The Questions

What was your welcome-to-the-NBA moment?
I was defending [forward] Antonio McDyess. I tried to take a charge, but he just walked right up to me, jumped over me and smashed on me.

Your most embarrassing moment?
When I lost all those games in a row with the other team that I was on [the Clippers, who lost 17 straight in 1999-2000].

Favorite off-day activity?
Being with my kids [Destiny, 6, and Lamar Jr., 3] and busting down [teammate] Aaron McKie in Madden 2006.

If I weren't in the NBA, I'd ...
be a quarterback in the NFL or a pitcher in the major leagues.

If I were commissioner for a day, I'd ...
give $50 million to the people affected by Hurricane Katrina.

LAST WEEK
After scoring 25 points in a loss to Cleveland on Sunday, Odom, 26, said of himself and on-the-bubble L.A., "I know the skills that I possess.... I want to play in the playoffs."

THIS WEEK
On Sunday the Lakers play the Hornets, against whom Odom had a season-high 17 rebounds on March 8.