NBA Rumors: Lamar Odom Reveals Former Clippers Owner's 'Weird' Locker Room Comments
KEY POINTS
- Lamar Odom talks about his time with the Los Angeles Clippers
- Odom recalls how former Clippers owner Donald Sterling would make inappropriate comment
- Sterling was banned by the NBA for life over racist remarks
A former Los Angeles Clippers star made a shocking revelation about Donald Sterling.
Before winning back-to-back NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, Lamar Odom first broke onto the scene with the Clippers.
At the time, the Clips were owned by Sterling, the team’s controversial former CEO.
In a recent interview with VladTV, Odom revealed how Sterling would sometimes come into the players’ locker room and make such “weird” comments about their physical looks that made them feel uncomfortable.
“I mean [Sterling] he used to do some weird s—t though,” Odom recalled. “Like coming into our locker room, just gawking, you know what I’m saying, commenting on how handsome the players are, and just wild s—t.”
“It was weird, [it] will put you in a weird place,” he added. “No disrespect to him but he ain’t paying me either.”
Aside from Odom, other former Clippers Sam Cassell, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette also allegedly had their fair share of unpleasant experiences with Sterling.
According to the details of the legal filings presented by the late Elgin Baylor, who was a former Clippers executive, courtesy of famed NBA insider J.A. Adande, the aforementioned players “complained” that Sterling “would bring women into the locker room” and would make racy comments about their bodies.
"While ignoring my suggestions and isolating me from decisions customarily reserved for general managers, the Clippers attempted to place the blame for the team's failures on me," Baylor said in the declaration.
"During this same period, players Sam Cassell, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette complained to me that Donald Sterling would bring women into the locker room after games, while the players were showering, and make comments such as, 'Look at those beautiful black bodies.' I brought this to Sterling's attention, but he continued to bring women into the locker room,” he continued.
In 2014, Sterling’s girlfriend revealed an audio recording of the ex-Clippers owner making heinously racist statements. As a result, the entire franchise was thrown into an absolute tailspin.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver quickly banned Sterling from the NBA for life, forcing him to sell the team.
According to Silver, Sterling’s comments were “ truly offensive and disturbing.”
Expressing his thoughts about the issue, Odom admitted that the verdict didn’t shock him at all. However, he was “surprised” by how irresponsible Sterling was.
“I’m surprised that he got caught, that he was that careless,” the 2011 Sixth Man of the Year said of Sterling’s case.
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