I am a man of many theories. About 30% of straight women are fans of chest hair, AI should be given the same rights as humans once they develop consciousness and Captain Piccard is the best fictional leader ever, just to name a few. But if I had to pick one theory to bet everything… Continue reading An Ode To The Gypsy Kings
The NBA season has finally arrived! As we begin our first year with no cash prize, I thought I would write up a little analysis of each team. So, without further ado, here is the breakdown of Pashaz League for the 2019-2020 season! Sam: Plumdog Millionaires Character Comp: Vladimir Lenin This league has prospered for… Continue reading Pashaz League Breakdown 2019-2020
Papa Tony stops by for his eighth visit to discuss the second week of NBA free agency and Kawhi’s Leonards monumental decision to join the LA Clippers.
Do you feel it? That tingle in your stomach that tells you the dark days of the NBA offseason are almost done? It’s either that or I need to see a doctor, but with training camp less than a week away, I’ll assume I’m okay. All the offseason moves are done for the most part… Continue reading Let’s Talk Lineups
For the last six years, I have watched the Los Angeles Lakers fail offseason after offseason. For a while, life as a Laker fan felt as if we were in a Les Misérables sequel. Free agent after free agent denied the Lakers and it got to the point where fans were making sacrifices to the… Continue reading The Lakers’ Offseason Grades
In August of 2012, I was back home in Laguna Hills, CA during the final month of summer break before my senior year at the University of Washington. That summer I listened to about 8 hours of sports radio a day and had my Twitter feed up on my phone non-stop. I followed every NBA… Continue reading You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
In the world of sports, fans don’t often look at professional athletes as “normal” people. They are physical specimens who are elevated to millionaire celebrity status the moment they are drafted into a league. This is particularly true of players in the National Basketball Association, or NBA. The celebrity status results in the failure to… Continue reading My grad school thesis: Mental Health in the NBA
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
The Purple and Gold Standard 