Lamar Odom reveals vivid dream where Kobe Bryant spoke about afterlife
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Late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant recently entered a “vivid” dream of one of his former teammates.
Lamar Odom, who won back-to-back NBA championships with Bryant during this time with the Lakers, recently revealed to the “Doubl3 Comprehensive Podcast” that he competed in a three-point contest with Bryant, which was hosted by actor Billy Crystal.
But while competing in the dream, Odom said Bryant stopped and looked at him.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom (left) talks with guard Kobe Bryant against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on January 5, 2011. (IMAGN)
“He paused for a moment and looked at me. He said, ‘Hello, the afterlife is not what people make it out to be.’ And shortly after that, I woke up,” Odom said. on the podcast.
Although it was a dream, Odom began to think about it after this, believing that his former teammate was trying to send him a message.
“Could it be that [misses] everyone, this could mean [multitude] from things. Maybe he is still traveling to where he needs to go or reach. I don’t know what it means, but I consider it living your best life now. Don’t underestimate yourself,” Odom explained.
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Odom’s own life experiences brought about a conversation with him about the afterlife.
When Odom nearly died from a drug overdose in 2015, he addressed it in a Netflix documentary, “The Death and Life of Lamar Odom.” Doctors said she suffered 12 strokes and six heart attacks after being found unresponsive at a brothel near Las Vegas in October 2015. He was placed in a medically induced coma and would wake up later.
In the documentary, he said that the afterlife was not what he had hoped for, and then said that he now heard about Bryant in his dreams.
Lamar Odom stands next to Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers during Game Two of the 2011 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Quarterfinals against the New Orleans Hornets at Staples Center on April 20, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Cansezian/Getty Images)
“I died and I couldn’t tell you where we were going, you know what I mean?” he said on the podcast. “I think there are so many things in life that we all live for; whether it’s your friends, your family, money, whatever you love. You love it now because we saw from his accident, no one is promised tomorrow. I think that’s the biggest lesson I learned from his life.”
Bryant and eight people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020.
Odom and Bryant played together on the Lakers from 2004 to 2011, winning two NBA championships; The first one won the Sixth Man of the Year award in the 2010-11 season.
Lakers teammates Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant share a fun moment before the start of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Odom played 14 NBA seasons, including five seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers and one season each with the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.
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