Go Hoop Day - Basketball's Global Holiday

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What is go hoop day?

On June 23rd, 2018, the world celebrated the greatest game on earth with Go Hoop Day - basketball's global holiday. All over the globe, people and organizations participated in Go Hoop Day by getting out and playing.

2018 Events

From New York to Tokyo to Thiès, see what happened across the world on Go Hoop Day 2018.

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#GOHOOPDAY

Celebrate the game of basketball using #gohoopday to be featured on our website and social channels.

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HANK WILLIS THOMAS (b. 1976, Plainfield, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) is a conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to perspective identity, commodity, media, and popular culture.

The color orange is said to increase happiness, energy and playfulness. It also highly visible and is used to highlight important elements. The psychological effect and importance of the color orange on basketball can’t be quantified!

There are so many basketball courts with art created by the local community, local artists and by nonprofit organizations such as @project_backboard. If you could only visit one basketball court (ever again) that was surrounded by art or turned into a large scale artwork which one would it be?
For me it would be these b-ball courts (picture 2) at Houston Park in Chicago. The park was dedicated to Jesse “Ma” Houston and includes a huge mural along side 2 basketball courts. I love the art and the neighborhood feel of playing at this court.

Art Collection 🏀 🎤 🎨😍 🏀6th Ave Local NYC Hoop
🎤Rap Quotes (Mos Def)
🎨Life (Calvin And Hobbes)

Estate by Pennacchio Argentato

From deep @newyorksunshine

All one needs to play basketball is a basket or a "rim" and a ball or "the Rock". The goal of the RimandtheRock is to push the art landscape surrounding Basketball culture forward in innovative ways thru the use of traditional and contemporary design, engineering, street art and photography.

Photographer Mike Schreiber is well known for classic photographs of HipHop legends such as Biz Markie, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Nas, DMZ, Fat Joe, 50 Cent, Talib Kweli and Mos Def. He has photographed several legendary hoopers in his portfolio as well. Here is a timeless photograph of Dikembe Mutombo. ⛹🏿‍♂️: @dofficialmutombo 📸: @themikeschreiber

The “Design” Book. Where all my ideas go to either grow, evolve, die or become lessons to learn from. This book was instrumental in the conception of this Vintage NYC hoop project. This picture shows the initial idea along with a photograph of a completed hoop. More to come…

Made from a galvanized steel backboard and a powder coated carbon steel rim the miniature Vintage NYC Replica Hoop matches the real Vintage NYC hoop in material and proportions. The miniature hoop is approximately 1:2.5 to scale of a real Vintage hoop.

If you grew up in the 90s, Ewing either gave you great memories or he got on your nerves; especially for those Pacers/Knicks fans.

1990 Patrick Ewing- Broder Type - N.B.A. Superstars #NNO Basketball Card

Double basketball orchid @jonasbrwood

“The Classic New York Rim”
New York’s Department of Parks and Recreation has had its blacksmith’s build one of a kind hoops by hand predating the 1960’s. In order to have rims withstand the rigors of the bustling city, the rims were supported by a wing shaped steel support halfway around the rim. On one occasion they’ve tested the strength of the rims by stringing a cable around a rim and using the rim to lift a van halfway off the ground. New York is the only place to have built hoops and rims with kind of design. This practice is currently dying as there are cheaper commercial alternatives. I’ve reconstructed this relic to live on even after all of the hoops are replaced in the city.

HipHop and Basketball have gone together since DJ’s were jacking power from street lamp posts to entertain the crowd at games.