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
Present and future impact of the Sacramento Kings deadline trade
Photo by Steven Covella/Baller Mind Frame With regards to the ownership of professional basketball franchises, the trade deadline poses a haphazard influence on the NBA in its entirety, pushing teams to make whatever moves necessary...
Culture of Hoops
Amidst trades, Sacramento Kings fall to Golden State Warriors
Image courtesy of RMTip21 | Flickr Coming out of a week-long All-Star break, the Sacramento Kings were shorthanded Wednesday night. Somewhat expectedly, DeMarcus Cousins was out with a strained hip flexor, but the surprise came...
Culture of Hoops
Los Angeles Clippers caught off guard in loss to San Antonio Spurs
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . With Thursday’s trade deadline quickly approaching, the San Antonio Spurs gave the Los Angeles Clippers a wake up call, the kind that can only be remedied by roster change....
Culture of Hoops
Cleveland Rocks?
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . Three weeks ago the Cleveland Cavaliers were the laughingstock of the NBA. A losing record, the failed Andrew Bynum experiment, and the subpar play of first overall pick...
Culture of Hoops
Joakim Noah debuts the adidas Energy Boost 2
Courtesy of adidas Inspired by athlete insight and driven by demand, adidas launches Energy Boost 2 with a complete technical upgrade. BOOST cushioning returns more energy than any other foam in the running industry. Energy...
Culture of Hoops
The 7 biggest NBA All-Star Weekend stock gains/losses
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Despite an overall disappointing All-Star Weekend, there were still a couple interesting story lines between the handful of events. Every year it seems as though some relatively unknown player...
Culture of Hoops
T.I., Miguel, Rick Ross and more partied it up at NBA All-Star Weekend (Video)
Image courtesy of Creative Itch Photography . This past weekend, the place to be for NBA fans was New Orleans. The Big Easy was the site for the 2014 NBA All-Star weekend. For three straight...
Culture of Hoops
Washington Wizards, analytics, and some NBA data dumping
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Admittedly as the title suggests, the principle of this column will be more so a rant on analytics/huge data dump than some of my earlier pieces that involved such...
Culture of Hoops
Dwight Howard: This is the Houston Rockets time
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and...
Culture of Hoops
Tony Parker out 'for the foreseeable future'
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and...
