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Sources: Lamar Odom top sixth man
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By Dave McMenamin
ESPNLosAngeles.com
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LOS ANGELES -- Lakers forward Lamar Odom has won the Sixth Man of the Year Award, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.
There is a 3 p.m. PT press conference scheduled for the presentation on Tuesday afternoon.
Odom averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and three assists per game while shooting 53 percent from the field, the highest shooting mark of his 12-year career.
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The only requirement to win the award is for a player to come in as a reserve more games than he starts. Odom started 35 games and entered off the bench in 47.
When a player is in the playoffs and is in line to win one of the NBA's annual awards, the league will often schedule the press conference prior to what could potentially be the team's last home game so that there can be an additional presentation of the award in front on the player's hometown fans.
The Lakers trail their best-of-seven first round series against the Hornets 1-0 and the series shifts to New Orleans for Games 3 and 4, meaning that Wednesday's home game would be the last in the case of an unlikely sweep by the Hornets.
Earlier in the season Odom said if he ended up winning the award he would place the trophy on the scorer's table at center court for the duration of the game as a symbol of his appreciation for the fans.
Khloe Kardashian, Odom's wife and reality TV co-star, tweeted, "Today is going to be an amazing day!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!" on Tuesday.
Odom is the first player in Lakers history to win the award, which has been presented since 1983. He finished sixth in the voting in 2010.
Odom's main competition for the award, which was voted on by a panel of 120 media members, included Dallas' Jason Terry, Boston's Glen Davis, Oklahoma City's James Harden and Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young.
Sources: Lamar Odom top sixth man
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By Dave McMenamin
ESPNLosAngeles.com
Archive
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers forward Lamar Odom has won the Sixth Man of the Year Award, multiple sources confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.
There is a 3 p.m. PT press conference scheduled for the presentation on Tuesday afternoon.
Odom averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and three assists per game while shooting 53 percent from the field, the highest shooting mark of his 12-year career.
More on the Lakers
For more news, notes and analysis of the Lakers, check out the Land O' Lakers blog from the Kamenetzky Brothers. Blog
The only requirement to win the award is for a player to come in as a reserve more games than he starts. Odom started 35 games and entered off the bench in 47.
When a player is in the playoffs and is in line to win one of the NBA's annual awards, the league will often schedule the press conference prior to what could potentially be the team's last home game so that there can be an additional presentation of the award in front on the player's hometown fans.
The Lakers trail their best-of-seven first round series against the Hornets 1-0 and the series shifts to New Orleans for Games 3 and 4, meaning that Wednesday's home game would be the last in the case of an unlikely sweep by the Hornets.
Earlier in the season Odom said if he ended up winning the award he would place the trophy on the scorer's table at center court for the duration of the game as a symbol of his appreciation for the fans.
Khloe Kardashian, Odom's wife and reality TV co-star, tweeted, "Today is going to be an amazing day!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!" on Tuesday.
Odom is the first player in Lakers history to win the award, which has been presented since 1983. He finished sixth in the voting in 2010.
Odom's main competition for the award, which was voted on by a panel of 120 media members, included Dallas' Jason Terry, Boston's Glen Davis, Oklahoma City's James Harden and Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young.
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