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The late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant recently had a “vivid” dream that one of his former teammates had.
Lamar Odom, who won back-to-back NBA titles alongside Bryant during his time with the Lakers, recently revealed on the “Doubl3 Coverage Podcast” that he was competing against Bryant in a three-point contest and actor Billy Crystal was the host.
But as they competed in the dream, Odom said Bryant stopped and looked at him.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom (left) talks with guard Kobe Bryant against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on January 5, 2011. (IMAGE)
“He just stopped and looked at me. He said, ‘Hey, the afterlife is not what people imagine.’ And then I woke up shortly after,” Odom said on the podcast.
Although it was a dream, Odom thought about it after that, believing his former teammate was trying to send him a message.
“It could be the [misses] everyone, that can mean a [multitude] of things. Maybe you’re still traveling, wherever you need to go or get to. I don’t know what it means, but I take it as if you’re living your best life right now. Don’t fall short,” Odom explained.
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Odom’s own life experiences also sparked the conversation with himself in the afterlife.
Odom spoke about it after nearly dying from a drug overdose in 2015, and mentioned it in a Netflix documentary, “The Death and Life of Lamar Odom.” Doctors said he suffered 12 strokes and six heart attacks after being found unconscious at a brothel near Las Vegas in October 2015. He was placed in a medically induced coma and would later wake up.
In the documentary, he said the afterlife was not what he expected and later heard Bryant in his dream.
Lamar Odom stands next to Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers as they face the New Orleans Hornets in game two of the Western Conference quarterfinals in the 2011 NBA Playoffs on April 20, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
“I died and I couldn’t tell you where we’re going, you know what I mean?” he said on the podcast. “I think there are a lot of things in life that we all live for, whether it’s your friends or family, money, whatever you fall in love with. You love him now because, as we’ve seen in his accident, no one is promised tomorrow. I think that’s the most important lesson I learned from his life.”
Bryant and eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020.
Odom and Bryant played together on the Lakers from 2004 to 2011, winning two NBA titles, while the former won Sixth Man of the Year during the 2010-11 season.
Lakers teammates Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant share a moment of joy before the start of a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at Staples Center. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Odom played 14 seasons in the NBA, which included five seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers and one season with the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.
