Changelog
What's new with Saturday Hoops NYC
October 4, 2026
Top Plays
The leaderboard has a new board you can watch. Top Plays ranks the most-liked clips and plays them back like a highlight show — hit play and it counts down 3·2·1, biggest bucket last with confetti, then rolls into the rest. Every like is a vote (this season or all-time), every row taps straight into the clip, and the board plays for The Hoodie. A new page walks through how it works.
October 3, 2026
Show Some Love
Clips got social. The like count sits right on the video, and you can tap the heart — or double-tap — on any play, even the one you’re watching (your own shows how many people liked it). Fire off floating 🔥 reactions in the moment, leave a comment pinned to the exact second, and expand any reel to a full theater to watch and talk at once. Your profile now tallies the likes you’ve received and given.
October 1, 2026
More Time on Saturdays & a Round of Fixes
Saturday mornings now run 8:00–9:50am — 110 minutes, up from 90. Plus the one-game option is now “Drop-In” with clearer pricing, 7 days of highlight access after any recent game you played (not just drop-ins), and a round of dashboard and booking fixes.
September 28, 2026
Fresh Fits in the Shop
The shop restocked: a hoodie, a beanie, and a Champion tee — with real front-and-back photos — plus the jacket in three colors. And every garment now has a size guide with real measurements, so you can pick the right fit before you order.
September 21, 2026
First to 13
Games now play the same way everywhere: first to 13 (win by 2, up to 15), real 2s and 3s, and an 8-minute cap so the night keeps moving. The full rules live on the playbook.
September 20, 2026
Every Clip Opens on the Play
Your highlights now drop you straight into the action — every clip opens about 3.7 seconds before the bucket, so you catch the move that set it up instead of the dead time before it. Scrub back for the full possession, and on your own clips hit Edit start to drag exactly where it opens (with a live loop-preview). Plus a new page that walks through how clips get filmed, cut, and delivered.
September 19, 2026
A Leaderboard Worth Climbing
The leaderboard got a full rebuild around what you’re playing for: season prizes up front (top wins, clips, or recruiting and the merch is yours), a live countdown, and a redesigned podium that shows a fourth card when you crack the top three. A desktop sidebar keeps your next games and an invite one tap away, and on mobile the prizes run edge to edge with bigger photos.
September 15, 2026
Smarter Game-Day Teams & a Round of Fixes
Teams now lock in 90 minutes before tip using the latest roster, and mutual Top-3 crew picks pull you together by rank. Plus Saturday games read as mornings everywhere (and in shared links), members holding a credit are no longer asked to pay, a cleaner recap email, and season-boundary leaderboard fixes.
September 8, 2026
The Fall Season Is Here
The 2026/27 season is live — the biggest yet. For the first time we run three days a week: Monday and Thursday nights at 8:30 plus Saturday mornings. The full schedule dropped at midnight on September 1 after a countdown on the home page and dashboard, and a new personal invite link brings someone straight into a membership when a spot opens.
August 24, 2026
The Drop
The shop is open. Tees (including The Enemy tee), a jacket, a hat, reversible jerseys, and stickers — printed on demand and mailed to you. The home page gets a dark “Drop” band over run footage, live color swatches everywhere, one cart with a single free-shipping bar at $20, and featured merch on game pages and in emails.
August 20, 2026
A New Games Page
The games list is rebuilt as roster-forward tickets, grouped by week — each card leads with who’s already in and how many spots are left, shows the start time, and a day-of-week filter jumps you to Monday, Thursday, or Saturday. Plus whole-card taps, a hover lift, and tidier avatars.
August 3, 2026
Your New Dashboard
The dashboard is rebuilt around your next game: a single card for whether you’re in, who’s playing, and one tap to book — plus your team once it’s set on game day. Below it, “Your Tape” lets you scroll your recent games straight into that night’s footage. Also: pronouns and Instagram now show on mobile profiles, co-ed nights are called out on game cards, and pages load noticeably faster.
July 31, 2026
Pick Your Crew
A new member perk: pick your Top 3 players from a searchable Members directory, and they show on your profile as a “Runs With” block. When you and someone pick each other, the night-before team assignment nudges you onto the same team — gently, so balanced teams still come first.
July 30, 2026
Invite a Friend, They Skip the Line
Invite someone new and they can skip the pre-registration line to book their first game right away — a guest pass that shows who brought them. Plus the games list now shows how many people are pre-registered, and a full pre-registration line lets you join the waitlist instead of hitting a dead-end.
July 28, 2026
See the Game Before You Book
Tapping a game now opens it — full roster and details — instead of signing you up, and you’ll always confirm before a card is charged. Plus pre-registration that holds your place in line (no more early bumping), free spot reclaims from the games list, a new membership page, and ClassPass support.
June 30, 2026
Add to Calendar & a Couple of Fixes
Add your game to your calendar in one tap — Google, Apple, or Outlook — from the game page and your confirmation email, with native cards in Gmail and Apple Mail. Plus auto-rebalancing teams when someone drops, and a tighter pre-registration path for far-out games.
June 25, 2026
Better Share Links & a Round of Fixes
Links to past games now preview properly in iMessage, WhatsApp, and Slack — game date, a “Watch the Highlights” card, and the clip count, with a clean sign-in landing page. Plus fixes to waitlist cleanup, spot releases, one-click charging, and recruiting-leaderboard math.
June 8, 2026
A New Hero & Richer Player Profiles
The homepage hero is now a nine-clip reel from the new UES gym. Player profiles gain a three-stat header, per-game clip counts on every date chip, a Played With ranking of top teammates, and purpose-built mobile layouts.
June 7, 2026
Teaching a Computer to Find Made Baskets
A behind-the-scenes look at rebuilding the made-basket detector with the latest AI tools — from 0/7 to 14/14 on a game it had never seen. The real lessons turned out to be basketball problems, not coding ones, with side-by-side video.
June 6, 2026
Your Reel, In Your Order
Reorder your starred clips on a new curation page — drag or use the arrows, with a live preview reel pinned up top. The profile reel now pauses on a closing-credits card between your starred and unstarred clips, with an edit shortcut in the player.
May 27, 2026
A Pricing & Sign-Up Update
Grandfathered members keep highlight access forever, while early sign-up moves under the $5.99/month Supporter plan. Non-members can now pre-register — save a card and only get charged six days out if a spot is available. Plus a transparent look at the numbers.
May 17, 2026
No more upsells for Supporters
The Account page no longer shows the “Buy a credit pack” CTA to active Supporters — they already get the $15 member rate per game. Your credit balance still shows for everyone.
May 16, 2026
Your Account, In One Place
A new Account page brings your subscription, credit balance, and full purchase history into one place, with one-click Supporter management. The top nav got a refresh, single-game highlight access is now 7 days, and lapsed viewers see a Become a Supporter card.
May 15, 2026
Faster Pages & Better Dates
The games page now arrives with content already loaded, leaderboard tabs switch instantly without jumping, and game cards show the right ET day from first paint. Plus a snappier checkout redirect and a Next.js 15 + React 19 upgrade.
May 3, 2026
Release Your Spot
Self-serve cancellations: drop your spot and the waitlist is emailed instantly — if someone takes it you’re credited, and Supporters releasing 48+ hours out are credited either way. Full games now show Join Waitlist, and you can take a spot back.
May 2, 2026
Rich Social Cards Everywhere
Every shareable page now has a custom Open Graph card — homepage, game detail, player profiles, leaderboard, pricing, and a quiet memorial for Nico. Plus brand polish and a publicly accessible leaderboard page.
April 29, 2026
Faster Pages & Smarter Game URLs
Leaderboards arrive with the standings already filled in and refresh the moment new data lands. Game URLs now point at exactly one game in NY time — no sibling-day collisions or phantom upcoming-game pages.
April 25, 2026
One-Tap Clip Sharing & Faster Avatars
Every highlight clip gets a Share button — a quick grab, a vertical 9:16 crop, or a branded vertical view, all watermarked. Mobile hands the file to your share sheet; desktop downloads it. Plus faster avatars across the app.
April 24, 2026
Night-Before Teams, a Playbook, and Expanded Profiles
Teams auto-assign the night before each game, with an email of your color and roster and three team cards on the game page. A new /playbook covers the rules, and profiles add pronouns, an Instagram handle, and a private gender field for balancing.
April 19, 2026
Player Cards, Public Profiles & Smoother Sign-Ups
New profile editor and public player pages with a trading-card hero, highlight reel, and past-games ribbon. 5-packs bought from a game auto-register you, the waiver hands you to Stripe, and a first-run tutorial covers hearts, stars, and hotkeys.
April 14, 2026
Past Games, Seasonal Leaderboards & Avatar Polish
Past game pages now render server-side and leaderboards default to the active season. Recruiting follows actual attendance, and every avatar falls back to the player’s email initial.
April 13, 2026
Highlight Reactions & Dashboard Video
Like other players’ clips, bookmark your own with stars, and open the dashboard to a playable reel of your last game. Games now stay current for three hours past tip-off.
April 11, 2026
Auth, Design System, Analytics & Cleanup
Custom-domain sign-in, a shared design system (Avatar and SectionLabel), Vercel analytics events, email dark-mode fixes, and removal of the old ShipFast boilerplate.
April 10, 2026
Leaderboards, Seasons & Early Bird Credits
Multi-category leaderboards with seasons and game-win tracking, plus a 17-credit pricing model with early-bird bonuses for booking your spot ahead of time.
April 8, 2026
Complete Redesign & Relaunch
Saturday Hoops, rebuilt from the ground up — a new design, a Supabase backend, a credit-based booking system, referrals, and plenty more.