[外電] ODOM SHOWING FLASHES FOR CLIPPERS
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12/4/12 | Eric Patten
PLAYA VISTA – Practice was long over Tuesday before Lamar Odom left the
court.
A v-shaped sweat stain made his usually white practice jersey appear a dark
gray as he and point guard Chris Paul exchanged 3-point shot after 3-point
shot.
The workout was something that has been consistent for Odom over the last
five weeks. “He’s in here early working out. He’s in here late working out,
” Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro said. “The main thing I’m pleased
with is that he’s here every day. He knows he has a ways to go, but you can
tell when he’s out there he makes a difference for us.”
Odom has already shown flickers of the player who once lit up the league as a
versatile forward and two-time NBA champion. In Monday night’s road win over
the Utah Jazz, he was trusted to make plays in the fourth quarter, earning
the Clippers two extra possessions with offensive rebounds, knifing to the
rim for a right-handed layup and consistently finding himself in the right
place at the right time on the defensive end.
“You can see his timing coming back a little bit,” Del Negro said. You can
see his lift coming back a little bit. He took a couple of big charges for us
last night, some offensive rebounds, a couple of layups spacing the court for
us; all of the things I know he’s capable of doing.”
In the last two games, Odom has combined for 13 points, 11 rebounds and five
assists in a shade under 40 minutes. Of course, at one time the 2010-11 NBA
Sixth Man of the Year winner used to put up those kind of numbers in a half,
but Odom has maintained that he “slowly and surely” is getting back to it.
His teammates have noticed as well.
“I’ve talked to him about it and he’s said it’s a slow process,” Blake
Griffin said. “But it is happening, you can see it. You can kind of just see
it in his step and his bounce and the way he’s playing. We kind of figured
in the beginning that it would be around Christmas time before you’d really
see real flashes. Just because, he’d be the first to admit it, he had to get
back in shape and he’s done a great job with that.”
DeAndre Jordan added: “Lamar is coming along. He’s getting a feel for it. He
’s starting to be more aggressive offensively, which we all want him to be
and not just look to pass. Because he can score, so once he gets everything
right and gets more confident out there he’s going to be a big part of our
second unit.”
He is also playing a big part in the team’s practice and preparation. Del
Negro said Odom often speaks up in film sessions and on Tuesday when
assistant coach Marc Iavaroni was going over a piece of the Clippers’ help
defense on opposing big men, Odom interjected.
“We went through some things defensively today [at practice],” Del Negro
said. “He spoke up and talked to the young bigs (Griffin and Jordan) a
little bit and those things are invaluable.”
And as Odom continues to work his way back into form he may become invaluable
on the court as well. “We have a lot of faith in him,” Del Negro said. “
And I think he’s going to pay dividends down the road.”
簡單來說,Odom很努力的練習,每天都很早來,很晚回去,Vinny Del Negro說,我只要求他每
天都要來,他自己知道,我只讓他知道他在這裡會帶給我們多大的重要性
而且他一點一點的在進步了,從上兩場比賽來看,一些進攻籃板,得分,幫助了球隊
心得:看得出來他有在進步了,希望他能重回聯盟最佳第六人的身手,快艇冠軍不是夢
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