JWaLL Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 The Lakers' pursuit of unrestricted free agent Lamar Odom has groundto a halt, an NBA source said Tuesday afternoon. After raising theiroffer to Odom to more than $9 million per season, the Lakers havepulled the offer from the table because they failed to receive aresponse from Odom's agent, Jeff Schwartz.Jerry Buss, the Lakers' team owner, gave the OK to raise the ante tomore than $9 million from more than $8 million last week. Buss becameupset that Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak did not get a yea ora nay from Schwartz, the source said.Plus, Buss was said to be miffed that Odom's representative hasstarted negotiations with the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat,neither of whom can offer the versatile forward more than themid-level exception ($5.8 million for next season).It's been reported that Odom seeks a deal that averages $10 millionper season.Dallas owner Mark Cuban told a reporter from NBA-TV that he spokewith Schwartz on Monday. There also have been persistent rumors thatthe Heat is interested in Odom, who signed a six-season, $65-milliondeal with Miami in 2003.The Heat dealt Odom to the Lakers in the Shaquille O'Neal trade in2004. --Elliott Teaford From Los Angeles Daily News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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