Lamar Odom is one of the most fondly remembered Los Angeles Lakers of all time as a two-time champion and 2011 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award winner.
Sadly, after being traded to the Dallas Mavericks following the failed Chris Paul trade, Odom’s career went off the rails and he had a near-death experience after an accidental overdose.
However, since his miraculous recovery, the 39-year-old has now joined the BIG3 in hopes of getting his basketball skills back. But as for just being alive, Odom knows how close he was to not even having that, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News:
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