Lamar Odom Good Guy After All?

Another day…another story about Lamar Odom. However, this time it’s actually a good story for Lamar Odom! As you know, Lamar Odom has been receiving some criticism ever since a controversial report came out by ESPN. There has been speculation that Odom has not been using the donations he has received via his charity organization the way he says he has. The ESPN report even hinted at the possibility of Odom giving almost half the money from his charity to his former high school basketball coach.

Well, now we finally have some good news to report. It turns out that Lamar Odom might not be such a bad guy. A former college basketball star is coming to the defense of Odom, saying he credits his entire career to Odom. He says that Odom rescued him from the streets when his family didn’t have a dime in their pocket and gave him a chance to make something of himself.

Pearson had a great college basketball career at George Mason and is now playing professional basketball overseas, and he credits Lamar Odom for his success. TMZ talked with Pearson’s mother and she had nothing but nice things to say about Odom. She states that Odom saw potential in her son at the young age of 11 at a basketball event.  Pearson’s mom told TMZ,

“(Lamar) paid for everything…including team travel, team registration fees, buses and meals. He also funded entire basketball tournaments around New York.”

She also speculated that some of the money probably came from Odom’s charity, ‘Cathy’s Kids.’

So, that doesn’t exactly prove Odom is completely innocent, but at least it proves that he did at least help somebody with the money.