October 9, 2009 9:00 am | 90 Comments
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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but similarly, i never understand the furore. so what?! nothing wrong with a cheeky blaze - it doesn’t hurt anyone
Stern could just ask him to take a drug test. If it was only that one time, Lamar is cool, but if he’s back to his old habits, well then he has a problem.
Whether it should be illegal is up for debate, the but the simple fact is that it’s an illegal and bannded substance for NBA players.
A friend of mine can’t play unless he’s stoned, maybe LO’s the samw way? I use that excuse for work, video games, beer pong lol. Im not sure that it works for basketball lol.
Allenp - well jeez, thanks for stating the obvious. plenty of illegal stuff happens every day, but people let it go because, who cares? “Lamar seen jaywalking”!!!
but no, it’s drugs, so that means it’s drama, headlines, furore. c’mon, the reaction should be “strange lifestyle choice - a professional athlete choosing to adversely affect his health. well, whatever” and move on….
Lamar Odom had well documented problems with marijuana early in his career and has said it affected his performance. He has been suspended for drug use. I’m not sure where he is on the substance abuse cycle in the NBA, but it’s quite likely that another positive test could result in some problems for him.
Thus, him smoking weed is not just “jaywalking.”
Now, is it the worst thing in the world, nah. But, the way the news works is that if you are famous and you commit certain crimes, you get a lot of attention.
All of y’all saying “Oh, this is just so stupid, I can’t believe they are writing about that,” are acting like you’r not aware of a the simple facts of life. Thus, I stated the obvious since some of y’all apparently missed the obvious.
but i hate the way “the media” overreact to weed-smoking. c’mon, there’s more important things to worry about…
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGN THAT THE NBA WANTS LAKERS AND CELTICS OR CAVS FINALS!!!!!!!!
B) It’s LO…you think this dude straight up gave up the herb? No shot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82CxSmn2cik
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYd0Z4J6dnQ
Although, what does being hood have to do with lighting a spliff?
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?
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)
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