Lamar Odom‘s definitely no Grinch … ‘trigger he handed out toys to 1000’s of children Saturday — although the infamous Christmas villain did make an look.

The previous basketball star cohosted a toy drive with Steve Pazmany — star of “Totally Torqued” on Historical past Channel — with the assistance of LAPD Devonshire PALS Middle, an org that helps fund after-school applications for teenagers.

After taking a pic with Pazmany and the Grinch, Lamar walked across the large warehouse stuffed with toys … and, test it out ‘trigger it seem like they have sufficient to fill Santa’s sleigh a number of occasions over.

In totaly, we’re advised the crew handed out items to greater than 3,000 kids … enriching the season for a complete lotta younger girls and boys.

All this was finished with the assistance of quite a few sponsors … together with “Totally Torqued” and — in fact — the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lamar’s at all times giving again … opening rehab facilities to assist individuals with their habit points — so, it ain’t suprising to see him taking part in Santa right here.

BTW … tt’s the giving season for a complete lotta celebs. Simply yesterday, Shaquille O’Neal hosted his twenty third annual Shaq-A Claus occasion — stopping by “TMZ Dwell” to inform us all about giving again to the neighborhood in Georgia.