Lamar Odom is strongly against coming off the bench for the Lakers, but he was practicing with the second unit at practice and coach Phil Jackson again hinted at Odom being used in a sixth man role, the L.A. Times are reporting.

"We're having Lamar come in and play off the bench so that he can start thinking about how he can help the team and what he can do when he does that," Coach Phil Jackson said. "But I don't know if I'll experiment with it in a game yet."

Jackson said Saturday that Odom as a sixth man would "really helps us."

"We know that we can stick a lineup out on the floor that's probably going to be 6-7 and taller and play this game that we have," he said.

Via L.A. Times

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