Kobe Bryant visits hospital as Lamar Odom fights for life

LAS VEGAS, USA – Former teammate Kobe Bryant and ex-wife Khloe Kardashian are among those who have visited hospitalized former NBA standout Lamar Odom as he fought for his life Wednesday, October 14.

Odom was found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada and taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center by medics.

Bryant left during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 107-100 pre-season exhibition loss to Sacramento in Las Vegas to be with Odom while other reports said Kardashian and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak visited Odom in the hospital.

Odom, 35, and Bryant, 37, were Lakers teammates from 2004 through 2011, helping Los Angeles capture NBA titles together in 2009 and 2010. Odom had not played in the NBA since 2013.

“I pray ths morning for my brother,” Odom’s former Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade said on Twitter. 

“Dear God he’s one of the good ones. PLEASE watch over him and listen to his heart speak #PrayersForLamar.”

I pray ths morning for my brother. Dear God he’s one of the good ones. PLEASE watch over him and listen to his heart speak #PrayersForLamar

— DWade (@DwyaneWade) October 14, 2015

Lakers coach Byron Scott wished Odom his best as well.

“Obviously, our hearts and our thoughts and our prayers are with Lamar and his family,” Scott said. “It’s obviously something that you don’t want to hear before the game because I think the people that knew about it, we were all thinking about it.

“I obviously feel for him and hope that he will be OK.” – Rappler.com