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Lamar Odom Ripped by Charles Barkley for Collecting NBA Salary

Posted: April 12, 2012

lamar-odom-ripped-by-charles-barkley-for-collecting-nba-salary-videoESPN Dallas — As our own Dan Evon reported earlier this week, Lamar Odom isn’t playing for the Dallas Mavericks anymore. But that doesn’t mean he’s not getting paid as if he’s still with the team.

Because the Mavericks decided to make Odom “inactive” rather than releasing him altogether, the 13-year NBA veteran will continue to collect paychecks from team owner Mark Cuban for the remainder of the 2012 season. And that doesn’t sit well with at least one former NBA superstar.

“I always pull for the players, but the fact that they’ve got to pay him I think is a joke,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley said during his Wednesday appearance on ESPN Dallas 103.3’s Galloway & Co. “I mean, because he didn’t earn his salary. He didn’t earn it at all.

“I like Lamar as a person, but I’m disappointed about everything that happened in Dallas. And it’s a shame that the Mavs got to pay him, to be honest with you, because he doesn’t deserve to get paid for what he put out there this year. He doesn’t deserve it, plain and simple.”

But Barkley wasn’t close to being done with discussing Odom after making those comments. Sir Charles continued on with the topic and took it a step further.

“To sit at home and make that kind of money really pisses me off, to be honest with you, for the effort that he put out there,” Barkley said. “He’s going to make hundreds of thousands of dollars these next two paychecks. … That’s not fair to the Mavs. It’s not fair to the game of basketball.

“I’m just disappointed in Lamar.”

SB Nation’s Ben Golliver breaks down Lamar Odom’s decision to leave the Mavericks below:

via ESPN



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4 Archived Responses to “ Lamar Odom Ripped by Charles Barkley for Collecting NBA Salary ”

  1. Anonymous
    Apr 12, 2012

    Lamar has become a full-fledged Kardashian, collecting a paycheck for doing nothing but drawing a breath.

  2. Anonymous
    Apr 12, 2012

    Lamar should take a page from Ted Williams (baseball player) who went to his team and asked for a pay cut (that's right) to play his final year the Boston Red Sox because he felt he wasn't worth the money the team paid him the year before when he was injured and batted poorly. Lamar should give the checks back to the Dallas Mavericks or refuse to accept them since he could not stay focused on what he was being paid to do. Keep in mind any regular person would give an arm & a leg to play a professional sport and be paid to do it. A very sad story for Lamar & the Dallas Mavericks who needed him this year.

  3. Anonymous
    Apr 12, 2012

    couldnt of said it better myself

  4. Linda Singleton
    Jun 5, 2012

    Charles Barkley needs to shut his mouth. Mark Cuban has not really released Lamar and he can't do anything but what he is doing. Barkley was representing Weight Watchers and they are paying him and he had nerve to bash the company by calling them "rip offs". He is nothing but a fat mouth hypocrit that runs his mouth out of order. Cuban put Odom on the inacitive list and he can't go anywhere until a deal is made. He gave Odom a contract and that is his obligation to pay him. He should have waived him, but he didn't. Cuban will make something off Lamar and that is why he did what he did. Have you seen him on Shark Tank? He is too smart to lose, so Barkley needs to stay out of what he knows nothing about… and besides, he has no room to talk about anybody. I see why MJ makes fun of him.