Anonymous
Years ago
Lamar Odom released by Spanish club
EX-NBA star Lamar Odom's foray into European basketball has been cut short due to a back injury, his Spanish club has said.
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia said Odom’s personal doctors in New York have ruled him unfit to play for two months, meaning "his present contract with the club has finished’’.
“The club hopes that the recovery process will go well and leaves open the possibility of resuming a future commitment to the player depending on the evolution of his injury,’’ the statement added.
Odom joined the Spanish side last month on a two-month deal with an option to extend it for the remainder of the season.
The star has also endured a troubled time off the court as he was sentenced in December to three years probation and three months of treatment for alcohol abuse for driving under the influence and split from reality TV star wife Khloe Kardashian.
The Spanish club, based in the northern city of Vitoria, said the 34-year-old power forward was suffering from lumbar radiculitis, a spine injury that causes severe lower back pain.
Odom played a total of just 23 minutes in two games for the Spanish side, scoring just two points.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/lamar-odom-quits-spanish-side-laboral-kutxa-baskonia-over-back-injury/story-fndkzqrr-1226856487334
Good to see him make it back onto the court after his drug problems but if he can only score 2 points total in 2 games in the Spanish league he can forget about getting an NBA contract again.
