By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Lamar Odom has landed back in LaLa Land -- but you read it here first more than a week ago.

According to the Associated Press, the NBA veteran is expected to be dealt to the upstart L.A. Clippers Friday, in a swap that sends guard Mo Williams to the Utah Jazz and clears the Dallas Mavericks the trouble of paying Lamar's $8.2 million salary this season. If the Clippers, who already have standouts at the forward position such as Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, elect to buy Lamar out, it will cost them $2.4 million.

Lamar began his career as a Clipper from as the fourth overall pick of the 1999 draft. He played there until 2003, played for the Miami Heat for a season, then spent seven years with the L.A. Lakers, where he won two championship rings.

His 2011-2012 season was marred after he was dealt to Dallas, where he turned in a listless performance before parting ways with the team before season's end. He lated said the death of a relative weighed heavily on him, causing the substandard performance.