Lakers trade Odom to Dallas (ploy for Dwight?)

[Dpantherman]

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA

Source confirms ESPN.com report that Lakers will instead trade Lamar Odom into Dallas trade exception.

@WojYahooNBA

Says one Western Conference executive: "The Lakers are shifting toward trying to make a Dwight Howard deal."

[HeatCheck]

Could be part of the plan to add Dwight using the TPE.

I am so confused on why Dwight is requesting a trade. Is it because everyone else is doing it?

EDIT: Although I thought I remember that you can't combine players + the exception in a trade so I am not sure how this will work out.

[d-run]

johnhollinger John Hollinger

Any exception created by dealing Odom isn't big enough to take in Turkoglu. I'm not seeing LA's endgame here, nor why Dallas would help.

johnhollinger John Hollinger

Have had about 50 questions on this already -- NO, you canNOT combine Vujacic trade exception with this one.

They do have Gasol now to put in the package for Howard, but they may have to find a third team

[God]

so no CP3 and they give Odom to a rival. Could be a failure.

[xONEOFTHEFEWx]

Dwight is just tired of Orlando. He said they don't ask him for advice when gathering team mates and he is just over it. He has asked to go to LA, Dallas, or NJ.

[xONEOFTHEFEWx]

I am pretty confident Dwight goes to LA. CP3 really wants to play for the knicks. He said he will even wait it out if he has to.

[Kevin Greene]

Ugghh, hate to deal the best 6th man in BB to your rival.

Best be an end to the means.

[Chaos]

Bob-Cats, Bob-Cats, Bob-Cats...

Oh wait, we can't get an awesome player, that's right.

[SOJA]

this whole trade debacle is getting confusing

[King Taharqa]

After seeing Bryant speak after practice to Cheryl Miller about Odom the other day I knew this was coming. Lamar was obviously very angered and felt betrayed by the first trade proposal that fell thru. No way he could come back.

[Panthers128]

Odom shouldn't take things so personal since it's a business after all. Either way, though, the Lakers need some changes after the collapse last season. Obviously they'll be getting an all NBA team player due to the league having no balance. So they'll stock up on late first round picks and present them for a future hall of famer and try to keep a straight face when the lopsided deal is accepted.

[Kevin Greene]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP)—The Lakers traded forward Lamar Odom and a second-round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night for a first-round pick and an $8.9 million trade exception, capping Los Angeles’stunning 72-hour breakup with last season’s Sixth Man of the Year.

The Lakers and Mavericks reached a swift deal after Odom learned Thursday that Los Angeles was attempting to trade him in a megadeal for New Orleans superstar Chris Paul.

After the NBA blocked that trade, Odom declined to report to the Lakers’opening day of training camp on Friday. Odom then requested a trade in a meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak, and the Lakers improbably swung a deal with the rival Mavericks, who swept Los Angeles out of the second round of last season’s playoffs.

Interesting, the Lake Show picked up a 1st round pick in this deal as well. Hmmmm....

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AgWFX5vr9NjQRAgzscXBzbi8vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-odom

[Hawk]

wait....does Stern know about this? I'm sure he still has a chance to cancel this deal too....cocksmoke