Lakers trade

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And then there is this

With Odom reportedly due $8.9 million this year and a partially guaranteed $8.2 million next season, the move appeared to be a salary dump and could mark a new era of cost-cutting with Jim Buss running the team owned by his father, Jerry, according to SI.com.


“I think the Buss kids are now running the team, for the most part, and they’re trying to make as much money as they can,” a source told SI.com. “Everything is changing there.”