--- description: The former NBA star remains in a medically induced coma title: Lamar Odom's Children Ask for 'Continued Prayers' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2a5ee6bee187f7b/69886899428a9ed9b6ccfa7e/lamar-odom.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lamar Odom's Children Ask for 'Continued Prayers' by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 1:55 PM CUT  Professional basketball player Lamar Odom attends HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2014 Professional basketball player Lamar Odom attends HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2014Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 1:55 PM CUT Lamar Odom’s family thanked his supporters and asked for “continued prayers” as the former NBA star remains in a medically induced coma in a Las Vegas hospital. “Thanks for your outpouring of prayers and support for our dad,” Destiny and Lamar Odom, Jr. wrote in a statement to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/us/lamar-odom-condition/ "undefined") and [ET](http://www.etonline.com/news/174125%5Flamar%5Fodom%5Fchildren%5Fask%5Ffor%5Fcontinued%5Fprayers%5Ffor%5Ftheir%5Fdad/ "undefined"). “We are here with our family and friends. We appreciate everyone respecting our privacy at this time. We ask for your continued prayers.” Odom was found unresponsive at a brothel on Tuesday; authorities believe he had been using cocaine and herbal Viagra. **Read next**: [Nevada’s Struggling Brothels in Spotlight After Lamar Odom Incident](http://time.com/4075634/nevada-brothels-lamar-odom/ "undefined") **Read next**: [FDA Warned About ‘Herbal Viagra’ Before Lamar Odom Incident](http://time.com/4075490/lamar-odom-herbal-viagra-brothel-fda/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4076326/lamar-odom-family-continued-prayers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4076326/lamar-odom-family-continued-prayers/"},"headline":"Lamar Odom's Children Ask for 'Continued Prayers'","datePublished":"2015-10-16T13:55:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:51:44.886Z","description":"The former NBA star remains in a medically induced coma","url":"https://time.com/4076326/lamar-odom-family-continued-prayers/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2a5ee6bee187f7b/69886899428a9ed9b6ccfa7e/lamar-odom.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2a5ee6bee187f7b/69886899428a9ed9b6ccfa7e/lamar-odom.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party - Inside","caption":"HBO's Official Golden Globe Awards After Party - Inside","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4076326/lamar-odom-family-continued-prayers/","name":"Lamar Odom's Children Ask for 'Continued Prayers'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Lamar Odom Found Unconscious At Brothel, Taken To Hospital","description":"Lamar Odom was discovered unconscious at a Nevada brothel. 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