Long time no see everybody. In case you didn’t know, this blog started off as a classroom assignment. Write one blog post a week, read it in front of the class and receive feedback. But on May 12th, I graduated from the University of Southern California and my weekly blog assignments were over. This is… Continue reading My personal rebuild

I have been playing fantasy basketball since my sophomore year of high school in 2007. It was a love at first sight situation and from that first season I started, I have engulfed myself in the fantasy basketball world. During the NBA season I read almost every game log, scour individual players’ stats and read… Continue reading My beef with fantasy basketball

As a Lakers fan, you always hear about how much of an international following the team has, mainly because of Kobe Bryant. But for a long time, I never thought that the people in other countries watched as many NBA games as fans do in the United States. But then, I saw this video of… Continue reading Being a Lakers fan abroad

I am currently dating the girl of my dreams, but there is one big problem I have been dealing with for the past three months. I live in Los Angeles and she lives in Chicago — Waukegan actually, but same difference — and will be there until June, making our relationship a long-distance one. And… Continue reading The five stages of surviving a long-distance relationship

My whole life, I have always been competitive. Not very talented, mind you, but competitive. Growing up, my dad and I would play backgammon all the time. He is the best player in my family and it is not uncommon for people to challenge him during family parties. So learning from him was (and still… Continue reading To compete or not to compete?

Since the breakup of the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Lakers “super team” — which I put in air quotes since the Nash/Bryant/Peace/Gasol/D. Howard team ended up being a train wreck of a team that lost in the first round of the playoffs — the team has been in rebuild mode. Collect draft picks and draft a… Continue reading Should they stay or should they go?

In 2009, during my first year of college, I needed to make a major decision. A decision that would change the course of my life forever. I needed to decide what I wanted to do with my chest hair. I am a Persian man, and like most Persian men do, I have a hairy chest.… Continue reading Chest hair in the NBA

Anyone who knows me knows that I love watching TV shows and movies. I can binge watch shows with the best of them and have seen more movies than I can count. I truly don’t think that there has been a day in the last five years where I have not said a movie line… Continue reading My Top Five Lakers Comparisons

On Thursday, February 23rd, NBA fans around the league were on the edge of their seats. And so was I. Last Thursday was the NBA trade deadline… ahh gotcha. This isn’t another trade deadline piece. Guys who are way more plugged into front offices around the league than I am have written articles about the… Continue reading Tips for Dating a Lakers Fan

Last offseason, no one was hyping up Jordan Clarkson more than me. In the post-Kobe era, I was convinced that Clarkson, who I like to refer to as JC (shoutout to NSYNC), was going to become my favorite Laker. After being drafted with the 46th overall pick in the 2014 draft, JC surprised everyone by becoming… Continue reading Jordan Clarkson, You Broke my Heart