Lamar Odom said Kobe Bryant helped him overcome gambling debt: “I gathered up the strength, put my pride to the side and gave him a call” originally appeared on Basketball Network.
Lamar Odom’s career and life were marked by a series of controversies that often left many hesitant to stand by him. He carried an unfiltered openness about his battles — addiction, loss, near-death experiences. And for years, it seemed the public watched his unraveling like a slow-motion car crash.
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But in the eye of that storm, there was one bond he held sacred. One friendship he was grateful to keep, even when most others faded.
That was Kobe Bryant.
For Odom, that true friendship came at a moment when he needed it the most — when he was…
