Lamar Odom Arrested for DUI

NBA veteran Lamar Odom was arrested early Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to police.

Odom was taken into custody at 3:54 a.m. local time after a California Highway Patrol officer saw his white Mercedes-Benz traveling erratically on a San Fernando Valley Freeway. The CHP report said Odom's car was observed traveling in a "serpentine manner" before he pulled off the freeway.

The police report stated that Odom continued to drive when authorities tried to pull him over before he eventually stopped. Odom showed "objective signs of intoxication and was unable to perform field sobriety tests as explained and demonstrated," the CHP report said. At the Van Nuys jail, Odom refused all chemical tests and was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs at 5:01 a.m., CHP officials said.

Multiple media outlets reported Odom's arrest earlier Friday.

Odom, 33, made headlines this week for alleged drug use. A source told ESPN that Odom was staying at a Los Angeles hotel and friends were trying to help him deal with a drug problem. TMZ had reported that he was missing for 72 hours after a fight with his wife, Khloe Kardashian Odom. Odom's agent refuted a TMZ report Sunday.

TMZ also reported that people close to Odom feared he was involved with drugs.

Odom spent last season with the Los Angeles Clippers and has been pursued in free agency this summer by the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers.

Odom had his best years during his seven seasons with the Lakers, beginning in 2004-05. The team won NBA championships in 2010 and 2011, and Odom won the NBA's sixth man award in 2011.

After spending the 2012 season with the Dallas Mavericks, he returned to the Clippers last year.

Everybody just needs to give Odom some space. Unless you're also married to a Kardashian (and if you are that means you're Kanye...and if you're Kanye and you're reading this, fuck off your baby's crying) you would have no idea how many drugs it takes to handle that type of marriage. Some guys need to go to the bar before they come home from work so they can deal with their wife's nagging. Odom just needs a 72 hour bender on crack cocaine and heroin. Give a dude a break.     

How long until Odom gets signed by the Knicks now? A week? He's got everything the Knicks want in a player. 

Won a championship in the past? Check. 5 years past his prime? Yup. A distraction to the team? Check. "Celebrity" wife? Courtside. Can't play defense? Too old. Possibility of playing high during a game? Check. Is a 7 foot tall black man who once played basketball? That's really all the Knicks need to know.