The Real Reason Lamar Odom Has Never Made an All-Star Team

I had so much feedback from one of my earlier articles resulting from the mere mention of Lamar Odom being in the Hall of Fame that I had to set the record straight. I ask you can a guy who has never made an All-Star team even be considered a possible future Hall of Famer, even if he were to end up with two or three rings -- assuming LO sticks with the Lakers and they go on to win three of the next five championships?

Looking at Lamar's career, I think there were three main factors that led to him never making the All-Star team:

1. He played for the LA Clippers -- the equivalent of basketball hell (I say that lovingly, having spent three seasons working for them).
2. He played during a time of some amazing forwards.
3. He hit his prime on a loaded Lakers squad.

So, now I ask you, the reader, would you think more highly of Odom if 1) he left the Lakers to be the main man at say Memphis, where he dominated and made four of five All-Star teams, but never made it out of the first round?  2) He stayed with the Lakers and was one of the main reasons they went on to win three rings?

Read the entire article at Lakers101.com.