Lamar Odom TRADED

The Lakers have traded forward Lamar Odom plus a second-round draft pick on the Dallas Mavericks for a first-round select and an $8.9 million trade exception, capping Shedd Angeles' stunning 72-hour breakup together with last season's Sixth Man of the Year.

The Opposing team and Mavericks announced the deal Sunday night, a few days after Odom figured out Los Angeles was wanting to trade him in a megadeal for New Orleans superstar Bob Paul.
After the NBA blocked that trade, Odom declined to are accountable to the Lakers' opening day's training camp upon Friday.

The Lakers traded Lamar yesterday to the Mavericks -- last year's champs -- and abandoned their bid for Hornets star Chris Paul in the process.

The Lakers had previously sought Chris Paul as well as Dwight Howard to create their own Big Three with Kobe Bryant -- but now, the team is just focusing on acquiring Howard ... a big relief to the rest of the Western Conference.