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
Denver Nuggets offseason signals an end to contention
Andre Iguodala and George Karl are gone, slowly fading away... It has turned out to be quite an eventful offseason for the Denver Nuggets. The team has brought in a new front office, head coach...
Culture of Hoops
Kobe Bryant the ego killer
When news leaked last week of Kobe Bryant’s aggressive pitch to Dwight Howard, Dwight’s decision to depart became a foregone conclusion. Rather than coddling the oddly needy center, reassuring Howard that he was a very...
Culture of Hoops
In support of the unsung NBA free agency acquisition
It's no surprise that over the past week, the NBA free agency conversation has been almost exclusively focused on Dwight Howard. By all accounts it's a perfect ESPN spin cycle story: best free agent available...
Culture of Hoops
How the Los Angeles Lakers and Dwight Howard Win
The prettiest girl in school wasn't asked to prom. A shock to everyone, I know. Shouldn't we all be upset? This is a basketball travesty... if you hate the Los Angeles Lakers. Dwight Howard leaving...
Culture of Hoops
Kanye West took a nap during "The Decision"
Yesterday marked the three-year anniversary of LeBron James spurning everyone, particularly the Cleveland Cavaliers and its fans, to "take his talents to South Beach," which is fondly known as " The Decision " for Miami...
Culture of Hoops
Of course I know how tall Marreese Speights is... NOW!
Twitter is regularly described as the downfall of intelligent conversation and quite possibly mankind itself. At any given moment you can log on and find millions of jack-wagons talking smack, trying to lay the "pipe,"...
Culture of Hoops
Best "video bombs" of the 2012-13 NBA season
The NBA is serious business! The amounts of sweat that accumulate, the muscles being torn and twisted, the mental fortitude needed to succeed (unless you're Dwight Howard) and of course the grueling grind of a...
Culture of Hoops
Chris Kaman headed to the Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have reached a one-year deal with center Chris Kaman, according to ESPN . Despite having to pay the former Los Angeles Clippers star big man $3.2 million, this addition might be...
Culture of Hoops
Dwight Howard and Patrick Ewing: Good, not great
The easiest way to troll fans of the New York Knicks, aged 30+, is saying that Patrick Ewing really wasn't that amazing of a player – and that he definitely wasn't a player worth fixing...
Culture of Hoops
Interview: Streetball Legend Anthony Heyward AKA Half Man Half Amazing
Summertime in NYC to me is the best place on earth. It's really hot and sometimes really smelly, but it's still just the greatest place to be. And as a true basketball fan I get...
