Lamar on the importance of the second-unit

Ronny Turiaf is off in Golden State. Sasha Vujacic is working his way back form an ankle injury, but the Lakers so-called ``Bench Mob'' is still the Bench Mob until further notice.

``Absolutely,'' point guard, and Bench Mob headliner Jordan Farmar said, when asked if the unit was keeping it's name, despite losing Turiaf to the Warriors. ``We do miss him though.''

Personality-wise, there's probably no one in the league who could completely fill Ronny's shoes. But on the court, now that Lamar Odom seems to have joined the youthful gang, the Lakers second-unit might even be better.

In Sunday's exhibition win over the Raptors, the second unit turned a 70-70 tie into a 112-89 blowout win.

``I've always said, We're only going to be a great team when we play well when Kobe is out of the game, because that instills fear in teams,'' Odom said. `It gives them confidence when he's (Kobe's) the one who's doing everything. When we're out there moving the ball, playing well off the bench, it really destroys teams mentally.''