Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom
Odom in 2022
Personal information
Born (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979 (age 45)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeRhode Island (1998–1999)
NBA draft1999: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career1999–2014
PositionPower forward / small forward
Number7
Career history
19992003Los Angeles Clippers
2003–2004Miami Heat
20042011Los Angeles Lakers
2011–2012Dallas Mavericks
2012–2013Los Angeles Clippers
2014Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points12,781 (13.3 ppg)
Rebounds8,059 (8.4 rpg)
Assists3,554 (3.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Representing USA
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens National team
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Turkey National team

Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979)[1] is an American former professional basketball player.[2] As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he won championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011.[3]

In high school, Odom received national player of the year honors from Parade in 1997. He played college basketball for the University of Rhode Island, earning all-conference honors during his only season in the Atlantic 10 Conference before turning professional. The Los Angeles Clippers selected Odom with the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in the following year; it was during his four seasons with the Clippers, however, that he was twice suspended for violating the league's anti-drug policy. As a restricted free agent, he then signed with the Miami Heat, where he played the 2003–04 season before being traded to the Lakers. Odom spent seven seasons with the Lakers, who traded him to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. After the move, his career declined. He was traded back to the Clippers in 2012 and played briefly in Spain in 2014.

Odom played on the United States national team, winning a bronze medal in the Olympics in 2004 and a gold medal in the FIBA World Championship (later known as the World Cup) in 2010.

Odom was married to Khloé Kardashian from 2009 to 2016. During their marriage, Odom made several appearances on the reality television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. He and Kardashian also had their own reality series, Khloé & Lamar. In October 2015, Odom was hospitalized in a comatose state after being discovered unconscious in a Nevada brothel. He later sought treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.[4]

  1. ^ "Lamar Odom Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Report of Arrest / Unusual Incident". State of California, Department of California Highway Patrol via the Los Angeles Times. August 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Biography". Lamar Odom (official site). Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Rogers, Katie (October 14, 2015). "Lamar Odom, Ex-N.B.A. Star, Is Found Unconscious in Nevada Brothel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2019.