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The Hoop Life
Genre	Drama
Created by	Sean Jablonski
Starring	Rick Peters Mykelti Williamson Cirroc Lofton
Composer	Bennie Wallace
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	Joe Cacaci
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Hardwood Productions The Levinson-Fontana Company Viacom Productions
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	July 4, 1999 (1999-07-04) – March 19, 2000 (2000-03-19)

The Hoop Life is an American drama television series depicting the lives of a team of basketball players in the fictional UBA (United Basketball Association) that aired on Showtime from July 4, 1999 until March 19, 2000. starring Rick Peters as Greg Marr, Mykelti Williamson as Marvin Buxton, and Cirroc Lofton as b-ball prodigy Curtis Thorpe.

Cast

Rick Peters as Greg Marr
Mykelti Williamson as Marvin Buxton
Cirroc Lofton as Curtis Thorpe

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"The Hardwood"	Kevin Hooks	Sean Jablonski	July 4, 1999 (1999-07-04)
2	"The Hardwood"	Kevin Hooks	Sean Jablonski	July 4, 1999 (1999-07-04)
3	"It's All Greek to Me"	Unknown	Unknown	July 11, 1999 (1999-07-11)
4	"Rookie"	Unknown	Unknown	July 18, 1999 (1999-07-18)
5	"Of Human Bondage"	Unknown	Unknown	July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)
6	"The Doubleminded Man"	Unknown	Unknown	August 1, 1999 (1999-08-01)
7	"Rook to Knight's Five"	Unknown	Unknown	August 8, 1999 (1999-08-08)
8	"Acting on Impulse"	Unknown	Unknown	August 15, 1999 (1999-08-15)
9	"Communication Breakdown"	Unknown	Unknown	August 22, 1999 (1999-08-22)
10	"The Trade-Off"	Unknown	Unknown	August 29, 1999 (1999-08-29)
11	"Young But Daily Growing"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 1999 (1999-10-10)
12	"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Locker Room"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 1999 (1999-10-17)
13	"One Door Opens"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 1999 (1999-10-24)
14	"A Knightmare"	Unknown	Unknown	December 5, 1999 (1999-12-05)
15	"Road Trip"	Unknown	Unknown	December 12, 1999 (1999-12-12)
16	"Skewed Confessions"	Unknown	Unknown	December 19, 1999 (1999-12-19)
17	"End Game"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 2000 (2000-01-16)
18	"Rock, Salt and Nails"	Unknown	Unknown	January 23, 2000 (2000-01-23)
19	"A Little Yen"	Unknown	Unknown	January 30, 2000 (2000-01-30)
20	"Back Stretch"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 2000 (2000-03-05)
21	"The Talented Tenth"	Unknown	Unknown	March 12, 2000 (2000-03-12)
22	"The Second Chance"	Unknown	Unknown	March 19, 2000 (2000-03-19)

External links

The Hoop Life at IMDb

Paramount+ with Showtime original programming

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Former

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