Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  90 responses

Was Lamar Puff-Puff-Passing?

Now that Odom’s married to a reality television star, Star Magazine is very interested in his exploits. Which might land him in some hot water: “Could Lamar’s basketball career go up in smoke? At a Labor Day house party in Malibu, the Lakers forward openly lit up and — puffed away! ‘You could smell it — it was definitely marijuana,’ and insider claims. “It was really strong! Lamar was smoking and sharing the joint with other people.”’

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  • chibi

    Is this a HOAX/photoshop job?

    The picture/story isn’t on the Star Magazine website.

  • sab

    i totally agree that it’s stupid of Lamar to do it. as i hate the Lakers, i’m finding this hilariously funny. but maybe that’s cos i’m high right now…
    but i hate the way “the media” overreact to weed-smoking. c’mon, there’s more important things to worry about…

  • ENDS

    You have to be high to marry Chloe. Does anyone else feel this is all just one big publicity stunt? Lamar wouldnt speak of the Marriage cause E has exclusive rights to that information ? WTH

  • Heals

    Ha, what a joke he is, dude gets up in a press conference years back crying about his problem with weed and now you can easily see the smirk on his face in the photo. Enjoy teh circus Laker fans…

  • NUPE

    hmmmm, famous basketball player lights it up in front of media etc. how is that not news worthy or not a big deal? if you smoke or not, it’s against federal law, even if he has a medical condition it’s still doesen’t fit into federal law or the NBA’s abuse policy. This can also get him suspended from the league – impacting his career and the lakers chances at a title (he is an important part of the mix). This is a big deal that can have big implications and at the least shows how reckless his decisions are that along with wifey adds to the circus they are going to face this year. Hopefully next time at least he’ll be smart enough to light it up in private.

  • sab

    it might be newsworthy, but it shouldn’t be a “big deal” – it should be “player gets fined for being stupid”, not “player might have smoked weed wow!!”

  • ab_40

    ohw my gawd an nba player smoking herb. those players are dumb for doing that in public

  • http://www.digitalthread.com AlbertBarr

    It wasnt in public…its just that the paparazzi dont care about private property or space

  • NUPE

    he was at a party where paparazzi could take pictures – seems like public space to me. maybe this is good for him, just like phelps. you get caught where you are on display for others and you learn to be more private with your stuff. anybody in the public-eye has to be careful because it will be reported to a level well beyond the average joe. not saying it’s right, but it’s real.

  • http://myspace.com/brandnew Bryan

    The kardashians are all bloods anyway the way they spell all their names its obvious.

  • Yesse

    Yes he was, but he wasnt passing it.

  • http://juanm.garcia@comcast.net Flashback

    I’m more shocked that so many mofo’s up in here get caught up in tablois stories. Foucken enquiring minds should suck on a d1ck.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Dave

    Come on, am I gonna have to say it? Am I?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Dave

    This is OBVIOUSLY a sign that the NBA (and Darth Stern) have it in for the Magic. After unexpectedly topping King James in the ECF last year, the Magic get the hatchet job of a ten game suspension levelled in the off-season. Meanwhile the NBA’s golden franchise has it’s #3 banana smoking ganja in public and nothing happens.
    THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGN THAT THE NBA WANTS LAKERS AND CELTICS OR CAVS FINALS!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.slamonline.com Dave

    Sorry. But someone had to do it.

  • Shem

    WHO CARES? hes like anyone of us. He eats too much candy or smokes a blunt and this is news. Seriously, hes just like you and I and a shaq vs la finals would be good especially with lebron going for his 1st ring

  • http://jaredmintzisthetruth.blogspot.com Jared

    A) It’s the offseason, wanna take a guess at how many NBA’ers burn during the offseason?
    B) It’s LO…you think this dude straight up gave up the herb? No shot!

  • nut

    hey at least he wasnt rude about it and shared with his fellow human beings

  • josh

    The reason this is a big deal is because it helps shed light on his character and commitment to his team. Smoking weed is not a big deal; I do it every day, and it will probably be legalized soon enough anyway. What people SHOULD take from this is how he obviously does not care how this could affect his teammates. This was an extremely selfish thing for him to do. If he gets suspended (not saying he is going to) it is going to have a huge affect on the Lakers. He should be thinking about his teammates and not just himself. NBA players are payed a TON of money to play, and part of the deal is following SIMPLE rules and guidelines. If he wants to toke up, do it around people you can trust and close friends, not at a party. There is going to be a lot of distractions for the Lakers this year already, LO is adding to the problem with his selfishness and disregard for his teammates and the commitment that he has with them. LO you need to grow up and learn some priorities. I can toke all I want cause I am not affecting anyone but myself, but its not the same for pro athletes.

  • vic21

    Lamar likes to laugh sometimes. So what?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Dave
  • Buschfiya

    Federally in the States weed is illegal, but from state to state the laws can be quite ambiguous, really smoking a joint is like having a beer or two its really nothing at all. On another note Charles Oakley a few years ago when he was in the league spilled some inside knowledge about the NBA stating that at least 60% of the players like to play stoned. Regularily blazing before games. Good job boys!

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    I actually kind of agree with Dave that the Orlando Magic rising up to contendership has left the NBA Bosses majorly pissed off.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Last year, the whole playoffs were hyped around Kobe Vs. LeBron, or the Lakers vs. Celtics. But the Orlando Magic beat them BOTH! Ahahaha I’m kind of rooting for the Magic now. I just hope our NBA doesn’t turn into the WWE in ten years.

  • lou

    Weed is illegal, alcohol isn’t. That being said being drunk and being high theres not much of a difference. You got the money buy a bottle kick back and do you, or every person that posts here should write a letter to their representative and try to get it legalized, then the nba’s drug policy will change to. Until then why not blaze at home. You can take the dude out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the dude. Your a millionare and a celebrity and now you married another “celebrity” smarten up, they have marijuana pills that you can get a script for.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Co-sign Lou.
    Although, what does being hood have to do with lighting a spliff?

  • http://illinoishsbasketball.com Daniel Poneman

    1) How can it possibly shock Stern in any way that LO smoked bud, after Josh Howard’ openly talked to the media about hot most NBA players smoke in the offseason.

    This dude just got MARRIED. He cant light a blunt at his Honeymoon? You all need to grow up and get the hell out of his life. Send him a congratulatory email on his marriage.

    2) Whoever went to that magazine and told them about this should get their ass kicked. That person sucks.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Dave

    My line about the Magic was a joke.
    Seriously, though, I would totally expect that LeBron James could have a thousand dollar a day coke habit in the off-season and nobody is ever going to say _anything_ to the dude. In fact, the ‘off season’ might not even matter in that sentence. LBJ getting nailed for drugs would do the league more damage than rumours of LBJ toking up in the carpark before tip off, wouldn’t it?
    Plus, the highest profile suspension in recent years was Birdman – and his mother’s interview on ESPN made it sound like his habit was so obvious he may as well have been wearing a Royal Trux t-shirt with ash-holes in it.
    I mean seriously, how’s Josh Howard’s pee fist day back on the job?

  • David

    I’m pretty sure this isn’t an “up to his old habits” kinda thing. Odom probably has never stopped smoking weed since his last infraction. I may be wrong, but didn’t he once say that he wasn’t going to stop. He just has people following him now because of his wife. And it doesn’t really matter anyways because weed should be legal; and people puffin before they hoop goes back a loooong time and is prevalent all the way from high school, so i’m sure it’s not gonna stop in the pros especially since these guys throw their money around anyway.

  • David

    And he probably dos have a medical card in which case he can smoke in california as long as the DEA doesn’t run up on him…and as long as he doesn’t fail any drug tests (which he wouldn’t be the first to pull that off) than people should stay out of his business.

  • http://june7thdonald@netzero.net donlaker

    the lakers and 420 go hand in hand
    kareem was a pot head , so was worthy, and they won many titles lamar /lebron have been known to light up a few kush berry swishers , so at 420 today
    im ligting up some purple and yellow kush to celebrate lamar and khloe hooking up and blazing fatties at the maibu party(kevin garnetts house or reggie millers)

  • funkoc

    C’mon, let’s be honest. He has his ring; and does someone here seriously think this will affect his game? I think Lamar is mature enough, and there are mature people who smoke weed on parties.

    Moreover, if the nba checks his blood based on this rumor, this tells more about the league’s credibility than Lamar’s.

  • JUICEMANE

    WHO REALLY CARES? HE’S BEEN DOING THAT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. DOESN’T AFFECT HIS PLAY ON COURT. I WON’T BE WORRIED UNTILL HE’S CAUGHT ON CAMERA EATING VASELINE!!

  • Ali Saadat

    NO LAMAR, NO!!

  • ClydeSays

    This is news? Who DIDN’T know he was he was a ‘head?

  • Buschfiya

    Like Charles Oakley said 60 to 75% of these NBA mofo’s play high and play better high.

  • http://nextgg.com DMC14

    I thought this was public knowledge, at least in the basketball world. But seriously he gotta be carefull now.

  • http://illinoishsbasketball.com Daniel Poneman

    EVERYONE READ THIS ARTICLE RIGHT NOW

    You haters are ignorant

  • http://illinoishsbasketball.com Daniel Poneman

    http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/10555/

    GREAT ARTICLE Charles Oakley on weed and Sterns comments

  • NUPE

    What really makes this new is the fact that he got caught. Doesn’t matter what % of other players do it, only matters that he got caught and that its against NBA rules and federal law.

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