Odom still on mend; Harrick: 'More hopeful now'

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.

So much so, that Odom has started physical therapy and will soon try to walk, sources told the Los Angeles Daily News.

Jim Harrick, Odom's former college coach at Rhode Island, told CNN on Monday that the 35-year-old has made progress during his stay at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

"We're more hopeful now," Harrick said. "We've been on pins and needles for days."

Odom has been in the hospital since Tuesday, when he was found unconscious at Nevada's Love Ranch brothel, 90 minutes northwest of Las Vegas. He was…