Scott Van Pelt slams Kardashians, People Magazine, and Media in defense of Lamar Odom

[Arithmetic]

Scott Van Pelt urges people to recognize Lamar Odom as more than just a 'Kardashian reality star'

I have to remind myself there are people who think of Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith as 'those guys who were on Dancing With the Stars.' Not everybody views things through the prism of sports the way I do, and I presume you do as well, given that you're watching this show. I mean, those are two of the best who ever played football, but if you frame things from the People Magazine perspective, it's a different world.

To that end, I saw a tweet from rapper Bun B that got to me. It was about Lamar Odom, who fights for his life in a Vegas hospital. His plight was described across entertainment-based shows this way, and I quote, 'Kardashian reality star in a coma.' Now I can't quote Bun B directly, but my feelings mirrored his -- Kardashian reality star? No, no, no, no. Lamar Odom, unlike those for whom fame is oxygen, whose fame comes in the absence of accomplishment, his fame was earned: as Sixth Man of the Year, as a multiple NBA champion, as the result of his significant role with the Los Angeles Lakers teams and being a beloved NBA teammate and peer. Everyone across the league, it seems, loves the man. To read the tweets from the stars still in the league was to feel genuine anguish for a brother who has had an unspeakably difficult road, and who has struggled mightily to find his footing, post-NBA. "Passed out in a brothel" makes for a hell of a headline, and I'm sure quite a juicy episode of TV, but stripped to the foundation, it's just incredibly sad. All of it. A man who's dealt with so much loss, unable to find his way, who's unfortunate reality becomes a plot line in alleged reality.

I understand not everyone watches sports, but 'Kardashian reality star?' His name is Lamar Odom, and we knew it, long before he got married on a TV show that we don't watch.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

I don't even acknowledge them kardashian like who tf are they really???

 

[Arithmetic]

I hope these blood sucking vultures all go to hell

 

[Taadow]

1. I'm glad he said this. I mean - I remember when some of us thought Lamar Odom was gonna be
who we see LeBron is now. It doesn't even seem like that long ago to me...

2. I'm also glad he referenced Bun...Bun should @'ed Nancy Grace in his tweet.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

Van Pelt and many around here need to stop pandering to people who don't give a fukk about Odom as a man or basketball player.

The Kardashian movement ain't gonna lose steam with this Odom situation.

Van Pelt sounds stupid. Remember LO in a credible way... and that's as a basketball player. If you know him personally, shed light there. But stop worrying about how little 18 year old chicks who don't give a fukk about basketball think about him. LO entered that reality world on his own. No one forced his hand. It's part of who he is.

 

[No1]

Van Pelt and many around here need to stop pandering to people who don't give a fukk about Odom as a man or basketball player.

The Kardashian movement ain't gonna lose steam with this Odom situation.

Van Pelt sounds stupid. Remember LO in a credible way... and that's as a basketball player. If you know him personally, shed light there. But stop worrying about how little 18 year old chicks who don't give a fukk about basketball think about him. LO entered that reality world on his own. No one forced his hand. It's part of who he is.

Shut up.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Van Pelt and many around here need to stop pandering to people who don't give a fukk about Odom as a man or basketball player.

The Kardashian movement ain't gonna lose steam with this Odom situation.

Van Pelt sounds stupid. Remember LO in a credible way... and that's as a basketball player. If you know him personally, shed light there. But stop worrying about how little 18 year old chicks who don't give a fukk about basketball think about him. LO entered that reality world on his own. No one forced his hand. It's part of who he is.

Gotta say I agree with this... people love trying to make LO out to be a victim. That's probably the same thinking from the people around him that were using him that got him this deep in it to begin with.

 

[Arithmetic]

Van Pelt and many around here need to stop pandering to people who don't give a fukk about Odom as a man or basketball player.

The Kardashian movement ain't gonna lose steam with this Odom situation.

Van Pelt sounds stupid. Remember LO in a credible way... and that's as a basketball player. If you know him personally, shed light there. But stop worrying about how little 18 year old chicks who don't give a fukk about basketball think about him. LO entered that reality world on his own. No one forced his hand. It's part of who he is.

When you have a voice, use it.

 

[Fart Knocker]

Bun B watches Nancy Grace?

 

[pete clemenza]

I feel what Van Pelt is saying BUT these TMZ loving- non sports watching types whether young or old just don't know about his NBA career. Whats the term - "you don't know what you don't know". How many times have you met a chick who only watches reality tv mixed in with some Empire and Scandal. That's all day long. Its a waste of time to get upset at something like this

 

[Arithmetic]

I feel what Van Pelt is saying BUT these TMZ loving- non sports watching types whether young or old just don't know about his NBA career. Whats the term - "you don't know what you don't know". How many times have you met a chick who only watches reality tv mixed in with some Empire and Scandal. That's all day long. Its a waste of time to get upset at something like this

SVP is a ESPN OG. Can't blame him for speaking his mind. This sports shyt is his life

 

[Luvs 2 Spooge]

SVP

 

[Jesus]

1. I'm glad he said this. I mean - I remember when some of us thought Lamar Odom was gonna be who we see LeBron is now. It doesn't even seem like that long ago to me...

2. I'm also glad he referenced Bun...Bun should @'ed Nancy Grace in his tweet.

What the fukk are you trying to say? In no aspect is Odom comparable to LeBron in what they do.

 

[MVike28]

1. I'm glad he said this. I mean - I remember when some of us thought Lamar Odom was gonna be
who we see LeBron is now. It doesn't even seem like that long ago to me...

2. I'm also glad he referenced Bun...Bun should @'ed Nancy Grace in his tweet.

Typical Bun tho

 

[Taadow]

What the fukk are you trying to say? In no aspect is Odom comparable to LeBron in what they do.

Calm down, and look at what I said.

Lamar Odom was before LeBron. We had big expectations for Lamar.
We thought he was "the Next Magic Johnson" before we knew of Bron -
big, athletic, great passer who would be next. He was the high school phenom on the cover of Slam and all that chit.