Lakers to Obtain Chris Paul in 3-team Trade

Terfimideds — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Turns out, the Los Angeles Lakers weren’t just blowing smoke.

L.A. got a whole lot better with Thursday’s news that the team was about to acquire point guard Chris Paul in a three-team deal that also involved the New Orleans Hornets and the Houston Rockets.

Early word is that Pau Gasol is headed to Houston, and Lamar Odom is bound for New Orleans, with other players and/or considerations expected to be involved in the deal once it’s finalized and announced.

Sources said on Thursday that those other players included the Rockets’ Luis Scola, Kevin Martin and Goran Dragic all going to New Orleans, along with a 2012 first-round pick.

But the Big Three, if you will, are Paul, Gasol and Odom, and on the surface, it looks like the big winner is Los Angeles.

The return of showtime?

With Paul running the point, and Kobe Bryant doing what Kobe Bryant does, the Lakers look more formidable than they have in years. And that’s saying a lot for a team that has won two of the past three NBA championships, and reached the finals three of the past four seasons.

I like Gasol’s game a lot, but if you watched him closely last season, he seemed to disappear for long stretches at a time. I know a lot of Lakers fans were ready for him to move on, but even if you didn’t want to see him go, it’s tough to not be excited about getting Paul in return.

And the Lakers might not be done yet. Paul’s name wasn’t the only one on L.A.’s wish list. The team is known to covet Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, and even with Thursday’s deal for Paul, the Lakers were still trying to pull off something that would net them Howard.

Bryant, Paul and Howard? On the same team?

Watch out NBA.

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Lakers’ Odom tweets condolences

jeuxrgnj — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:12:26 +0000

NBA star Lamar Odom tweeted his condolences to the family of a teenage boy who died from head injuries following a smash between a motorcycle and the limousine carrying the Los Angeles Lakers player.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the young boys family,” Odom wrote Tuesday on the micro-blogging service Twitter.

The two-time NBA champion Odom was in New York for a cousin’s funeral and had hired a car service to move him around the city, ESPN.com reported. Odom is married to reality TV star wife Khloe Kardashian, who was not with him at the time of the Thursday crash.

ESPN reported that police spokesman Paul Brown said a motorcycle allegedly tried to turn left in front of Odom’s vehicle when it hit the front bumper.

The motorcycle went out of control and onto the sidewalk where it struck 15-year-old pedestrian Awsaf Alvi Islam, Browne said. Odom was in the back seat at the time of the crash.

The teen died Friday, and the New York Post reported that his funeral was held on Monday.

The motorcycle driver was in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No charges have been laid but police are investigating the crash.

Odom is a seven-year veteran of the Lakers and has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat.

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