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Janis Carr: Lamar Odom said he was sad to see his "big brother" go down. He was talking about Kobe and he said he has reached out to him. Twitter @janiscarr

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“I just want to see him show up,” said Carlisle, who was as harsh publicly with a player as he’s been since calling out Lamar Odom at the end of the his strange midseason sabbatical. “I just want to see him show up and compete. He didn’t compete tonight. “And I tell you, with all the time we’ve put into helping him develop and bringing him along, in the biggest game of the year -- an opportunity to be a winning team -- for him to show up like he did tonight, I was shocked. "Look, sometimes guys have bad nights, so make sure to put that in there, too.” ESPN.com

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“He just had a bad night,” Carlisle said after making a point to mention that the coaches showed Mayo film at halftime “where he was virtually just standing around defensively” and essentially implored him to mentally check into the game. “I guess I’ll write it off to that. “But I tell you what, if I was playing against my former team, I’d come out ready to go. I’d come out ready to go at them. But that’s me. You know, that’s me.” ESPN.com

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“I called that timeout just to get you out of the game!” Carlisle screamed at Mayo in the huddle, according to one player. ESPN.com

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Former college basketball star Ryan Pearson credits his entire career to Lamar Odom ... claiming L.O. rescued him from the streets when his family was poor and gave him a chance to be successful in life. Pearson -- who was an Associated Press All America honorable mention during his stint at George Mason -- is now playing pro basketball overseas ... and believes it's only possible because of Odom's charitable support. We spoke with Ryan's mother, Leslie Pearson, who tells us Ryan first met Lamar at a basketball event when he was 11 years old ... when Pearson's family was struggling financially. TMZ.com

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Lamar Odom's charity, Cathy's Kids, never donated a single dollar to the AAU basketball program ... despite L.O.'s claims ... at least that's what the president of the Amateur Athletic Union tells TMZ. We spoke to Henry Forrest ... who tells us, "Cathy’s Kids has never donated to us. They have never, ever contributed to us. On Sunday morning it was mentioned that Cathy’s Kids has contributed to AAU Basketball teams ... that is an incorrect statement." Forrest is responding to the "Outside the Lines" report, in which ESPN showed documents seemingly proving $1.3 million of the $2.2 raised by the charity was donated to "AAU team sponsorship." TMZ.com

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Some specific examples of what "Outside the Lines" found after conducting interviews and examining documents: NBA forward Lamar Odom's charity that promised money for cancer research has not given a dime in grant money to any cancer entity in its eight-year history. Phone numbers listed for NFL receiver Randy Moss' charities ring to a private residence in the Canadian province of Manitoba. New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's two foundations stopped filing tax returns about five years ago, leaving almost $300,000 from a fundraiser unaccounted for. The implications of poorly run charities are large, said Ken Berger, president of Charity Navigator, a firm that monitors and grades charities. ESPN.com

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In 2004, Odom founded Cathy's Kids, named after his mother who the NBA forward says died from cancer. But eight years of tax records reveal that Cathy's Kids never gave any grant money to cancer-related causes and that the charity primarily existed to finance two elite youth basketball travel teams. Of the $2.2 million raised by the charity, at least 60 percent -- $1.3 million -- went to those AAU teams. The only paid executive was Jerry DeGregorio, now an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors. He was Odom's high school coach and best man in his wedding to reality TV star Khloe Kardashian. As secretary of Cathy's Kids from 2004 through 2011, DeGregorio made a median annual salary of about $72,000, while the charity operated at a loss since its inception. Its 2011 tax returns show it $256,000 in debt, mostly stemming from a loan Odom made to the charity, according to his business manager Lester Knispel, also the charity's treasurer. ESPN.com

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He was also content with the sellout crowd’s rough treatment of Lamar Odom, who was booed relentlessly the second he started to take off his warm-ups, and every time he touched the ball. “Absolutely,” Cuban said before Thursday’s game against the Pacers, which he’ll watch before flying out in the morning to rejoin his wife and kids. “I was proud of the way everybody received Jet. Proud of the energy the crowd had [Tuesday night]. You could feel it through the TV. We felt it in the Caymans.” ESPN.com

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Odom said he would let "nature take its course" instead of attempting to initiate a conversation with Cuban. Odom also questioned whether Cuban really had hard feelings for him. "See what someone says, I can't see what's in your heart and in your mind or what you're thinking," Odom said. "So I can say, 'F--- that garbage can,' but I love it. And you wouldn't ever know, because every time I come up to you I say, 'F--- that garbage can,' you know what I'm saying? "That would be a conversation for me and Mark to have, just me and Mark." ESPN.com

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Odom's scoring average has actually dipped even lower this season to 4.1 points per game, but he plays a significant role on a potential contending team as a solid rebounder and defender off the bench. He said he's "grown" since he left Dallas and returned to Los Angeles. "At the end of the day, I'm happy or I'm in the pursuit of happiness," Odom said. "You know what I'm saying? So I wouldn't really waste my energy not to like someone. Everybody here treated me fair." ESPN.com

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Odom returned to the American Airlines Center on Tuesday for the first time since the "mutual decision" for him to leave the Mavericks with a few weeks left in last season, a roster move that Cuban called "addition by subtraction" at the time. A sellout crowd at the AAC booed Odom every time he touched the ball Tuesday night. Cuban, who usually sits courtside by the Mavs' bench, did not attend the game. ESPN.com

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"Guilty? No, no, no," Odom said when asked if he felt guilt about the way his season in Dallas unfolded. "It happens. "I was telling one of my friends, right, that you got some people, they meet and they can be married for 40 years and after 40 years they get a divorce. They could have been high school sweethearts. Then you got people that meet one night, have a glass of wine with each other and they talk and then they're married for 100 years. "This is a relationship-built business. Sometimes people just see things differently." ESPN.com

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Dwain Price: The #Mavs didn't know how Lamar Odom arrived "late" for the times he's supposed to be at home games when he lived right across the street. Twitter @DwainPrice

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Odom's Los Angeles Clippers are better than Humphries' Brooklyn Nets, so the 101-95 result didn't surprise anyone. But it was important, mostly for the moment when the referees awkwardly realized they were going to put those two together in a jump ball. Hollywood rejoiced. "The most enthusiasm ever in NBA history at a jump ball," the play-by-play announcer on YES Network said. It's got to be top 10. Odom won the jump ball, too, probably because he's an inch taller and several inches longer than Humphries, but maybe because he stuck it out through the trials and tribulations with the Kardashian family, while Humphries turned his back on the billionaire in-laws. USA Today Sports

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Alex Kennedy: One source said the Jazz and Clippers discussed deal that would've swapped Paul Millsap and DeMarre Carroll for Eric Bledsoe and Lamar Odom. Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA

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New York-native and Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom fell asleep on a hard, not-so-comfortable courthouse bench today as lawyers hashed out his ongoing child custody case behind closed doors. The 6-foot-10 hoopster’s legs dangled well over the short, second-floor wooden bench. His impromptu nap drew the attention of a Manhattan court officer. "Excuse me, are you OK?” the officer asked Odom. After the player said he was fine, the officer said: “I need you to sit up." Odom complied but slumped over, resting his head on his hand. New York Post

Los Angeles Clippers, Lamar Odom, Law 

He’s the ultimate benchwarmer! New York-native and Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom fell asleep on a hard, not-so-comfortable courthouse bench today as lawyers hashed out his ongoing child custody case behind closed doors. The 6-foot-10 hoopster’s legs dangled well over the short, second-floor wooden bench. His impromptu nap drew the attention of a Manhattan court officer. "Excuse me, are you OK?” the officer asked Odom. After the player said he was fine, the officer said: “I need you to sit up." Odom complied but slumped over, resting his head on his hand. New York Post

Los Angeles Clippers, Lamar Odom 

This marks the second consecutive season that a former Laker has quit on the Mavs. Unlike Lamar Odom, Fisher at least had the decency to stop cashing paychecks signed by Cuban. Asked if he planned to stay away from ex-Lakers, Cuban said, “In protection of my [Twitter] timeline, I’m not going to say anything.” ESPN.com

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Odom is averaging a career-low 3.9 points while shooting 39.7% from the field, the second-lowest percentage of his career. "It takes time and it's humbling," Odom said. "All you can do is keep at it. "I just stayed with it. You don't have no choice but to get better when you practice every day against Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan and Jamal [Crawford]. Everything that we do is intense. So time will come and hopefully it can stay." The Clippers believe it can stay if Odom just looks for his shot more. Los Angeles Times

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