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.
NBA
2016 NBA Free Agency Preview
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. Ah, NBA Free Agency ... The one time of the year where even the most plugged-in individuals in the NBA have no fucking clue what's about to transpire over...
Culture of Hoops
Lift Life Foundation & Caring Teen Help Transform a School While Giving Back to the Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgCCf8NSzHY&feature=youtu.be Scroll down to view the full video. A special project was presented last month to a high school student chosen by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Instead of asking for a trip to Disneyland or to...
NBA
Potential 2016 NBA Free Agency Bargains
Image courtesy of Hang Dynasty/Flickr . The 2016-17 season is going to showcase a vastly different climate during NBA free agency due to the massive increase in salary cap. Thanks to big business, money, and...
NBA
The Winners (And Few Losers) Of The 2016 NBA Draft
Image Courtesy of NBA on ESPN/Facebook Fun fact: Two years ago today I was asked by the editors at The BMF to write a Winners and Losers of the NBA Draft column. It would be...
NBA
New York Knicks Get Their Point Guard By Acquiring Derrick Rose From Bulls
Image courtesy of Jim Larrison/Flickr. The New York Knicks have finally have a point guard. On the eve of the NBA Draft the Knicks—who still do not have a pick tomorrow night--have agreed to a...
NBA
Kevin Durant: Should He Stay Or Should He Go?
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . The 2015-16 NBA season ended with a bang, but there is no time to reminisce. While we have to wait until October for basketball we have the summer...
NBA
Kevin Durant, the Possible Solution to a Golden State Collapse
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. It was a collapse. There's no sugarcoating the painful obvious, the irreversible truth. Not only are the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors the greatest team in the history of sports...
Culture of Hoops
The Cleveland Curse Is No More
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr . Curse. 1: a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one: imprecation. 2: something that is cursed or accursed. 3: evil or misfortune that comes as...
Culture of Hoops
NBA Draft: Ben Simmons Or Brandon Ingram?
Screen capture courtesy of the NCAA/YouTube. Two very different players, two very different storylines, and yet both are very close in the debate of best player in the draft. The potential for both is there,...
NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers Party In Las Vegas After Winning NBA Championship
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors on Sunday to win the first NBA title in franchise history. The team came back from a 3-1 deficit, which was...
