Free NBA and basketball wallpapers for your iPhone

Hoopster has a gallery of basketball wallpapers, made by Hoopster and sent in by fans, that you can filter by team and save straight to Photos.

Save a wallpaper

  1. Install Hoopster and open the Explore tab.
  2. Under Make it yours, tap Wallpapers.
  3. Tap Filter by team and pick your team, or browse Popular.
  4. Open a wallpaper and tap Save. Hoopster asks once for permission to add to Photos, then shows Saved to Photos.

If it says photo access is off, open the iPhone Settings app, tap Hoopster, then Photos, and allow adding photos.

Set it as your Lock Screen or Home Screen

  1. Open the Photos app and find the wallpaper you saved.
  2. Tap the share button, then Use as Wallpaper.
  3. Adjust it, tap Add, then choose to set it as a wallpaper pair or to customize the Home Screen separately.

Then add Hoopster's Lock Screen widgets under the clock, so your team's next game and record sit on top of it. See how to add NBA widgets.

Send in your own

Made a wallpaper of your team? In Wallpapers, tap + (Send one in), choose the image, give it a title, a category, a team and the credit you want, then tap Send for review. You need to be signed in with Apple. Under Mine you can see whether it's In review, Live or Not accepted, and withdraw it at any time.

Questions, answered

Are Hoopster's wallpapers free?

Yes. Browsing, saving and sending in wallpapers are all free; Hoopster MVP isn't needed.

Are these official NBA wallpapers?

No. Hoopster is an independent app and is not affiliated with the NBA or any team. The wallpapers are made by Hoopster or sent in by fans.

Where does a saved wallpaper go?

To your Photos library. Set it from Photos, or from the iPhone Settings app under Wallpaper.

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