<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW ORLEANS ? If Phil Jackson has his way, chrysalis will happen a little more rapidly for Lamar Odom. A week ago, the Laker coach compared Odom's chances of becoming a scorer to the slow, delicate process of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. He has since told Odom to shoot more often, reversing his season-long mantra of letting the game come naturally to the Laker forward. "He just said, even if it's not going to be in the offense, make my own play," Odom said. "He's giving me the green light. I'm going to do that. It's my coach telling me just to go, don't worry about nothing." Odom, averaging 11.4 shots before Wednesday, didn't seem overly worried against the Hornets. He took 14 shots, made six and scored 18 points in the Lakers' 113-107 victory. Assistant coach Brian Shaw has told Odom to shoot at least 14 times a game, Odom said he would aim for 14 to 16, and Jackson has signed off on either. "We're encouraging him to take an active, proactive role in this," Jackson said. "In games we played that have been exceptional games, where we look like a quality team, a challenging team ? the Sacramento game, obviously the Detroit game ? Lamar's played an important role in figuring out those games. The times that we've struggled and not come up to the mark measured, he hasn't had the same kind of success. "I think some of it has to do with not taking on some of the responsibility about scoring. In others, it's allowing the game to kind of come to him too much." Jackson's words signified a sharp turnaround from earlier in the season. Jackson shot down Odom's declaration that he would average 20 points over a four-game stretch in late November, saying he was the only Laker who would "give the ball up." More recently, Jackson said it was tough to make a scorer out of a player who wasn't even thinking about it. "We have to face facts," he said after the Lakers lost to Portland on March 1. "We can't anticipate that suddenly chrysalis is going to happen, he's going to become a butterfly."</div> Source
People have been hating on Odom all season about not scoring 20 points a game, he needs to take more shots a game to score 20 a game. He's starting to do this and lately, the results have been showing.
exactly. especially after last game at NO. but dont be fazed by one performance, because the most consistent thing about lamar is his inconsistency
Lamar has to score 18 or 20 and at least 10 rebounds every night. Cook looks like he's can be Kobes second man on scoring.
Odom has been real aggressive as of late and more productive. I hope he keeps on shooting the ball more.
well, he has been playing better as of late, and i hope he continues. maybe phil has finally found out what role odom should be in.
