Lamar Odom's family and friends said Monday that his condition is improving at a Las Vegas hospital after the former NBA star was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel a week ago.<br />In fact, Odom has started physical therapy and will soon try to walk, sources told the Los Angeles Daily News.<br />Odom has been breathing on his own, without a tube, since Friday, according to sources.<br />He also has been conversing with family and friends.<br />"Lamar has always been blessed with a tenacious, fighting spirit, overcoming insurmountable obstacles to achieve the impossible," JaNean Mercer, Odom's maternal aunt and godmother, said in a statement Monday.
