In a curious move within a season full of them, the Dallas Mavericks and Lamar Odom decided to part ways on Monday . He wasn't granted his release, and he hasn't even been told that his option for next year won't be picked up, but he's just been asked to leave the team following a season of shooting around 35 percent from the floor. The Mavs are the defending champions, and in a contested Western Conference Odom's all-around talents could have put them over the top. Instead, he won't even get to play in the postseason. It's a sad, unfortunate tale that seems to have its genesis in the most typical of all incidents that preface a breakup. It appears as if Lamar Odom and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban got into a fight. ESPN's Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon are reporting that Cuban confronted Odom following a typically ineffective turn during halftime of Saturday's loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. According to sources, the crux of the heated halftime confrontation was Cuban asking Odom if he was "in or out." Sources said Odom, who had played only four minutes in the first half, reacted angrily to the question and did not take his seat on the bench until after the third quarter began.

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