By rss@youtube.com (jhemon) at the Lakers vs. Clippers game, Wednesday 1/21/09; Lamar Odom tips in a shot by Trevor Ariza Author: jhemon Keywords: lakers clippers lamar odom trevor ariza Added: January 26, 2009

As I write this on Monday night, there are two big NBA stories swirling around Los Angeles:  the Clippers are in serious talks with Allen Iverson, and the Lakers are having trouble signing Lamar Odom.

 NY Hamilton was the seventh pick. So if you are the Clippers at No. 4, do you take Lamar Odom, who had drug issues early in his career, or international gem Ginobili? The Clips, if they were astute, would have taken Ginobli. That leaves Odom for Toronto, ...

We are privileged to be partners with the NBA and welcome them back to Los Angeles and LA LIVE." And who knows? The Western Conference may be littered with All-Stars from the Lakers and Clippers, with, presumably, names like Bryant, Lamar Odom, ...

Perhaps the injuries were to be expected. Lamar Odom only played 29 games the season before. Corey Maggette normally misses a handful of games every year. Up until that point though, Quentin Richardson wasn’t injury-prone. Elton Brand just didn’t have enough help.

By ClipperSteve Lamar Odom and Vladimir Radmanovic and the starting forwards for the Lakers, and the class of this list.  Both of them were allowed to leave the Clippers as free agents - in fact, Odom was restricted, so the Clippers had the right to match Miami's offer.  If there are players on this list to be l...