Odom to the clippers, D-will to the Mavs?? Nash to Toronto? Free Agency about to heat up

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With free agency a day away, the headlines are heating up. The Clippers have traded for Lamar Odom and are positioning themselves to challenge for the Western Conference championship  now that their core is intact. Odom is a polarizing player to the average NBA fan, some like him and some dont. But the fact is that Odom was a huge piece of the Lakers title runs from 09 and 10 as their six man. No doubt this is once again the role that Odom will play coming off the bench for the youthful Clippers. Odom is a 6-11 forward who can basically play al 5 positions and start the offense, something he did constantly for the Lakers. His run in Dallas was not a good one but now that he's back in LA in a team that will be VERY competitive he should look to bounce back.
Odom will join a talented bench that will no doubt have the advantage on most nights when each team's benches come in the game. This is a great move, and gives the clippers a lot of versatility (could you imagine a lineup of Paul, Billups, Odom, Griffin, Jordan). With Oklahoma potentially losing Ibaka or Harden the Clips are positioning themselves to show the Thunder that they will not run through the Western Conference.
While all the attention of free agency has gone to star point guard and Deron Williams, people seem to forget that Steve Nash is also a free agent. The 2-time MVP spoke yesterday and for the first time sounded like he was expecting not to be a Phoenix Suns next Year. The Suns Drafted Kendall Marshall in this year's draft, the only true point guard in the draft and seem to be ready to call it quits on the Nash era. Nash has said that he will listen to every team that calls with an offer. But you have to think that at this point Nash wants to go to a team that can compete for a championship immediately. The four teams that seem to have the most interest at this point are: the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Toronto Raptors.
The Nets and Dallas are obviously looking at Nash only if they fail to get Deron Williams, so obviously one of these two teams will heavily recruit him once Williams makes his decision. The Toronto Raptors seem to think that they can lure Nash away with the prospect of having the greatest Canadian player ever play for Canada. But realistically speaking, why would Nash waste his last few years for a team that will OBVIOUSLY not win a championship? and will just struggle to make it to the playoffs.  So lets keep an eye on where Nash lands because it will be a huge swing in somebody's favor. Nash will no longer be averaging a double double in whichever championship team he signs for, but he will be a huge piece, somebody who you want to have out on the floor at the end of game, many teams will want that. If not... consider one team that will want his services,  the Miami Heat.