Former NBA Player Lamar Odom Is 'Walking with the Lord' after Surviving Near-Death Drug Overdose Thursday, October 31, 2019 After a harrowing near-death experience in 2015, former NBA star Lamar Odom said he’s been saved. Odom says that Pastor R.A. Vernon of the Word Church in Warrensville, Ohio, helped him understand God’s salvation, according to the Christian Post. #entertainment #top headlines #Lamar Odom