Category: Culture of Hoops
This is Hardwood and Hollywood's section covering the culture of basketball, whether it be the NBA or amateur leagues, such as the NCAA, high school, and AAU circuit, we'll cover its top teams and players. We also focus on the culture off the court with fashion and kicks, in other words, the lifestyle.
Culture of Hoops
Easy Like Monday Night: Matthews, Parsons Help Strong Arm Bucks
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF Sports Its been a long couple of months for both Wes Matthews and Chandler Parsons, months riddled with minutes restrictions and bothersome setbacks like shooting slumps and growing pains that...
Culture of Hoops
Kings Implode in the Third, Lose to the Warriors 122-103
Image courtesy of Bryan Horowitz/Flickr . Heading into Monday’s game, the Golden State Warriors had a 93.7 percent chance of winning at home over the Sacramento Kings according to ESPN’s Power Index. Considering that Sacramento...
Culture of Hoops
Sixers Rally from 21 Down, Lose Heart Breaker to Jazz
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . Trailing by as many as 21 points in the first half, the Philadelphia 76ers used inspiring performances from Ish Smith and Richaun Holmes to outscore the Utah Jazz...
Culture of Hoops
Piera's Picks: Holiday Edition
S'up? Quite a strong week ahead of us. There are tons of dope Nike releases and one more Ronnie Fieg release that I'm ignoring, because I feel like that's all I've been talking about throughout...
Culture of Hoops
Kings Flaws Exposed in 98-94 Loss to Trail Blazers
Image courtesy Jackson Rodriguez/BMF Sports It is becoming evidently apparent that the Sacramento Kings are not a playoff caliber basketball team. Heading into Sunday's game, Sacramento was only a half of a game out of...
Culture of Hoops
How Ya’ Like That Ish?: Sixers Snap Losing Streak to Suns
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . Santa Claus arrived a day late, but gave Philadelphia the best Christmas gift the city could ask for; a 111-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night....
Culture of Hoops
NFL Preview: New England Patriots vs New York Jets II
Image courtesy of WEBN-TV/Flickr . Well, this is it. All the preseason preparation has led to this. With two weeks remaining in the NFL season the New England Patriots find themselves sitting atop the AFC...
Culture of Hoops
Steaming Hot NFL Picks: Week 16
Image courtesy of Andrew Choy/Flickr . 3-0 baby! Third perfect week of the seaaon for yours truly. Who would have guessed that my kid's school parking lot would have taught me such a valuable lesson...
Culture of Hoops
The Kings Win on the Road, Beat Pacers 108-106
Image courtesy of Nirvan Sorooshian/BMF SPORTS. "We don't win without Darren Collison ," Kings coach George Karl said after their narrow victory in Indiana. "It was a team effort in a lot of ways, but...
Culture of Hoops
Sloppy Sixers Ripped 113-100 By Carter-Williams, Bucks
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . In a high scoring affair between the NBA’s two lowest scoring teams the Philadelphia 76ers fell to the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night, dropping Philly to 0-18 on the...
