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Lamar Odom on His Journey Through the NBA, Addiction, and Being Reborn. Plus: Lakers Defeat Warriors in the Play-In With Marcus Thompson. | Real Ones

The Ringer NBA Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

First things first, The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson joins Logan and Raja to talk about the incredible Warriors-Lakers play-in game Wednesday night (0:30). Then NBA All-Star and champion Lamar Odom joins to talk about his journey through the NBA, playing with Kobe Bryant, winning championships, working through depression and addiction, and his new documentary “Lamar Odom: Reborn” following his journey (43:27). Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja Bell Guests: Lamar Odom and Marcus Thompson Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The NBA season is heating up and Kevin O'Connor and Chris Vernon have got you covered on the

0:04.0

mismatch. They discuss all the news, the trends and transactions happening around the league.

0:08.4

They also offer their on-court analysis and occasionally get into heated debates.

0:12.2

Check out the mismatch on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:16.8

How does former first lady Michelle Obama find balance and hope in an uncertain world?

0:22.2

In her new book The Light We Carry, she shares stories from her life and her personal toolkit to

0:28.5

live boldly. The Light We Carry is about recognizing the flame that burns inside each and every one of us

0:36.0

and understanding that each of us can kindle that spark or ourselves through even the toughest times.

0:42.8

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama, available now from Tesco.

0:46.4

What's popping? Real ones, Logan Murdock here, Roger Bell, Lamar Odom and a bit.

1:03.2

But first, we have, Roger, you getting ready for this propaganda, man. We have a town legend

1:10.2

subranny park zone, columnist for the athletic fellow Wantos-Gono Anderson stand.

1:22.7

We have Marcus Thompson in the building right now, Roger Bell. Also somebody that covered you.

1:28.5

Do you remember this? Do you remember this time? I do remember this time.

1:32.2

You were there for three days, you don't remember?

1:33.6

I got about a good, but three and a half weeks out of it, the Bay, like, Piedmont, like, listen,

1:43.2

Marcus, I catch a lot of shit on the show, bro. What I'm saying is I read Piedmont. If I'm in the Bay,

1:48.7

Piedmont is where I want to be. That's where I live. This is dope, little town.

1:51.7

Like, what, what, you, I'm supposed to apologize for that, Logan?

1:55.8

Like, Logan, what have you also kind of laid? Because I like fucking Piedmont.

1:58.6

No, because you always say I rep. Let me give you context before we go here, Marcus, because he says,

2:05.0

he's like, when we first met, he's like, yo, man, yeah, I want to, I lived in Oakland for a bit.

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