Retired basketballer Lamar Odom is reportedly “fighting for his life” in hospital after being discovered unconscious in a Nevada brothel.

According to TMZ, the former Los Angeles Lakers player was reportedly discovered in his room at Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch South on Tuesday with a “mucus-type liquid coming out of his nose and mouth”.

Odom, who was married to reality television star Khloe Kardashian for four years before their 2013 divorce, had reportedly been staying at the ranch alone.

TMZ reports the 35-year-old is being airlifted to Las Vegas to receive further treatment.

A source told TMZ: “It’s not good.”

Odom has struggled with substance abuse in the past and has attended rehab for an addiction to cocaine.