Art by Peau Porotesano It’s that time again when the “best of the west” and the “pest of the west” come out to compete for the title of Western Conference Champions. With all the offseason drama surrounding the NBA’s Western Conference over the past few months, it is finally time to evaluate how everything shook out for the 2016-17 season. Gone are legendary icons of … [Read more...] about NBA: Western Conference Preview
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2015 NBA preview: The West Coast is Still the Best Coast
Art by Peau PorotesanoBelieve it or not, it's October, which can only mean one thing: the start of the NBA regular season. Just kidding. There's also playoff baseball, the NFL and college football (that's your cue to joke about Pepperdine's lack of a football team). For yet another year, the NBA's Western Conference will be the dominant half of the league. The level of talent … [Read more...] about 2015 NBA preview: The West Coast is Still the Best Coast
Last place Lakers teach life lessons
Sweet strokes and demoralizing dunks dazzled fans at Staples Center Friday night. And yet, as delicious as that sounds, the game was anything but appetizing. The Clippers furiously ripped apart the last-place Lakers in a 48-point blowout. To put it nicely, the Lakers have had a rough season. They lost, regained and then lost again their fearless leader, Kobe Bryant. Then, the … [Read more...] about Last place Lakers teach life lessons