Before you think that Kobe meant something else by his comments, reflect deeper than the obvious things.
Lamar Odom has had a bad reputation in the past couple of years but that’s only because of who he was married to and other things, too. With the NBA preseason underway, the Lakers faced the Utah Jazz today and although the Jazz won, Julius Randle was quite impressive with his four assists. Here’s what Kobe had to say about him after the game:
“He’s Lamar Odom in a Zach Randolph body,” Bryant said of Randle after the game.
It seems like Kobe has been doing his homework because he has some mean sports science going on. If you compare both Randolph and Odom, then combine them into one, you get the beast that Randle is on the court. Los Angeles needs a big guy like him on the team. Randle has been causing quite the stir from the Lakers and others. We look forward to seeing him bring his game when regular season play begins.