Lamar Odom, a popular former NBA player who even played for Baskonia, has once again spoken about his well-known drug addiction.
In a chat with Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter on ‘The Cousins’, the former Clippers, Heat, Lakers and Mavericks player confirmed that he used drugs, specifically cocaine, especially during the summers.
You’re talking to a real addict. I was doing cocaine, I had no obligations
Lamar Odom, who almost died in 2015 (he went into a coma) from a cocaine and stimulant overdose in a brothel, defines himself as “an addict”.
“I had some amazing summers of cocaine. I was in control, but when you have the mind of a drunk, you think about how to cheat the system. And that’s what I did, cocaine parties
“In 2015 I loved drugs, seriously. You’re talking to a real addict. I was doing cocaine, I had no obligations,” he confessed.
Lamar Odom: “I didn’t do drugs while I was playing, but in the summers, yes”
The two-time NBA champion stressed that “I didn’t do drugs while I was playing, but in the summers, yes. It would be crazy if I did cocaine and played at the same time.”
“I had some incredible summers of cocaine. I was in control, but when you have the mind of a drunk, you think about how to cheat the system. And that’s what I did, cocaine parties,” he confided.
Lamar Odom: “I hurt my greatness and my legacy with drug abuse. 100%”
Lamar Odom believes he had “pure talent” potential to enter the basketball Hall of Fame: “Let’s be honest, I was shooting a reality show (with ex-wife Khloe Kardashian) during the season. That means I was playing, I won the Player of the Year award and I was still shooting a reality show. So I know I had the motivation and personality for it.”
“But overall, my greatness and my legacy… yes, I did hurt them with drug abuse. 100%,” he confessed.
Odom remembers his beginnings with drug use: “My father was a heroin addict”
Lamar Odom opens up about how his drug addiction started.
“Marijuana. A lot of people don’t inherit addiction genetically. My father was a heroin addict. Marijuana doesn’t get you high, like if you say, ‘Let me try cocaine.’ I started smoking when I was 14 or 15 years old. It’s also a trauma. My mother died when I was 12 years old… You’re going to explode after losing your mother, my mother was my best friend… I remember at 10 years old telling my mother that I was going to the NBA and bought her a huge house, and at 12 she was gone,” he told ‘The Cousins’
Lamar Odom has just left a rehab clinic he entered after being arrested
Lamar Odom (46 years old) has just come out of iRely Recovery in Los Angeles after completing a 30-day rehabilitation program.
The former Baskonia player entered the program after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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