There is a 3 p.m. PDT press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, where it is widely expected that Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers will win the 2010-2011 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Odom would be the first Los Angeles Laker to win the award, although in 1987 Michael Cooper won the Defensive Player of the Year despite starting only two games. Here is a look back at the Lakers' history in the Sixth Man award voting, dating back to its inception in 1983:
2010: Odom finished sixth
2009: Odom finished fourth, Trevor Ariza finished 17th
2008: Jordan Farmar (really?) finished 11th
2002: Robert Horry ("for the win") finished tied for eighth
1998: Kobe Bryant finished second, a close loss to Danny Manning of Phoenix
1996: Magic Johnson came back, played 32 games, and finished fifth
1990: Orlando Woolridge finished tied for third
1987: Cooper, the Defensive Player of the Year, finished third
1986: Cooper finished tied for fourth
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