FanHouse Lamar Odom

Here we have yet another funny commercial for ESPN's NBA coverage, this time featuring Lamar Odom, James Worthy, and Magic Johnson riding in the RV. Odom is clutching the championship trophy and snacking on some tortilla chips, when Big Game James reveals to him the tasty secrets that lie inside.

Read on to see what Larry O'Brien has in store for those who have earned the right to carry his trophy, as well as the privilege to taste the spicy flavors of basketball immortality.

LOS ANGELES -- An excited, capacity crowd anxiously awaited the final chance to celebrate last season's NBA Championship with its beloved Lakers. The team held a ring ceremony, before unveiling their 15th championship banner, which was hanging behind a black curtain high on the back wall of the Staples Center.

It was an exciting start to the night, but the excitement ended there, as the quality of the opening night opponent (or lack thereof) made it easy on the defending champs and a yawner for those in attendance. The result was a lackluster, comfortable 99-92 win for the Lakers in their first game of the 2009-10 NBA season.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Long before Ron Artest was the NBA star he is today, he caught the attention of college scouts. In this FanHouse exclusive, we hear how he was described as a high school player.

Check out the video after the jump.

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season.

The Lakers are coming off of a championship season, and are the favorites to take home the title again in 2010. But with the virtual trade of Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest, along with the media circus created by Lamar Odom's whirlwind marriage to a reality television personality, they've certainly inserted enough wild cards into their stacked deck to make even the most die-hard of fans question the team's ability to repeat as champions.

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Comedian Frank Caliendo is a premier impressionist. And he's made a mark in the sports world through his work on FOX NFL Sunday, and his spot-on imitations of some of sports biggest stars.

Caliendo recently stopped by to grace FanHouse with his comedy stylings. He tackled all the issues, from what Charles Barkley thinks of Lamar Odom's wedding, to John Madden's Super Bowl prediction.

Video after the jump.

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

In what many people found a surprising move, Lamar Odom recently married Khloe Kardashian after just three weeks of dating. In this video we talk to someone who is an expert on dating, actress comedian Luenell. You may remember her from the movie Borat. She says she knows how Khloe got Lamar.

Check out the video after the jump.

The Lakers have until October 31 to offer Jordan Farmar a contract extension, but a report in the Los Angeles Times says the team isn't planning to do so. What that means for Farmar, of course, is that this season will be one where he'll be trying to increase his value on the semi-open market, by putting up some numbers that are larger than his career averages of 7.8 points and 2.4 assists per game.

Playing on a very deep team that's looking to defend a championship (rather than showcase individual talents), this is going to be very difficult to do. And that has to make you wonder if Farmar will still be on the Lakers' roster once the trade deadline for this season has come and gone.

Due to the sensitive nature of this Week in Review, I urge everyone under 18 to get permission from their parents before reading. Then they can tell me if I heard this right.

David Letterman admitted to having sex with Paul Shaffer?

Pardon my confusion, but last week's news came so fast and tawdry it qualified as trashy romance novel. The main characters were Letterman, Lamar Odom, Roman Polanski, Jon & Kate, Greg Norman, Erin Andrews' stalker and the International Olympic Committee.

So the big Lamar Odom-Khloe Kardashian wedding that was supposed to go off last weekend? According to TMZ, the two lovebirds took part in the ceremony but remain unhitched because attorneys need more than a half-hour head start to work up prenup documents.

Don't worry, though; once all the legal wrangling is worked out, wedded bliss will follow. (And shortly thereafter, divorce proceedings. Call it a hunch.) In the meantime, longtime Odom friend, NBA player and relationship expert Ron Artest spoke to TMZ on the pending nuptials.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are getting married this weekend. But the "WTF" quotient gets ratcheted up a few "WTF"s when I tell you that Joe Francis (of "Girls Gone Wild" fame) is throwing Odom's bachelor party.

The party, which is being held at Les Deux (sounds fancy!) in Los Angeles Thursday night at 9 PM, will feature a few things that are slightly more amusing than, say, an ice luge. Or a slip-n-slide.

TMZ has learned Joe Francis is hosting Lamar's swan song to bachelorhood tomorrow at Les Deux nightclub in Hollywood. It will be a formal affair ... with stripper poles and "midgets."

Of course, TMZ obviously has their priorities wrong, although Francis certainly doesn't -- "midgets" and "tons of candy" are on the flier. Which makes me wonder, how does this all shake out?