LAS VEGAS - JULY 24: Kevin Durant #5 of the 2010 USA Basketball Men's National Team looks to drive ahead of teammate Lamar Odom #14 during a USA Basketball showcase at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 24 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Lamar Odom Olympic Watch: Anthony Davis Suffers Sprained Ankle, Team USA Only Has Two Big Men
Lamar Odom Olympic Watch: Anthony Davis Suffers Sprained Ankle, Team USA Only Has Two Big Men
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Lamar Odom Olympic Watch: Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love Only Big Men On Team USA
With No. 1 overall draft pick Anthony Davis suffering a severely sprained ankle in a workout with the New Orleans Hornets, it opens up the possibilities of Lamar Odom being invited to play on the team. As of right now, the only big men on the team are Tyson Chandler and Kevin Love.
Guys like Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard won't be in London this summer, and USA could realistically head to the Olympics a bit undersized.
Adding Odom, who played well in the World Championships in 2010, would give them the versatility that Odom's game provides, along with some size. Odom was mostly ineffective for the Dallas Mavericks last season, as he was unhappy in being traded from the Los Angeles Lakers team that he'd won a pair of championships with.
Now Odom is back in LA, with Clippers, where his NBA career began.
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