How does paying him to sit at home benefit Dallas? How does that 'save' his trade value? He has no trade value because Dallas has no leverage. He's going to be able to dictate where he goes because he'll just tell whoever he doesn't want to play for to expect more of the same. The message has been sent to all the other teams - Lamar Odom will play for you only when and if he wants. Dallas is going to have to pay him a million dollars to sit at home the rest of this season and then a $2.4M buyout. Dallas should at least be able to suspend him without pay if he refuses to follow team rules, show up on time, and put forth effort. I do enjoy the fact that everyone else seems to be in favor of allowing him to do whatever he wants. Hell, he should've just skulked his way to his couch the day after he signed the contract. Why make him play at all, I mean he has a CONTRACT.