Southern hospitality!

Khloe Kardashian admitted to E! News that hubby Lamar Odom‘s move to the Dallas Mavericks was “an unexpected change,” but the Texas team is eager to welcome the former L.A. Laker to the Lone Star state!

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“Your locker is ready, Mr. Lamar Odom,” the Dallas Mavericks tweeted Monday, including a shot of an empty locker ready for the 32-year-old’s gear.

“Need some candy in there,” Khloe, 27, responded.

Odom’s new team asked Khloe, “Does Lamar have a preference?”

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Soon, Khloe will be able to spruce up Odom’s locker herself. “As soon as I pack our house up, I’ll be there,” she tweeted Monday. “I ride or die for my Lam! It’s where I go… It’s who I am with.”

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“I’ve heard nothing but great things about Dallas and the Mavs,” Khloe told E! News. “Can’t wait to join my hubby there and get to know the city and all the wonderful people there.” 

The Mavericks’ head coach, Rick Carlisle, is certainly looking forward to Odom joining his team — and seeing Khloe in the stands! “I will say this: Khloe’s my favorite Kardashian. She’s the coolest,” Carlisle told the Dallas Morning News.

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So will the NBA coach ever appear on a Kardashian-themed reality show? “I’ve never been one to rule anything out,” he said. “I would guess it would be a long shot to be asked.”

While the NBA lockout teetered on disaster for the league, it did produce one excellent consequence: the Dallas Mavericks will open the season at home against the Miami Heat on Christmas day to open the season — and raise their championship banner prior to the game. The lamest member of the superfriends in Miami, Chris Bosh, thinks that the ceremony is going to suck.

Bosh, who is a Dallas native, thought that there were too many Mavericks fans during the offseason as well.

Bosh spent only a week back home in Dallas during the offseason, partly to enjoy the Miami surroundings with his wife, but also to avoid the negativity from fans back in Texas — fans, he added, that weren’t so abundant when he was growing up.

“I didn’t want to hear all the fans,” Bosh joked. “But it’s funny because there wasn’t a lot of Mavericks fans when I was a kid. But now all of a sudden, everybody’s a Mavericks fan.”    

That’s funny. Before the superfriends teamed up in Miami, did anybody care about the Heat? As if teaming up with two superstars in Miami, in a league dominated by player interest more so than team interest, isn’t going to invite bandwagon fans. 

Maybe Bosh can have a few tissues ready for LeBron James when they raise the banner, since it’s going to suck so much – it wouldn’t be the first time LeBron cried in Dallas.

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Despite reports that other bidders have been approved for the bankrupt Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, including Dallas Mavericks owner and Forbes 400 member Mark Cuban and former Texas Rangers  owner Chuck Greenberg, the only bid for the hockey team has come from Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi.

The deadline for submitting applications to bid passed with the following offer from Gaglardi: $50 million cash to get rid of the debt at the Stars level. $100 million of paper to wipe out the Tom Hicks level debt which is about $260 million. The $100 million of paper will be reduced by $15 or $20 million (operating costs). The creditors also get about $70 million cash from the sale of the Texas Rangers that is yet to be distributed.

Gaglardi’s offer is for the Stars and half of American Airlines Center. The other 50% of the arena is owned by Cuban. Last December we valued the Stars at $227 million.

It is still possible for other bidders to emerge. The Stars will be sent through a prepackaged bankruptcy hearing before the sale is final. The bankruptcy trustee is charged with making sure that the bankruptcy plan is fair to creditors and it’s that judgment that will determine how quickly this team exits bankruptcy.

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Sporting News says we’re the number one sports city for 2011 and writer Matt Crossman says that’s because the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Championship title.

Combine that with the Texas Rangers ride to the World Series in 2010 (and so far again in 2011, advancing to the ALCS) along with TCU winning the Rose Bowl and you’ve got the top sports city in the country.

Crossman says we’re number one despite the Cowboys being sub-par the year we hosted the Superbowl.

He also credits our sports success to Texas Motor Speedway, hosting both NASCAR and IndyCar races and the MLS Cup runner-up FC Dallas professional soccer team in Frisco.

Dallas beat out Boston, which won the Stanley Cup in 2011 for the top spot. Philadelphia is third, Chicago is fourth and New York is fifth.

Matt Crossman talks with KRLD’s Barbara Schwarz about the list

You can see the complete list of the Sporting News “Best Sports Cities” here.

(Editors note: We know that “Dallas” is more than just what the Sports Network thinks it is. It’s the entire Metroplex – including Fort Worth, Arlington, Frisco and all of the surrounding areas.)