Lamar Odom is a strolling miracle.
The 2-time NBA champion and Los Angeles Laker almost died after a drug overdose at a Las Vegas brothel, prompting him to be positioned in a coma, the place he suffered a number of strokes and coronary heart assaults. Though he made it out and medical doctors mentioned it was a miracle that he made it out of the medical emergency alive, Odom hasn’t had the simplest street to restoration.
His story is ready to be the topic of an upcoming Netflix Sports activities documentary, “Untold: The Dying & Lifetime of Lamar Odom.” Within the documentary, Odom will give candid testimony about his rise in basketball, his marriage to Khloe Kardashian, his battles with drug habit and his near-fatal overdose.
In a 2018 interview with Kevin Hart, Odom mentioned that he endured 12 strokes and 6 coronary heart assaults whereas he was in a coma, a reality he reiterates within the trailer for the documentary.
“That’s not no common sh-t,” Odom says.
At one level, Odom will get candid concerning the afterlife, saying that it’s “not what individuals make it out to be.”
The documentary provides a sobering look into Odom’s life and within the days which have adopted, he’s had good days and dangerous ones. In January, he was pulled over for DUI in Las Vegas however now says he’s about 56 to 57 days sober, in accordance with Web page Six.
“No alcohol, no pot, no marijuana,” he mentioned. “And I’m simply [continuing] to develop mentally and spiritually. I do attempt to be my finest self and follow the Mamba mentality, which has been handed all the way down to me by my late brother [Kobe Bryant].”
Amongst Odom’s guests following his 2015 overdose was Bryant. The five-time NBA champion and Odom had grown shut since Odom was traded from the Miami Warmth to the Lakers in 2004 and the pair gained two titles in 2009 and 2010. Though Odom was not conscious of Bryant’s presence whereas he was hospitalized, understanding that his former teammate was there meant so much.
“To know that he was there… After I’m reflecting on it, I feel that’s in all probability what pulled me by way of. The love that I used to be getting from everyone. It’s all the time good to have help, and naturally help out of your brothers,” Odom mentioned.
Bryant died in January 2020 in a helicopter crash. Since his demise, the Lakers have immortalized him with a statue exterior Crypto.com Enviornment, and followers throughout the globe have mourned the late Lakers celebrity in their very own manner, from memorial tattoos to residing by his Mamba Mentality.
Odom says he’s specializing in continued private development.
“I’m attempting to learn much more [and] sharpen up my mind,” he advised Web page Six. “After I awoke [from the 2015 coma], they advised me I might by no means stroll and speak once more….And so, daily is a blessing.”
“Untold: The Dying and Lifetime of Lamar Odom” airs on Netflix on March 31.
