Team USA Notebook: Lamar Odom Says He's in 'Horrible Shape'

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LAS VEGAS _ You'd think Lamar Odom would be in as great as shape as anyone on the roster. After all, the Lakers forward and Boston guard Rajon Rondo were the last Team USA players to have participated in a game, battling in the June 17 Game 7 of the NBA Finals.



But Odom doesn't buy that. Just listen to him.



"I'm in horrible shape,'' Odom said after Team USA's first day of training camp here Tuesday. "But I'll get in shape... I took some time off (following the Lakers winning their second straight title). This is my first basketball activity. I boxed and some things like that. But this is the first time I ran up and down the court, and actually had a basketball in my hand.''



Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose team is preparing for the World Championships, Aug. 28-Sept. 12 in Turkey, didn't think Odom was in that bad of shape.

 

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