Lamar Odom
Another basketball star seemingly affected by the reality show curse is Lamar Odom. After wedding the love of his life, Khloe Kardashian, and starring in their “Khloe and Lamar” reality show, Odom’s NBA career has suffered. In December of 2011, Odom was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, much to his dismay, forcing him to part ways with the L.A. Lakers, his team of over a decade. Following the trade Odom was embarrassingly traded to the Texas Legends, a Development League team. He would later leave the D-League and be traded a final time to the L.A. Clippers. He was previously said to be training for the USA Men’s Olympics team, which he did not make. There have been questions about whether his reality show fame is distracting him from his athletic goals.
