#9 Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers
Lamar Odom developed into a versatile team player in his later years as a member of Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2008-09 season, he was resolved to make his teammates happy and sacrifice his own individual numbers in the hopes of securing his first NBA championship.
His sacrifice paid off as Odom played a crucial role for the Lakers on the way to two successive championships. Meeting the requirement to come in as a reserve more games than he started, Odom was awarded the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2011, becoming the first player in Lakers history to do so. Bryant called it Odom's most "consistent season".
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