Lamar Odom was suspended without pay for a minimum of five games Nov. 5 for violating the league's antidrug policy. The team then put Odom on its suspended list Nov. 7. He missed his sixth game Friday, when the Clippers lost to the Toronto Raptors.

Now, the LA Times reports that the team is starting to wonder when it might expect its best player to be reinstated. Because the NBA's handling of drug suspensions is a confidential matter between the league and the player, the team is in the dark. Odom also had heard nothing from the league, Coach Alvin Gentry said Saturday.

"Obviously, he's an integral part of our team," Gentry said of Odom. "We're just waiting to hear some information from the league. We've been trying to inquire, but until they say he's released from his suspension, we have to go under the assumption that he's not going to play."