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
Pacers Dispatch Celtics in Close Game, 100-98
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr . The Indiana Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics Wednesday in closely contested outing, 100-98. While most of the country was focused on the primetime matchups of the Cleveland Cavaliers vs...
Culture of Hoops
McConnell, Okafor Shine in 76ers 91-87 Loss to Bucks
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . Wednesday night marked the return of Jabari Parker . After tearing his ACL last December, the second-year phenom made his highly anticipated return to the starting lineup, scoring...
Culture of Hoops
Mavericks Have Something to Prove, Collapse Under Raptors
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF SPORTS. During the second half of the Dallas Mavericks home opener against the visiting Toronto Raptors, small forward Chandler Parsons watched anxiously from the roughness of the bench. He wasn’t...
Culture of Hoops
NFL Power Rankings - Week 9
Image courtesy of the NFL. With five games decided by three points or less mixed in with some incredible comebacks and finishes, last week was one of the most exciting to date of the NFL...
Culture of Hoops
Pacers Notch First Win Against Formerly Undefeated Detroit
Image courtesy of Joe Glorioso/Flickr . The Indiana Pacers defeated the Detroit Pistons in a game in which the Pacers finally looked like a professional basketball team. From the beginning to the end, Indiana didn’t...
Culture of Hoops
Ben McLemore Continues to Struggle in Kings 103-89 Loss to the Grizzlies
Image courtesy of Sean Davis/Flickr . Might as well call DeMarcus Cousins the MVP of the Sacramento Kings. Sacramento was completely inept without the All-Star center and were throttled down low by the much larger...
Culture of Hoops
Fantasy Basketball: Rookie Rollercoaster
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . We’re a week into the 2015-16 NBA season and it’s time to see how this batch of rookies are faring. To be honest, I personally gave them a...
Culture of Hoops
Sixers Show Progress in Loss to Cavaliers
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . On a fourth quarter alley-oop dunk in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 107-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to reach the...
Culture of Hoops
The Return of the Blue-Eyed Handsome: Mavericks Squash Lakers
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/BMF SPORTS Crammed between Game 5 of the World Series and an NFL football match up between two undefeated teams, was it difficult for Twitter to sniff out handsomeness at the...
Culture of Hoops
Hawks Soar to the Top of the Southeast Conference After Back-to-Back Wins
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Atlanta Hawks fans were in a small state of emergency after their opening season loss against the Detroit Pistons. That loss is now a distant memory after the teamed...
