LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Clippers catered to Los Angeles’ Armenian fans Tuesday with a themed event they called Armenian Heritage Night. The evening marked the second consecutive season that the NBA franchise has paid tribute to the million-plus Armenians who reside in greater Los Angeles County.
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That was indeed a very noble act by the Clippers organization in showing honor to the Armenian community of Los Angeles. And what about the Los Angeles Lakers? What’s their excuse for not having an “Armenian Heritage Night”?
“In between the festivities, DJ Dense played the song ‘Dukhov’ during warmups.”
And why wasn’t DJ Davo invited to the festivities (along with Suro) to perform the big hit song, “Du shat char es”? Here in Yerevan, I’ve noticed that the young hayuhis love to dance to this particular song.
Thanks for the Clipper Basketball Article. Did not even know about this event, boy were WE asleep. Pasadena Sister Cities Committee has had Vanadzor Armenia as our Sister City since 1991, over 27 years.
congratulations to Rex Kalamian. Hopefully he will become a head coach in the NBA some day. If he does he won’t be the first head coach of Armenian heritage.
Doc Rivers, the current Clippers coach, replaced John Carroll, who is of Armenian Heritage, as head coach of the Boston Celtics. John was an assistant coach with the Celtics for 7 years before he was named the head coach to finish half a season when the Jim O’Brien resigned. He held several other positions with NBA teams. John has had numerous head coaching and assistant coaching jobs for college teams
He was born in NJ and even played in The NY-NJ metro area Armenian Churches Sports Association Basketball League which was founded in 1967 and just finished its 52nd year
Thank u LA Clippers for honoring Armenia and Armenian Songs and Dance Ensemble. Thank you Rex Kalamian for promoting this wonderful event. Hope u become a head coach in the near future.