The Phoenix Suns’ issues with racism don’t end with ousted owner Robert Sarver in the eyes of former NBA star Lamar Odom. Odom, a two-time NBA champ with the Lakers, recently joined “The Bootleg Kev Podcast,” hosted by hip-hop on-air personality and host Bootleg Kev, a Suns fan who noted that his favorite NBA team has been dealing with “the cheapest owner in basketball,” referencing the disgraced Sarver. Then things took a turn. “I feel bad for the Suns fans because they ain’t even gonna get what y’all probably deserve until, probably until you change the mascot,” Odom said.
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Born: 11/06/79
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Born: 11/06/79
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Earnings: $115,967,658 ($169,191,749*)
Bootleg Kev replied, “What does that mean? You don’t like the gorilla? Do you think there’s some racial connotations with the Suns gorilla?” Odom, making a face, answered, “Come on, bro,” then expounded upon his reasons. “The thing that’s funny is they kind of slid that one by for all these years,” Odom said. “Nobody says anything about that.
Lamar Odom on Suns gorilla mascot: Gorillas in the desert, you can't find any
Lamar Odom on Suns gorilla mascot: Gorillas in the desert, you can’t find any. You could probably find a cactus. … Just like, come on. But you know what’s so, really crazy about it? They just tried it because they wanted to get the fans involved, and that’s the reason why they kept it — ’cause the fans loved it.
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Lamar Odom: 'If Lakers trade LeBron James they'll be right back into contention'
Los Angeles is struggling to start the 2022-23 season, going 3-10 through its first 13 games. However, Odom believes the massive haul the team could get for James would spring it back into contention in the Western Conference. “If you did — probably going to put yourself right back into contention,” Odom said of trading James. “You can get half a team. You’re going to get half a team.”
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Lamar Odom has been reunited with his beloved Lakers championship rings — the ex-NBA star says the man who bought the bling years ago made an incredible gesture and gifted them back to him. 42-year-old Odom famously pawned off the rings in 2016 to help pay medical bills after his near-fatal drug overdose at the Love Ranch brothel … and they were eventually sold at an auction in 2020.
