
Lamar Odom in 2012 Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagĪhead of his arrival to a coordinated location in downtown Los Angeles, Odom dodged Vitti and attempted to make up excuses as to why he couldn’t attend. He showed up late looking like he had a long night, then-Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti told the website. Since then, Odom’s experience with drugs, sex and partying only escalated, and eventually contributed to the decline of his once promising NBA career.įast forward to June 14, 2009, when the Odom and the Lakers defeated the Magic to collect the storied franchise’s 15th NBA championship.Īfter a night of heavy partying, Odom nearly missed the Lakers’ planned victory parade. “Coke and sex went together every time after that. “I had unleashed a demon,” Odom said of his first bout with cocaine, which occurred at a swanky hotel in Miami. In 2004, he was on the Heat before he’d go on to spend seven season with the Lakers, his longest stint with a team in his NBA career. Odom revealed that in the summer of 2004 he tried cocaine for the first time - a feeling he described as “orgasmic” - in a new interview with Yahoo Sports in which he also details his recovery aided by ketamine treatment. NBA alum Lamar Odom is peeling back more layers of his past with drug and sex addiction. Matthew Perry spotted looking healthy after revelation that he nearly died Matthew Perry admits he ‘probably spent $9 million’ trying to get soberĪfter fentanyl killed her soulmate, recovering drug user shares story Dwayne Wade, Athletes & Stars Tweet Prayers to Lamar Odom - See Emotional Messages " Lamar’s best friend since he’s been 12 just passed away unexpectedly.Troubled former NBA star arrested again in parking lot incident


It's worth noting that the incident took place back in June, but the episode aired in October. Khloe was seen getting a call from a "distraught and devastated" Lamar in the middle of the day on a recent episode - after he learned his best friend, Jamie Sangouthai, passed away from drug use. Khloe Kardashian had been worried about Lamar Odom before he was hospitalized after being found unconscious at a Las Vegas brothel on Tuesday afternoon - something she spoke out about on this season of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." The reality TV star has been communicating with her ex on a somewhat regular basis, with the E! cameras rolling.
