New: Lamar Odom inducted into New York City Basketball Hall of Fame

The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame is here again, and this time around there has  been a new induction at the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame.

The 28th annual NYC BAsketball Hall of Fame induction dinner was held at the Bryant Park Grill, Manhattan on October 3.

Lamar Odom was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.

The 37 year old who is originally of Queens native and 6 - 10 forward, attended Christ the King HS (Queens, NY), transferred to Redemption Christian Academy (Troy, NY), and then St Thomas Aquinas HS (New Britain, CT).

He was named Parade All-American of the Year 1997, in high school as a high school senior, a two times Parade All- American (1996 and 1997) and USA Today All-USA first team. He committed to UNLV but never played, the school released him in 1997 and he transferred to the University of Rhode Island (1998 - 1999).

In the 1999 NBA draft first round by the Los Angeles clippers (1999 - 2003), Odom was selected 4th overall pick. He played for the Miami Heat (2003 - 2004), also Los Angeles Lakers (2004 - 2011), Dallas Mavericks (2011 - 2012), Los Angeles Clippers (2012 - 2013) and Laborai Kutxa Baskonia (2014).

Odom career achievements First team All Altantic 10 (1999), two times NBA Champion (2009, 2010), NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2011), NBA All- Rookie First Team (200), USA Summer Olympics bronze (2004), FIBA World Championship gold (2010).

Speculative news on air right now is that Odom is hopeful for NBA return with Los Angeles Lakers in some capacity or with the new league, the BIG3.