Despite finally winning an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers and finally coming into his own as one of the key components to the Lakers franchise, Odom seems to be headed back to his old team in the Miami Heat to play alongside his friend Dwyane Wade.

The Miami Heat are doing everything they can do to keep Wade in Miami and signing Odom would be a step in the right direction. Even with Odom though the Heat still need another piece to the puzzle to be able to compete in an extremely competitive Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers went out and got Shaq to help LeBron James, the Orlando Magic made a move to add Vince Carter into the mix and the Boston Celtics improved by signing Rasheed Wallace.

So although Odom does make the Heat a better team they are not championship caliber just yet and I really don't know why Odom would want to leave the Lakers who will be favorites to win it all for at least the next three years.