An award overdue has finally been rewarded.
Lamar Odom, the most versatile basketball player in the NBA, is a bench player for the Los Angeles Lakers and has won Sixth Man of the Year award today.
Odom could start easily on any other NBA team but since the acquisition of Pau Gasol in 2008, Lamar has been roaming in and out of the Lakers' starting line up and he has accepted his role.
In the summer of 2009, Odom had the chance to leave Los Angeles and play for any other team for more money and be a starter but he chose to stay with the Lakers and continue winning championships.
A two-time champion, Odom makes the Lakers unstoppable, a player of his caliber coming off the bench for the Lakers is just wrong and unfair to the opponents.
Teams do not have the luxury to have players like Odom to come off the bench and replace one of their starters.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson does not worry when Gasol, Ron Artest or Andrew Bynum get into foul trouble because he has another starter to come into for them.
This season Odom has had one of his best season's of his career, averaging 14 points and eight assist a game.
He has been shooting well shooting 53 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the three-point line.
His success is one factor in the Lakers three-peating as NBA champions this season and winning an award like the Sixth Man of the Year is the starting point.
Odom said in a interview with ESPN that the award will mean the sacrifice he has done to help the team and he said before winning the award that he would dedicate the award if he won it to his fans and teammates.
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