Lamar Odom Talks Khloe, Bruce and Kris Jenner Before Leaving US
Lamar Odom is moving his career to Spain and opening up about his estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, calling her mother Kris Jenner and his bond with Bruce Jenner.
Odom, the 34-year-old Laboral Kutxa Spanish Club signee, has made headlines in recent months for allegedly stepping out on his marriage and battling with a drug addiction. Although Kardashian, 29, has officially filed for divorce, fans are witnessing the downward spiral of their marriage on her reality television show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians."
However, Odom is still wearing his wedding ring and even told "Access Hollywood" about the constant communication that he still has with Kardashian and her step-father Bruce Jenner.
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"Bruce is … he means a lot to me ... Bruce is one of the reasons why I am going to do this," Odom said of his decision to sign with basketball club in Spain. "I always speak to Khloe. She's my wife."
Odom even spoke about his mother-in-law Kris Jenner before getting on an airplane to Spain.
"I left Kris a message today. [I'm] always texting back and forth with Bruce," Odom told "Access Hollywood" recently. "Hopefully they'll be able to come see me soon."
After publicly campaigning for a position on the Los Angeles Clippers team that he was released from seven months ago, the forward signed a two-month deal with the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa to close out the 2013-2014 basketball season, ESPN reports.Odom's deal comes with an option to play for the Spanish club for an additional year.
Josean Querejeta, the president of Laboral Kutxa, spoke about his reasoning for acquiring Odom.
"We're very happy to have signed a very important player who has had a long and fruitful career in the NBA,'' Querejeta said in a statement to ESPN. "We've worked very hard over the last couple of days to make this happen. We felt we needed a boost and had to break the collective cloud that has been hanging over us over the last while so we could get back to winning."
Odom's new team is ranked ninth in the 18-team Spanish league and last in its Euroleague group. He could make his debut on Saturday, according to reports.
