Lamar Odom Makes Amazing Statement About LeBron James’s Greatness

Former Sixth Man of the Year, NBA Champion and Los Angeles Lakers fan favorite Lamar Odom will return to the court this summer. He will take part in the upcoming Big 3 season, and will take the role of co-captain of the Enemies right next to Gilbert Arenas and Perry Jones II.

Odom hasn’t been an active basketball player since 2014, and some said he’d never play basketball again. Odom was trying to recover from the drug overdose that sent him into a coma in 2015. During the recovery process, Odom suffered 12 strokes and 6 heart attacks. Yes, he is lucky to play basketball again. He is actually lucky to be alive at this moment.

He is perfectly fine now, and decided to return to the basketball court. What was his real motivation? It was LeBron James. Odom talked to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, and shared his story.

“’All my doctors say I’m a walking miracle,’ Odom said. ‘They couldn’t really believe how I came back so fast. When I woke up I couldn’t walk or talk.’

“Odom said he was driven to a basketball comeback by watching LeBron James achieve greatness during his last season with Cleveland in 2017-18. At 33 years old, James played 82 games and carried an underwhelming supporting cast to the NBA Finals.”

During the 2017-18 playoffs, LeBron averaged 34 points, 9.1 rebounds, 9 assists, 1.4 steals and a block per game while averaging 41.9 minutes per game. His debut with the Lakers was really bad, but we are trying not to forget that he is the toughest person when it comes to winning games.

Odom is now trying to recover, and reach his level of performance.

“Odom, who said he remains in top physical condition (‘Looking good is big to me — if it wasn’t for basketball, I’d look good anyway’), played with a Filipino team at a February tournament in Dubai. He was unimpressed with his performance.

“’I was a bum,’ Odom said. ‘It was good just to go out there and compete, get my feet wet. But I was a bum.’”