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
Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #43 Zach Randolph
Image courtesy of Sean Davis/Flickr . Resume: 16.1 points, 10.5 rebounds (7th in league), 2.2 assists, 1.0 steal, 38 double-doubles (10th in league), 32.5 minutes, 49% FG, 77% FT ... Team Record in Games Played:...
Culture of Hoops
adidas, University of Nebraska partner with Mache for 'Hurricane Cleat Pack'
Mache of Mache Custom Kicks is one of the elite footwear artisans in the relatively brief history of footwear customization. Known primarily for his work with LeBron James and other NBA players, Mache is now...
Culture of Hoops
NFL Power Rankings Week 2
Image courtesy of the NFL . With so many Week 1 surprises it's hard to get a sense of what all really happened. Are some of these teams legitimately good, or were they just lucky?...
Culture of Hoops
The Key to NFL Sucess: It’s All in the Play Call
Image courtesy of AJ Guel Photography/Flickr . The perfect play call takes into account the situation and gives you the most opportunity for success. With under two minutes to go in the game, the New...
Culture of Hoops
So Suh Me: Ndamukong up to His Old Tricks?
Screen capture courtesy of the NFL/YouTube. For those of you unaware there is a bit of a history with Ndamukong Suh . There have been far too many incidents of things happening “accidentally”, and we’re...
Culture of Hoops
Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #44 Dirk Nowitzki
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Resume: 17.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 29.6 minutes, 46% FG, 38% 3PT, 88% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 47-30 (3-2 without) ... Playoffs: 21.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.4...
Culture of Hoops
Are the Cleveland Browns the Worst Team in the NFL?
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . Consistently rooting for a bad team is like eating at Burger King every single day when you have terrible acid reflux. Sure, the pain is unbearable, but you...
Culture of Hoops
Yadier Alvarez No. 1 international Prospect
Yadier Alvarez is here, dressed in a light gray suit and a baby blue undershirt with newly polished black shoes. He's riding an escalator up, making his way to the fourth floor for a meeting...
Culture of Hoops
BMF Sports Fantasy Basketball Player Rater
BMF Sports is proud to announce the launch of its NBA Player Rater for fantasy basketball. It’s the brainchild of a former co-blogger of mine, Patrick Madden. The rating system he developed is called “WARP,”...
Culture of Hoops
Fantasy Basketball: Starting from the Top
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . I recently started working on BMF Sport’s Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Like any big project, I outlined what I wanted to write about, focusing...
