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The longtime NBA forward, speaking on comedian
Kevin Hart's YouTube channel, talked about the time he spent in
a coma after being found unresponsive at a Nevada brothel.
"Yeah, all my doctors that see me say I'm a walking miracle,"
Odom said. "I had 12 strokes and six heart attacks when I was in
my coma. ... It's a good day to be alive, considering the
alternative."
After four days comatose, he woke up to see estranged wife Khloe
Kardashian at his bedside.
"That was big," Odom said of her presence.
Last year, Odom detailed his drug addiction in a Players Tribune
post.
"I'm sober now. But it's an everyday struggle," he wrote. "I
have an addiction. I'll always have an addiction. It never goes
away. I mean, I want to get high right now. But I know that I
can't if I want to be here for my children."
Odom, who last played pro basketball five years ago, announced
last month that he will make a comeback with an unnamed team in
China.
The 6-foot-10 Odom played on championship teams with the Los
Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010 as part of his 14 years in the
NBA. In addition to his seven years with the Lakers, he began
and ended his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers, and he
had short stints with the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks.
Odom averaged 13.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 961
NBA games. The Clippers made him a first-round draft pick (No. 4
overall) out of Rhode Island in 1999.
--Field Level Media
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