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Former NBA and BIG3 player Lamar Odom is eager to return to professional basketball, and he’s willing to give up unnecessary habits to have another shot at playing the game that he loves. In a recent interview with TMZ, Odom said that he’s hitting the gym in order to be in shape. Moreover, he pointed […]

Former NBA star Lamar Odom was kicked out of rapper and actor Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league the BIG3 due to diminished performance, but the 39-year-old isn’t finished playing professional hoops. Speaking to TMZ Live, Odom, who spent 14 years in the NBA, winning two championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, told the celebrity news […]

Former NBA star Lamar Odom visited the grave of the deceased religious leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Odom shared a photo of himself posed next to the commemoration in Queens of the Chabad movement leader’s life: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FBgzNA1I_/ The influential Jewish thought leader, known widely as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away 25 years ago. In Odom’s […]

Just two days ago, the BIG3 league announced that it was deactivating four players, and they would no longer play in the league. Former Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom was on that list. His BIG3 career was cut short after only playing in one game. Odom took to Instagram to react to the move […]

Ice Cube’s BIG3 league made a concerted effort to gather more NBA talent for this year’s three-on-three spectacle. While they did a good job of getting former stars to join, the league lost some big names on Wednesday. Lamar Odom, Baron Davis, Bonzi Wells, and Jermaine O’Neal were all deactivated and will no longer play […]

Former NBA player Lamar Odom regrets not listening to Jay-Z’s advice of starting a record label. Odom made the revelation to “People’s Party with Talib Kweli” (via Dime’s official Twitter account) on June 16. Lamar Odom regrets not listening to Jay-Z's advice about starting a record label – on this week's episode of "People's Party" […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom recently released an autobiography that details all the ups and downs of his rather colorful life. Surely, it will be filled with stories depicting his darkest days, especially during his bouts with drug addiction. However, one of the more inspiring parts of the memoir will be Odom’s testimony […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom and his fall from grace is a well-documented narrative that serves as a perfect example of how substance abuse can literally tear down not only a person’s career, but his entire life as well. Having been married to reality star Khloe Kardashian during his darkest days, Odom recently […]

Lamar Odom is known for having a wild NBA career and history, and according to the former superstar, he added fuel to the story of his career, claiming that he needed to use fake appendages in order to pass a drug test in order to play for the 2004 Olympics team. In an excerpt from […]

Former NBA swingman Lamar Odom is looking to get back to his roots after encountering some tough times over the years. Now a member of the Big 3, the 39-year-old Odom is working hard to regain the skills that once allowed him to become a key cog for both the Los Angeles Clippers and Los […]

Jordan Adams has been out of the NBA since the end of the 2015-16 NBA season, but the former UCLA and Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard is looking to make a fierce comeback. Following a highly productive two-year tenure at UCLA where he earned a First-Team All-PAC-12 selection while averaging 16.4 points per game, Jordan Adams […]

The third season of the Big3 Basketball League will excite fans once again, as a lot of familiar faces will be joining the draft pool this year, including two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom. Lamar Odom has signed with the BIG3, will join the 2019 draft pool, per @NotoriousOHM pic.twitter.com/AjWS4AZIQA — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 7, […]

It has been nearly six years since Lamar Odom last played in an NBA game, but that doesn’t mean he’s done playing basketball. According to Odom’s Instagram account, the forward will be playing in The Dubai International Basketball Championship in February. I’d like to announce that I will be playing in The Dubai International Basketball […]

After lifting two championship trophies playing for the Los Angeles Lakers alongside Kobe Bryant, life got complicated for Lamar Odom both on and off the floor. The talented and extremely versatile forward struggled in many aspects of his life dealing with the issues that come with being in front of a camera on a reality show […]

When a story involves Lamar Odom, people tend to believe it no matter how crazy it might sound. Most recently, fans and media latched onto reports that Odom was kidnapped by a bookie and being held ransom for his gambling debts. Fortunately, these reports were not true. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bofl2jIhbL8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading Odom included a healthy amount of crying […]

Lamar Odom took to Instagram to wish his longtime Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant a happy 40th birthday. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm07dokhkzy/?taken-by=lamarodom Odom spent seven of his 14 NBA seasons next to Bryant as one of his longest-tenured teammates along with Shaquille O’Neal and Derek Fisher. The 6-foot-10 forward was a two-time champion alongside Bryant (2009-10) and […]

Former NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lamar Odom had a bizarre and sad downfall, but the fact that he is still standing today is even more astonishing. The two-time world champion recently sat down (in ice) with Kevin Hart during the latter’s YouTube show “Cold as Balls” and revealed that he had 12 strokes […]

Former NBA player Lamar Odom has had a rough life, to say the least. After being traded away by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2011, he had brief stints with the Dallas Mavericks, L.A. Clippers, New York Knicks, and Laboral Kutxa Baskonia, a Spanish League team, before completely leaving the game of basketball. After that, […]

It seems like former Los Angeles Lakers star forward Lamar Odom is already moving on from a tumultuous string of events after he dropped out of the NBA five years ago. A Redditor by the name of BuckChartowski posted a video of a Storage Wars family winning Odom’s old storage unit in an auction, which contained […]

It sounds like NBA champion and former Sixth Man of the Year Award winner Lamar Odom is heading to China for another crack at playing basketball on a professional level. Odom, now 38 years of age, posted an Instagram message on Thursday morning to share the news. The former No. 4 overall pick did not […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was reportedly involved in an altercation where multiple shots were fired, according to TMZ Sports. No one was hurt and the police were called to the scene. Odom and his group were at a Hooters in Queens, NY late on July 20 when the altercation took place. Exactly what […]

Lamar Odom. Now there’s a name we don’t hear as often as we used to. Once synonymous a decade ago with the Los Angeles Lakers for his unique Swiss army knife concoction of length and transcendental ball skills, and later for his sudden turn as an unwitting celebrity due to his relationship (and eventually marriage) […]

The NBA All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference All-Stars. Twelve players from each conference are chosen by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The starters are chosen by a combination of fans, media, and current players. The reserves are chosen by voting among the […]

The BIG3 league will tip off once again this summer with some big names traveling across the United States playing three on three in a tournament style play. According to TMZ, another huge name is trying to get on a roster. When TMZ asked Lamar Odom if he would play in the league he had […]

Lamar Odom became part of some headlines recently when he made comments against his former wife, Khloe Kardashian. He said that he already knew their marriage was over when he found out that she was dating a second and third NBA player. After hearing what the two-time champion had to say to her sister, Kim […]

Trades spice up the NBA drama. Some have its effect felt instantly. Others have ramifications that aren’t realized until long after the trade itself. These are the parts of trades that weren’t thought much of at the time but eventually went on to have a big presence in the league. 1. Kawhi Leonard for George Hill […]

Lamar Odom was once again part of a lot of headlines, after it was reported that he collapsed inside a club in Los Angeles. A video was even released where it shows him being helped out to get to his feet, as he clearly passed out after a drinking binge. Now, more details have emerged […]

Lamar Odom, former NBA player and the two-time champion is back in the headlines again after TMZ Sports released a video of Odom slumped on the floor in a Los Angeles nightclub named Bootsy Bellow which reportedly took place Sunday morning. According to TMZ, Odom went on a drinking binge at Bootsy Bellows, which partly […]

Each season, approximately 80 fresh faces get a chance to step out on the sacred floor and witness their lifelong dream come true. While the rookies themselves are more than eager to showcase their talent on the big stage, there is a platoon of fans, analysts and journalists just waiting to prematurely smack on a […]

Lamar Odom put together a highly productive NBA career that spanned over 14 seasons in the league. According to Marc J. Spears of ESPN, the 37-year-old is set to become inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame says it is inducting @RealLamarOdom into it’s […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, he and Lamar Odom established themselves as one of the best frontcourt duos in the league. Along with Kobe Bryant, they helped Los Angeles win two championships in three consecutive NBA Finals appearances. As Gasol is still playing for the San […]

While Lamar Odom had his best run as a pro with the Los Angeles Lakers, many may have forgotten that he also played for the Miami Heat back in the 2003-04 season. He appeared and started for 80 games as a member of the Heat, and averaged solid numbers of 17.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 4.1 […]

During his playing days in the NBA, Lamar Odom had his best run with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2004 to 2011. He was a vital cog to their back-to-back title wins, and was also named a Sixth Man of the Year winner, which shows the impact he made in his stint with the team. […]

Back in 2004, Lamar Odom signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in hopes of helping the franchise continue their run of success that time. He had already established himself as one of the most versatile players, and his addition to the team gave them more depth in their big man rotation. The Rhode Island product […]

It’s been a while since anyone’s thought of Lamar Odom doing well on a basketball court. His NBA career flamed out horribly after moving to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011-12, and then the Los Angeles Clippers in 2012-13. Eventually, everyone found out about his near-fatal substance abuse problems, which were a major reason for his […]

The BIG3 has given numerous NBA players of recent past a second chance at professional basketball play. As such, the league is very well-suited for someone like 37-year-old Lamar Odom, who has not seen action in the NBA since the 2012-13 season and after his near-fatal suicide attempt a couple of years back. Odom’s rise […]

The BIG3 in its initial season has been quite a success with the intense level of competition between the former NBA players that has created a buzz about the future of the league. There have been a few notable players that have voiced their interest in being a part of the BIG3. The latest is former […]

After winning two championships and the 2011 Sixth Man of the Year award with the Los Angeles Lakers, Lamar Odom has faced a lot of adversity. It has almost been two years since Odom was found unconscious at a brothel and he recently shared his journey on The Players’ Tribune. At 37 years old, the […]

In the last several years, former NBA Star Lamar Odom has gone through plenty of difficult times off the court that included struggling with his drug addiction to cocaine. This all came to a head with his near death in October 2015 when he was found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada. He was shortly thereafter […]