Lakers offer to Odom was either three years and $30 million or four years and $36 million. Odom rejected both. (via Twitter)

Bad news on Odom front: Lakers take deal off the table (via Twitter)

Also, here is some more information…

L.A. Times:”Yes, we have taken the deal off the table,” Lakers spokesman John Black said Tuesday. “Talks have broken down for the time being.”  Asked if talks could resume, Blacks said, “That’s within the realm of possibility.”

Odom and Schwartz are seeking more money and years.

“I can’t discuss that,” said Odom, who attended a screening party Monday night for the DVD featuring the Lakers’ 2008-09 championship run. “You talk about money, it’s touchy. It’s a touchy subject.

“The Lakers have been too good to me to rub people over there the wrong way. The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great.”

Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who improved on his offer of $8 million a season to Odom, is getting frustrated and is thinking about pulling the deal off the table soon.

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And here’s a small piece from the O.C. Register. Gives me a little more hope, than the above clip.

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From Ramona Shelburne’s Twitter account…

Odom said he’s still “hopeful” he’ll be back with the Lakers.

Odom: “It’s business. It takes a little bit of the fun out of the game, but it’s part of it.”

I joked, “When you said you’d take a pay cut, did you realize how big a pay cut it’d be?” He said, “Um, no.”

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Some very interesting quotes coming from the mouth of our GM. What are your thoughts, Lakers Nation? Sound-off!

Inside The Lakers: Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said tonight he was “not as hopeful” of re-signing unrestricted free agent Lamar Odom “as I was Friday.” Asked why, Kupchak said, “It’s just a feeling you get. You have conversations with the player’s representative and, right now, I’m not sure we’re on the same page.”

Asked during halftime of the Lakers-Clippers summer league game, if he was the point of throwing up his hands in frustration, Kupchak said, “Perhaps.”

Kupchak said he had no further plans to talk with Odom’s agent, Jeff Schwartz.

“I understand it’s a process. I am surprised it’s taken us so long to get to this point.”

It’s believed the Lakers have offered Odom a deal of more than $8 million per season. It’s also believed that there are no other teams currently courting Odom, who made $11.4 million last season in the final year of a six-season deal he signed with Miami.

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Yahoo! Sports: His agent has been desperately trying to find a sign-and-trade around the league, but there’s little there but the Lakers’ offer of $7 million per season. Odom had a terrific playoffs and Finals on L.A’s championship run, but he has few options to make the Lakers raise their offer. Why has Portland so far sat it out with him? It still makes no sense.

Lamar Odom is believed to be seeking at least a $10 million contract from the Lakers. The Lakers aren’t willing to part with that kind of dough because of salary cap and luxury tax issues. The deal the Lakers were reportedly offering was for around $7 million.

But the sides might not be as far apart as that. Ronnie Lester, assistant GM, told me Saturday he heard the Lakers are now offering “a little north of $8 million.” He also said he expects a deal early next week.

Stay tuned.

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And Ramona Shelburne from Inside the Lakers had this say on her Twitter account…

Source from Odom’s camp said deal not complete, but expected to get done next week sometime.

Things are “looking better,” Odom source said.

Morrison, though. has a guaranteed contract which means — barring a trade — he is expected to be back with the Lakers next season. And since Mitch Kupchak repeatedly has said the Lakers will carry a maximum of 13 players (yes, that includes Lamar Odom), which could leave Sun Yue out.

Lester agreed.

Sun missed last year’s Summer League because of his commitment to the Chinese National Team. He again skipped this summer’s play in favor of playing overseas.

Lester said Sun’s apparent lack of commitment to the Lakers and the fact he missed all of training camp last season because of an injury, doesn’t help his chances of keeping his roster spot.

“It does seem he is the odd-man out,” Lester said.