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"&lt;img alt=\"1211_lamar_odom_getty_bn\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/12/11/1211-lamar-odom-getty-bn.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's official ... the Lakers are dumping &lt;strong&gt;Lamar Odom&lt;/strong&gt; ... hard -- and now, the left-handed forward is packing his bags for Dallas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Lakers traded Lamar yesterday to the Mavericks -- last year's champs -- and abandoned their bid for Hornets star &lt;strong&gt;Chris Paul&lt;/strong&gt; in the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Lakers had previously sought Chris Paul as well as &lt;strong&gt;Dwight Howard&lt;/strong&gt; to create their own Big Three with &lt;strong&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/strong&gt; -- but now, the team is just focusing on acquiring Howard ... a big relief to the rest of the Western Conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, no word from Lamar on the shake-up -- but as we previously reported ... his wife Khloe Kardashian &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/09/khloe-kardashian-lamar-odom-new-orleans-hornets\"&gt;is ready to follow him&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; wherever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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