team.
