Is Odom Underrated?

[dockingsched]

Odom is just perfect example of inconsistency.

double double in 5 of the 8 playoffs games.

prior to that 5 out of 8 in april.

11 out of 15 in march.

11 out of 15 in february.

[G35]

Gotta give it up to LO. He has been aggressive going to the basket and finishing the way his talent suggests. I have no complaints about him. Lakers should find a way to resign him if he can continue to play like this.

Well to be nit picky he could improve his FT shooting.....

[GuyverX]

With Odom's talent, you expect him to be somewhere near 20/10/5 every game...but he isn't and never will be.

[dockingsched]

With Odom's talent, you expect him to be somewhere near 20/10/5 every game...but he isn't and never will be.

in the last says 5 yrs, how many players have averaged 20/10/5 for one season?

kevin garnett, who else?

[CB4MiamiHeat]

With Odom's talent, you expect him to be somewhere near 20/10/5 every game...but he isn't and never will be.

he out played Marion the past 2 seasons...then he outplayed Melo in the 1st round..now hes outplaying Carlos Boozer...and his statistics in the 2nd round are better than Dwight Howards.

Is that not good enough?

[Chubby Chaser]

He needs to make his free throws. At least 70% of them, I'd be happy with that.

[GuyverX]

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in the last says 5 yrs, how many players have averaged 20/10/5 for one season?

kevin garnett, who else?

Like I said, Odom has the talent to do it. Look at his rebounding and assist numbers. He's practically there. It's just his lack of aggression holding him back. He's a great #3 option but falls way short in a larger role. You can't change your nature.

[ziggy_stardust]

Has anyone in the league figured out hes left handed yet?

if the league IQ wasn't so low he'd be a marginal player. all a defender needs to do to stop him is force him to go right, yet nobody does it. It's like rocket science to them... I was laughing my ass off watching today's game as Odom repeatedly blew by the Jazz defenders going left. What kind of education did Boozer get at Duke anyway ?

[B-Scott]

Gionobli does the same thing and nobody stops him either 1 on 1.

[Deity Allah]

If Lamar Odom averaged 20+ a game and the same stats in all other categories that he already has then he would be considered great. The fact that he doesn't score 20+ a game makes him out to be considered an underacheiver to the majority of Laker fans, especially the Laker fans on this site.

Personally, I feel that though he's underrated, but I guess i'm bias since he's been my favorite player in the league since he left Rhode Island. The fact remains if he averaged just 5 more points a game, we would not be having this conversation.

[Basileus777]

The fact remains if he averaged just 5 more points a game, we would not be having this conversation.

Maybe, but you can say that about a lot of players. 5 points isn't some pittance, its the difference between Melo and Steven Jackson, or between KG and Nocioni. The fact is Lamar Odom doesn't score 5 more points, he scores 14 a game, which is nice for a third option, which is what he is.

I think people overestimate his offensive abilities though. Odom doesn't have a jump shot, and his post game is only passable for a PF. He scores off garbage points and his patented left-handed layup. He isn't capable of scoring 20 a game over the course of a season.

[ChargerMan]

He's the most consistent player on the team, if Kobe isn't shooting good he's not gonna make up for it with boards, blocks, and assists but Odom will

[dingojazz]

In game 3 vs. Utah Odom was invisible, he only took 3 shots...WTF?

In game 4 he was the best player on the floor behind only Kobe and DWill.

I think calling him inconsistent is a very fair comment, you never know which LO will show up.

[dockingsched]

in game 3 lamar had 13 pts and 12 rebs. he's averaging 15/10 in the playoffs. i don't see anything terribly unusual about that.