Former Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom demands a face-to-face encounter with Khloe Kardashian's boyfriend, James Harden, even though he has hardly recovered from his draining state led by an alleged drug overdose.

According to Hollywood Life, the 36-year-old player wishes to see the Houston Rockets star because he wanted to ask a favor from him, should he not fully recover from his condition.

"He loves her so much that he's asked her to bring James [Harden] to see him," the source exclusively told the publication. "He wants to look James in his eyes, man to man, and tell him that if he doesn't fully recover or things take a turn for the worse, he wants James to promise him that he'll take great care of his wife Khloe and treat her like the queen she is."

But while Odom has requested Kardashian to bring Harden for some man talk, the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star was said to be against her estranged husband's request since he is not still out of the woods, given his current condition. Although Odom has been fairly doing well with his recovery, still, the entire ordeal has been physically and mentally draining for the former player.

"Khloe doesn't think that's a good idea and neither do Lamar's docs," the source continued. "But it's something he wants to get off his chest."

Aside from the fact that his request is something that could feel awkward, it was also reported that there is a big possibility that it could upset the sick Odom. As he recovers, there are far too many things that have to take time in order to be disclosed to him, just like the fact that he had a brain injury.

It's understandable that Odom has been dealing with things with a confused mind given that his condition had been serious. One report by Hollywood Life even said that there was a time that Odom even pushed Kardashian out of his life when he knew she was spending her time with Harden again.

"Lamar doesn't love Khloe spending time with James," another tipster told the publication. "Lamar told her if she really wants to be with him then he should just leave him alone."

But even though things have been really hard for Kardashian in the past month, she said that she still has "great deal of love" for her ex even though she's dating Harden, adding that her wish for Odom is "for him to be happy," as previously reported by Latin Post.