NBA Player Development Coach L.D. Williams recalls a pressure moment at Wake Forest against #1 Duke and how a little gym in his hometown prepared him for the big stage.
Read MoreParadise Is A Basketball Camp In Jamaica
My first year as a coach at the PMBL Youth Basketball Camp in Treasure Beach, Jamaica. A camp that was held despite the destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: Lalia Tate's journey to overseas hoops
Lalia Tate represents the Navajo inscription house Ts'ah Bii Kin and plays basketball overseas for the Thailand national team and at the professional 3x3 level. Tate tells her story of training in the Arizona heat to prepare for her pro future.
Read MoreThe Spiritual Game: A Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib
The poet and MacArthur fellow Hanif Abdurraqib talks pick-up basketball, spirituality, and his new book There's Always This Year.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: The Hooded Hooper
Taweh Browne, aka The Hooded Hooper, is a basketball content creator from Suwanee, Georgia and Peachtree Ridge Park is his home court. This is his story of finding peace and a voice while shooting hoops at Peachtree.
Read Moremulti-disciplinary artist Tay Butler on "Hyperinvisibility"
On a Project Backboard job in Houston, Texas the team linked up with multi-disciplinary artist Tay Butler to talk collage and hang out in his studio. Part of the conversation focused on his “Hyperinvisibility” series.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: @jarrelharris lost one court, but gained a family
Jarrel Harris is the NBA editor at Sports Illustrated and the co-founder of the sports media run Sunday Washed Club. Raised in the Lower East Side, Harris’s home court once resided beneath the picturesque Williamsburg Bridge. That is until disaster struck. This is his story.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: @emiguimond's hope for Holy Grounds
Emi Guimond has hooped around the globe, but she always returns home to Michigan. In all her travels, she never forgets about “Holy Grounds”, the public court that was built during her childhood and made a lasting impact on her. Even in its neglect, she still has a deep love for those double rims.
Read MorePaint Days in Hell's Kitchen with Project Backboard
Project Backboard is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that renovates public basketball courts into large-scale works of art, while maintaining and even improving the structural use. The organization has renovated over 30 courts into inspiring, creative spaces of play since 2015. These “works of art” (the finished piece) have been designed by noteworthy modern artists like Sophia Dawson, David Huffman, and Faith Ringgold. The week I moved to New York City the organization posted a video of the artist Andrea Bergart shooting hoops at their next install location. In the near background of the video I saw my apartment tower. Kismet.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: @HGNEXT presents "The Wood"
Giovanni of @hgnext is making a name for himself as a videographer hosting open runs in Brooklyn, filming some of the cities devoted hoopers going head to head. This is a special entry from the archives worth revisting. It shares the story of Giovanni’s introduction to hoops and pick-up ball.
Read MoreLIFE SPAN: @SWISHHDREAMS
The LIFE SPAN series continues with hooper, clothing designer, and court designer Hannah Hunter, founder of Swishh Dreams. The non-profit project uses its funds from the clothing brand toward basketball court restoration. Hannah’s contribution to LIFE SPAN tells the story of the first court that launched the project.
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