- After all he had done in his seven years for the Los Angeles Lakers, forward Lamar Odom was so hurt by being included in a three-team trade for Chris Paul that was vetoed by the league, that he requested a trade Friday, according to a Lakers team source His request was granted late Saturday night when the Lakers sent Odom to the Dallas Mavericks for an $8.9 million trade exception, as well as Dallas' 2012 first-round pick and possibly additional draft considerations, according to ESPN.com's Marc Stein. Los Angeles, Houston and New Orleans agreed on a deal Thursday that would have sent Odom and Lakers forward Pau Gasol to New Orleans for Hornets guard Paul. Gasol would then have been sent to Houston for Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic and a 2012 first-round pick. Read more: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...-requested-trade-david-stern-veto-source-says
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AuywuNT1yuUSlNg6iBCpe3_TjdIF?slug=ap-lakers-odom Apparently Kobe is upset by this. I don't blame him either. Why would you send your 6th man to your rival who embarrassingly eliminated you from the playoffs a season ago? To make matters worse the Lakers basically gave Odom away.