The return of Lamar Odom is upon us, and Phil Jackson is hoping that his relationship with the former Lakers forward can springboard Odom to a return to form with the Knicks.
The New York Post is reporting that Odom will begin training and working out at the Knicks facility on Monday.
“He’s coming to town this week,” Jackson said in his first comments on Odom. “We know he’s a really good basketball player.
“He wants to put himself back together, and he has a chance to do that by having the whole summer to work at it and getting himself back in basketball condition to play. He told me that’s what he wants to do. Having a relationship with him. It’s a pretty good risk-reward situation for us.’’
Odom could play on the Knicks’ summer-league team in July in Las Vegas.