[k_o_b_e_8]

any one else agree with me?

:Bang: :Bang: :Bang:

[cklitsie]

If underated means something like underfed, then I disagree.
If underated means something like underrated, then he kinda is.

[suphomes99]

Yeah i 100% agree with you, sure he may be inconsitant but when he comes to play ball, he is one mean mofo. Lately and later in the season he was freakin nutsssss, this is why they dont need artest even tho he is a great defender.. odom is better =D haha.

[gold_leader64]

Is this the same Odom that laker fans on this very board were calling inconsistent and overpaid, and a scrub who was never able to get it done, and how LA should trade him? Same guy?

[Kingsako32]

Originally Posted by gold_leader64

Is this the same Odom that laker fans on this very board were calling inconsistent and overpaid, and a scrub who was never able to get it done, and how LA should trade him? Same guy?

He improved... before he improved he was a good player, but he went AWOL too often. He's been consistent since the Pau Gasol trade.

[24-7]

with pau in the team lo is no longer an average player. he has become a great player. things have changed since last season were he could not step up to this level in the playoffs.

odom is way underated now.

[ut_jazz]

Originally Posted by gold_leader64

Is this the same Odom that laker fans on this very board were calling inconsistent and overpaid, and a scrub who was never able to get it done, and how LA should trade him? Same guy?

yeh one day they are calling him lamar scrotum, next day they calling him underrated

[RJ 21]

Originally Posted by ut_jazz

yeh one day they are calling him lamar scrotum, next day they calling him underrated

You have no right to speak.
Your team is eliminated.
[weakest link voice]Goodbye.[/voice]

Anyway... Not all of us hated Odom. I always said he was average as a 2nd option, but a perfect 3rd option for us, and has proven that. The addition of Pau Gasol has allowed him to finally blossom into the player we've wanted him to be all along.

[Billy32]

Well he was over-rated because he was inconsistent but he seems to have fixed that. Now that he is more consistent I think he is under-rated.

[Gold Lion ®]

The man has and probably never will play at a All-Star caliber level on a consistent basis. I feel its pretty much impossible to call him overrated when he has barely scratched the surface of displaying his incredible talent.

The reality of it is he didn't start to raise his level of play until he became a 3rd option and the pressure of putting up big numbers diminished. I as a Laker fan have just become accustom to the fact that some nights he can be the best player on the floor and other nights you forgot he even played.

That being said he has truly risen his level of play this post season, but when you watch him perform you know he is capable of so much more and thats the frustrating part. I believe that his best basketball is yet to come and starting next season he may actually be a 4th option with almost no pressure and these are the type of situations when he thrives.