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PODCAST: Former LA Lakers Coach Paul Westhead Talks Basketball

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This week, JJ, Mike and Tyler speak to legendary basketball coach Paul Westhead and reminisce about great Los Angeles Lakers teams of the past.

Westhead coached the Lakers to the 1980 NBA championship, the first of the Showtime era, and helped revolutionize the game with his up-tempo style, especially at Loyola Marymount where his teams broke scoring records.

JJ Fiddler
JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
http://The562.org

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