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My Take
Lamar Odom remains one of my favorite basketball puzzles: a six-foot-ten forward with point-guard skills who accepted a bench role and turned it into an art form. Those back-to-back Lakers titles in 2009 and 2010 do not happen without his positional versatility, and the 2011 Sixth Man of the Year award felt like overdue recognition of an ego-free career. What stays with me is the gentleness in his game — fluid, unselfish, almost melancholy — from a kid out of Queens who survived far more off the court than on it. I root for him as a person even more than I admired him as a player.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lamar Odom
- Name (Japanese)
- ラマー・オドム
- Reading
- らまー・おどむ
- Born
- November 6, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Height
- 208 cm
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- High school
- Christ the King Regional High School
- University
- United States Army War College
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Lamar Odom born?
Born November 6, 1979 (age 46).
Where is Lamar Odom from?
Lamar Odom is from Queens, New York, United States.
What does Lamar Odom do?
Lamar Odom works as basketball player.
How tall is Lamar Odom?
Lamar Odom is 208 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.