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Vlog: NBA 2K13 Developer Interview – Rob Jones Gameplay Director

September 22, 2012

Last week we were honoured to get a chance to preview NBA 2K13 and get a chance to sit down with Gameplay Director Rob Jones. I got to ask a lot of the questions you had posed for him, giving a unique insight into what the game has in store when it drops on October [...]

Vlog: adidas EUROCAMP 2012!

September 12, 2012

I’m excited to present the first ever Hoopsfix Vlog! The new YouTube channel aims to give you a little more of an insight into the workings of Hoopsfix, what goes on behind the scenes and different things we get up to. For the first one, I want to take you back to June when I [...]

Coach Vear: First Impressions

September 3, 2012

Former Medway Park Crusaders Head Coach, James Vear, continues with his blog from overseas (University of Dalhousie, Canada). Vear left the UK about a month ago, and will be regularly updating us with his experiences and life abroad. You can check his first blog entry here. Over to James: After a 6 hour flight (and [...]

The Future of British Basketball – BBC 5 Live Podcast

August 31, 2012

If, like me, you are a sucker for UK hoops and love to delve into ‘the state of the game’, BBC 5 Live aired this interesting feature on the future of British basketball last night. Darren Fletcher is joined by Mark Woods, Assistant Editor of MVP Magazine and BBC Sport’s Chris Mitchell to look at [...]

7 Random Thoughts From The London 2012 Olympics

August 24, 2012

It’s crazy to think that after a 7 year build up, the London 2012 Olympic games is all over. So much hype, money, and work has gone in over the past few years, it is sad to see it all come to an end. What an *amazing* (stars to emphasise just how amazing it was) [...]

Doin’ It In The Park Comes to London

August 23, 2012

Doin’ It In The Park, the documentary chronicling New York City pick up basketball, arrived in London on Tuesday night, with the first ever UK screening taking place at Aske Gardens in Shoreditch. You may remember seeing the trailer on the site a few months back, and at the time it was unclear if we [...]

Coach Vear: New Beginnings

August 5, 2012

Last month it was announced former Medway Park Crusaders coach (and Hoopsfix summer league team coach!), James Vear, is heading to Canada to ply his trade next season. We reached out to James and he has agreed to do a monthly blog on his experiences out there – in his first, which comes a week [...]

Hoopsfix Interview With Virgin Media Pioneers

August 2, 2012

A few weeks ago I got the chance to sit down with the lovely Georgia Lewis Anderson for Virgin Media Pioneers, an online community for young entrepreneurs, that I have been involved with since 2010. I got a chance to speak about how Hoopsfix started, the recent leap to make it a full time job, [...]

Introducing…the New Hoopsfix Logo!

July 1, 2012

You may have logged on to the site tonight and seen a slight change – the brand new Hoopsfix logo! With a much more brand-able, iconic and simple feel, the new logo is what we are going to be using moving forward into the future as we look to expand and grow. Made by my [...]

NCAA Gets British Education System Wrong

January 28, 2012

There may be no-one in the country better equipped to talk about the NCAA and their eligibility rules for British players than Duco van Oostrum. After his son Nigel (who currently attends NCAA Division 2 school Franklin Pierce) fell victim to the same rules a few years ago, Duco has spent years reading and researching [...]

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