Lamar Odom is desperately trying to get his career back on track after losing his job in August amid allegations of drug use and a DUI arrest. To do that, he's leaving his life and wife Khloe Kardashian behind in Los Angeles, and returning back to where it all began: his alma mater, the University of Rhode Island. Only Breaking Celebrity News has all the details of how he's trying to save his NBA career before it's too late.

After meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers on November 15 about possibly re-signing with the team, Odom was spotted on a flight to Providence, Rhode Island, just two days later. In hand, he carried the self-help book As A Man Thinketh, which encourages people to take responsibility for the problems in their lives.

By throwing himself into a new training routine, Odom appears to be doing just that.

The next day, he worked out with elite NBA trainer Rob McClanaghan, according to a tweet by Providence Journal sports writer Kevin McNamara, which was then verified by Yahoo Sports.

McClanaghan has "been fortunate enough to have trained hundreds of players all over the world," he writes on his website, including NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. At the center of his training philosophy, he says, is a focu