Kris’ 72-day marriage to Kim has turned into a never-ending nightmare!

It’s bad that enough that Kris Humphries‘ divorce from Kim Kardashian has totally marred his social life, but HollywoodLife.com has learned exclusively that his professional life is also taking a hit! “The Kim drama is affecting [Kris’] career because teams don’t wan that guaranteed drama to come into the locker room,” a source close to Kris reveals to us.

For the sake of comparison, our source points to Lamar Odom‘s seamless recent trade to the Dallas Mavericks.

“Everyone from the coach down was asked about [Khloé Kardashian] and nothing bad happened between them,” the source says. “But NBA teams are aware of the firestorm that Kris will get in the media when he signs to a team. It’s something they’re not interested in.”

As we told you earlier this morning, Khloé and Lamar received a warm welcome in Dallas upon their arrival. No wonder Khloé is “thrilled” to be there — she really is escaping the drama!

— Reporting by Russ Weakland