Profile
Lamar Odom
Professional Basketball Player
Male
Born
Nov 6, 1979
Age
33
Hometown
New York City
Team
Dallas Mavericks ...
Position
Forward
College
Rhode Island Rams...
Draft Year
1999
Nationality
American
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American professional basketball forward with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year and won two NBA championships as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Odom… Read More
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Romance
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Liza MoralesDated 1996 - 2007
Family
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Lamar Odom
Age 33
children
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Destiny OdomDaughter, Age 15
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Lamar Odom JrSon, Age 11
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Jayden OdomSon, d.2006
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Blake Griffin's Availability To Involve A Game Time DecisionLATimes - May 02, 2013
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Clippers Cruise To Game 1 WinHuffington Post - Apr 21, 2013
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Video: Lamar Odom Plays Defense After Charity Scam QuestionsCBS News - Apr 04, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1979
Birth
Born on November 6, 1979.
TEENAGE
Odom was named the Parade Magazine Player of the Year in 1997.
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Odom played one season at Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference, where he scored 17.6 points per game and led the Rams to the conference championship in 1999.
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TWENTIES
2004
24 Years Old
In his first year with the Los Angeles Lakers incurred a left shoulder injury which forced him to miss the end of the 2004–05 NBA season.
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2005
25 Years Old
In the first half of the 2005–06 NBA season, Odom displayed inconsistency while playing with the Lakers.
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Battling injuries, Odom was limited to 56 games in the 2006–07 season, but finished with an average of 15.9 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
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2007
27 Years Old
After young center Andrew Bynum went down with a knee injury during the 2007–08 NBA season, and Pau Gasol was acquired by the Lakers midseason, Odom played well, averaging 15.3 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.
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Odom's numbers were down in the Finals, however, where he averaged 13.5 points, 9. rebounds and 3. assists per game, with the Lakers losing in the 2008 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics.
He won his first NBA championship when the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals.
THIRTIES
The investment would pay off as Odom would play a crucial role for the Lakers on the way to another NBA Championship, with the Lakers winning over the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals.
2011
31 Years Old
On December 11, 2011, Odom was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for a first-round draft pick and an $8.9 million trade exception after NBA commissioner David Stern vetoed a proposed three-team trade with the New Orleans Hornets involving Odom that would have sent him to the Hornets, Chris Paul to the Lakers, and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets.
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He was traded back to the Clippers in 2012.
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