NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lamar Odom, who became the first Los Angeles Laker to win the NBA award for best player in a reserve role yesterday, hopes the recognition will make people think twice before considering him an underachiever.
Odom, who joined the Lakers in 2004 as part of the trade that sent Shaquille O’Neal to the Miami Heat, won the Sixth Man Award after a season where he shot 53 percent from the field, the highest shooting mark of his 12-year career.
“There was a point in my career where people
