Without Trevor Ariza and Possibly Lamar Odom, How Can Lakers Repeat?

The past few days, Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Lakers have made a buzz around the basketball world.

I'm sure every Lakers fan around the world knows about the recent developments in the Lakers' negotiations with Odom.

The Lakers organization has withdrawn its offer to Odom after he and his agent left the Lakers hanging without a response. The rescinding of the offer was also due to Odom's agent opening talks with other teams in the league. The bright side is the offers could be once again reopened.

The Lakers already lost a key player from their championship team, as Trevor Ariza swapped places with Ron Artest. Trevor is now playing for a broken team: the Houston Rockets.

While playing for the Lakers last year, Ariza averaged 8.9 points, 1.7 steals, a...

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