Should the Los Angeles Lakers Make Lamar Odom A Sixth Man?

The Lakers have arguably the most talented team in the league going into the 2008-09 season. They have the league's best player in Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest frontlines of all time in Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, a deep bench (Jordan Farmar/Sasha Pavlovic/Trevor Ariza/Luke Walton/Chris Mihm) along with arguably the greatest coach of all-time in Phil Jackson. Personally, I think the Lakers should have traded Odom for a more natural small forward who would be able to defend opposing players at the position better than Odom would and be able to stretch the defense with outside shooting, which Odom can't do. I also thought the Lakers should have traded him because he has an expiring contract and it is extremely unlikely they would re-sign him, so they could get some value from him by trading him. There were several rumors in the offseason including Odom for a variety of small forwards, such as Richard Jefferson (before he was traded to the Bucks), Mike Miller, Gerald Wallace, Ron ... (link)