SIXTH MEN: Orlando Magic’s Mickael Pietrus Vs Los Angeles Lakers’ Lamar Odom

Day 6, fittingly day 6 is about what else? The Sixth Men. Both Pietrus and Odom rotate from the bench and into the starting lineup, and both are like extra starters in not only minutes but stats as well.

Mickael Pietrus: 2009 Playoffs Statistics

• PPG – 10.5
• RPG – 2.7
• APG – 0.6

Short Bio:

Mickaël Piétrus (born on February 7, 1982 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He is listed at 6′6″ and is a swingman, playing both the shooting guard and small forward positions. Piétrus was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th pick of the 2003 NBA Draft, and is originally from Guadeloupe, a Caribbean island that is a part of France. He has averaged 9 points and 3.3 rebounds through his first four seasons, always showing some improvement, with 2006–07 being his best so far (27 mpg, 11 ppg, 4.5 rpg), and is more renowned for his defensive play than for his offensive skills. His older brother, Florent Piétrus, is a professional basketball player in Spain.

In September 2005 he won the Bronze Medal at the 2005 European Championship with the French national team. With ÉB Pau-Orthez he won the French championship in 2001 and 2003, as well as the national cup in the year 2002. During the 2008 off-season, he was signed by the Orlando Magic.

Piétrus is also known by the nicknames MP, Air France, and Puma

For More… Pietrus’s Wikipedia page

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Lamar Odom: 2009 Playoffs Statistics

• PPG – 12.0
• RPG – 9.5
• APG – 2.1

Short Bio:

Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays at power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Odom was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. His father was a heroin addict and his mother died of colon cancer when he was twelve years old. He was raised by his grandmother Mildred. Odom, his longtime girlfriend Liza Morales, their 10-year-old daughter, Destiny, and 7-year-old son, Lamar Jr., live in Manhattan Beach, California. On June 29 2006, Odom’s 6½-month-old infant son Jayden died from SIDS while sleeping in his crib in New York.

Odom was recently featured in Pro Skater Rob Dyrdek’s new MTV show “Fantasy Factory”, and is planning to invest in an L.A. restaurant with Dyrdek. Odom also has his own music and film production company, Rich Soil Entertainment. As a part of a halftime report during the 2009 Western Conference Finals, ESPN produced a piece that showed Odom’s incredible sweet tooth for candy. Media and medical professionals have since speculated that the erratic play Odom has occasionally been noted for is an unfortunate result of his sugar habit.

For More… Odom’s Wikipedia page

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