When the Los Angeles Lakers essentially traded Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest, I felt they set themselves up as the favorites to win the NBA title for the next three years – essentially covering the entirety of Kobe Bryant’s window as a dominant player in the league.
All of that, however, hinged on whether they brought back enigmatic swingman Lamar Odom, long one of the league’s most unique and frustrating talents. What first seemed like a foregone conclusion soon morphed into something else entirely, until the last week has been spent wondering whether he would opt for the beaches of California to stay with the Lakers and Bryant or South Beach to go back to his former team, the Miami Heat, and once again become Dwayne Wade’s sidekick.
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