Lamar Odom and Los Angeles Lakers Need Each Other

The 2008-2009 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers had a lot of things going for them. First, obviously, they had one of the best players in the game- Kobe Bryant. They had a defensively reinvigorated Pau Gasol to go along with budding star Andrew Bynum.

They also had something else that turned out to be more important than any of those in the long run: an incredibly talented sixth-man that can play two positions, defend, rebound, and run the floor as good as any starter in the league.

Lamar Odom now appears headed out of town. "Persona non grata" in the town that took a shot on the previously beleagured but talented player.

How did this all happen?  Isn't the champagne still drying in the Orlando Magic's visitor's locker room?

Can it be that a player that ...

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