Lamar Odom: New Reality Show Won't Be Distraction

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PHOENIX -- The Lakers haven't exactly been playing like the two-time defending champs lately. The team has won just three of its last seven games, and the last win against a team that was any good came all the way back on Nov. 23, at home against the Chicago Bulls. The last thing that L.A. would appear to need is another distraction.



Lamar Odom's new deal to appear in a reality television show with his wife Khloe Kardashian would appear to be a prime candidate, especially since filming is expected to commence in "early 2011" -- presumably right in the middle of the Lakers season. But neither Odom nor Lakers head coach Phil Jackson seems to believe that will be the case.



"Lamar usually doesn't get distracted by things that are outside (basketball)," Jackson said, before his Lakers faced the Suns on Wednesday. "I know the Kardashians will be very careful with what they do."



Odom spoke extensively on the subject before the game as well, and said that he'd had a discussion about the endeavor with Jackson and Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak. But ultimately, the decision was his.

 

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