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Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle devised an "action plan" for Odom early in the season that included extra conditioning work, but it has yet to result in the type of production the team anticipated getting from a player with Odom's track record.

The next step could be sitting Odom for a stretch of games to allow him to focus solely on doing what is necessary to get his game on track. Cuban pointed out that Odom missed significant time of the Mavs' abbreviated training camp because he didn't arrive in Dallas until Dec. 13, several days after camp started.

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http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/7510635/dallas-mavericks-consider-sitting-lamar-odom-next-stretch-games


makes total sense. or, more than likely, everyone saw this coming a mile away, the Mavs got screwed by the Lakers, and now Odom is being benched in order to get his mind right.

you get in shape by playing a full season. the more you run, the more you get in shape. or putting in hard work over long periods in the offseason. this option is neither.

commence Mavs defense of this below:

Everything you wrote is completely wrong. Every. single. thing.

At least he's consistent.

You are an idiot. Even if odom does nothing this year, he is off the books for next year. That move was all about helping to create room for FA next year, and potentially have a good impact this year.

Hes not off the books for next year.

He has a guarenteed 3MM coming next year regardless.

Think before u csll me an idiot. Or at least know what you are talking about. idiot.

I really don't understand the point you are trying to make? Are you saying they are stupid for trading for him in the first place? Are you saying they are stupid to try and give him the same conditioning routine they just gave Dirk?

yes

Well as to the first point then, 28 other teams would have also made a trade for Odom especially one where they didn't actually have to give up another player, and his money is expiring, if not next year then soon. He was last years 6th man of the year. No one knew he would crash and burn like this.

As to your second point, the time off for conditioning worked wonders on Peja last year, and I guaruntee it will work with Dirk the next few games. You say the best way to get conditioning is to play games, well that's just not true. You can do a ton more conditioning during a regular 4-6 hour workout day than you get playing 20-30 minutes in a game. It's not like you can play the game in addition to the workout, you'd be hurting your team, coming into the game dog tired. Besides part of Odom's problem might be physical, but most of it seems to be mental, as you yourself stated. It will probably be helpful to take a break from games from a stress/mental standpoint.

And tonight he actually had his best game as a Maverick so I personally am going to try my best not to knee jerk on a trade that's only a quarter of the season old, I'd advise others to do the same.

[This message has been edited by R0GUE (edited 1/28/2012 8:32a).]

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Well as to the first point then, 28 other teams would have also made a trade for Odom especially one where they didn't actually have to give up another player, and his money is expiring, if not next year then soon. He was last years 6th man of the year. No one knew he would crash and burn like this.

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his contract wasn't an expiring contract.

He never said the contract was expiring, he said the trade exception was expiring.