BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Lamar Odom Opened His Eyes and Was Able to Speak

A spokeswoman for Lamar Odom‘s aunt says the National Basketball Association star woke up and spoke three days after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel.

The former NBA star had been a popular member of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning two championships with the team and enjoying widespread fame as a reality TV star himself before his recent downward spiral, which included leaving pro basketball, a pending divorce with Kardashian and a drink-drive arrest.

Authorities said that Odom had been at the brothel since Saturday afternoon, and had taken several herbal Viagra pills.

TMZ corroborated these reported signs of improvement with news that doctors at the Las Vegas hospital briefly took Odom off of a ventilator and put a mask on him to test if he could breathe without life support.

Odom remains hospitalized in Las Vegas after being found unconscious Tuesday at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada.

After almost three days of a desperate hospital vigil, Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s family seemed to get the miraculous breakthrough they were waiting for today when Odom suddenly opened his eyes.

He allegedly picked two women.

Earlier in the day, a source told ET that Lamar communicated “Yes” when asked if he wanted to see his children.

But Kim and Khloe’s Twitter accounts have been silent since the sisters rushed to Odom’s bedside this week, along with his other family members.

Odom ultimately did not take that walk on the wild side with the 5-foot-1, 100-pound Montag, who, according to a Love Ranch press release from August, has “fully working male genitalia”, in addition to 32DD breasts.

Doctors believe Odom’s kidney failure is the a result of his alleged drug use, and not caused by hypertension – high blood pressure – or diabetes, which are common natural causes of kidney failure, the source said.

The coach said he plans to visit Odom in hospital next week, adding that Kardashian has been discouraging too many visitors because “it’s like a circus”.

The owner of the brothel, Dennis Hof, gets 50%.

Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, posted a photo of Odom in his Lakers uniform on her Instagram account, asking fans to “please pray for Lamar #ourfighter”.

The message was addressed to fans as a note from Kardashian. “Virtually every drug imaginable was found in his system”.