Why Odom will suffer a pay cut
July 15, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Lamar Odom was a key part to the Los Angeles Lakers winning it all. The versatile forward that came to the Lakers in the Shaquille O’Neal trade with the Miami Heat had an outstanding season.
So why isn’t he getting a big fat raise like all the other free agents?
Lamar Odom is getting knocked around in the free agent market
Simple, Lamar Odom will soon be 30 years old and this is the new NBA where money actually matters.
But unless you’ve lost all contact with the outside world in the past 12 months, it’s pretty obvious things around the country have changed rather dramatically since then.
Which is how Odom, who was off helping the Lakers win the franchise’s 15th NBA title by selflessly agreeing to come off the bench most of the season, finds himself unemployed July 12 and coming to grips with the fact he probably will have to accept a contract of around $8 million a season.
“This is just a time where austerity is somewhat warranted,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said last week in a radio interview with KLAC-AM (570). “I don’t think there’s a whole lot we can do about it. We just have to suffer the consequences of the time right now and go through this. Everybody is tightening their belt a little bit.”
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So even after sacrificing for the Lakers to win the NBA title and having a great year, Lamar Odom will most likely take a pay cut. The times have changed my friend and even the NBA finds the going rough.
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