BIG3 — America's 3-on-3 Professional Basketball League

Season tips off June 25th, 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY http://big3.com/

THE CONCEPT

The BIG3 is the American 3-on-3 professional basketball league. Combining superstar players and fan interaction before and after the games make this an exciting live experience. The entire league is operated and managed by the players. No outsiders. No politics. Just highly competitive basketball played as it’s meant to be.

THE GAMEPLAY

Half-court play and rules designed for competition and intensity. 3-on-3 basketball is the most popular format for training, practice and recreation because it is the most entertaining.

GAME DAY

The BIG3 season starts in the summer with the inaugural season beginning June, 2017. Regular season games will follow each Saturday for 10 weeks. Games are played on centered hardwood courts in the best arenas and venues in the country. Individual player introductions add a new level of personality to this team sport. Instead of a tip off, each game starts with a half-court do-or-die shootout. 4 games per day with fan events, halftime shows, exhibits and after-parties.

WEEK 1 | June 25: Barclays Center | Brooklyn, NY

WEEK 2 | July 2: Spectrum Center | Charlotte, NC

WEEK 3 | July 9: BOK Center | Tulsa, OK

WEEK 4 | July 16: Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia, PA

WEEK 5 | July 23: Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN

WEEK 6 | July 30: American Airlines Center | Dallas, TX

WEEK 7 | August 6: Rupp Arena | Lexington, KY

WEEK 8 | August 13: Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA

WEEK 9 | August 20: Key Arena | Seattle, WA (Playoffs)

WEEK 10 | August 26: T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, NV (Championship)

http://big3.com/images/2017/01/24/arena.jpg

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2707767-big3-basketball-the-3-on-3-leagues-stars-break-down-ice-cubes-hoops-venture

i am looking forward to watching this

looks like FS1 is gonna air it.

To keep it 100, the prime motivation for employment is the dollar bill. The base salary for BIG3 draft picks is 100K. Additional incentive is that 52 percent of all BIG3 profits go to the eight teams. The first place squad will receive 30 percent of that pot, the 8th place team, the least.

Less than half of the 70 players at the combine made consistent millions during their professional career. A 13-year pro like DeShawn Stevenson—now a member of the Power team—still looks like money. Lee Nailon, a standout at Texas Christian University and NBA journeyman, came looking for a check.

"I'm not even gonna front," he says, after being drafted to Tri-State. "It was the money. I got two kids graduating from high school, so this will help me get them a graduation gift."

The last thing Ice Cube wants is for BIG3 to be perceived as the rescue shelter for players the NBA took to the shed. The NBA Development League was created to be an incubator for talent, and later an answer to the influx of kids leaving college early. Fact is, today's D-League is viewed by plenty as the land of the Not Good Enough.

The BIG3 execs don't seem worried. They're banking their success on a few things: First is a television deal with FOX Sports 1 that will air a BIG3 quadruple header on June 26 and the seven succeeding Mondays.

hoping reborn4hd live is gonna have it

ha yes all subscribers to this bord plz request it from them

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wld love it if you guys carried the new big 3 league

http://big3.com

im a full season subscriber, thx!

haha

Looks slightly less synthetic than American Gladiators or X Games, but it looks like just a different vein in the same mine.

its 3on3 three ball! whats more pure

Wait until you see the uniforms.

shd just be pinnies imo

im def not into any of the teams branding so far (outside of the trilogy). I imagine the jersey are gonna be those super shiny and unflattering ones, hoping not tho.

http://www.hksportswear.com/media/catalog/product/cache/cat_resized/large-basketball-jerseys.jpg

lol wld be awesome if they dressed in huge 90s off the rack looking gear

getting trending streetwear brands to each design a team wld be an actually smart approach

True

this looks fun

Kenyon Martin brought his trash talk to the BIG3 and not even Charles Oakley is safe (🎥: kenyonmartinsr/IG) pic.twitter.com/Oha5RMWwjx

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 23, 2017

lmao

we might see this at staples center in august if the earlier games are dece

try to get next

uh yeah uh...we already got 3, sorry. one of the guys who's playing now is going to be on my team if he loses, and another guy is on his way now. you can get after us tho

iverson looking over with an incredulous half smile

billups is all let the guy ball wtf those r the rules, the game pauses as they start bickering amongst themselves

Lmao Kev otm

haha

Starts today

lol an ice cube song abt the league autoplays on their site

Where to Watch

Games will be broadcast on Mondays, the day after the games are played. Coverage will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. You can also stream online or with the Fox Sports Go app.

wut

uhhhhhhh what the entire fuck why isnt this a live broadcast

its gonna be scripted obv

For people wondering why these games aren't being shown live: This first game is on pace to last more than an hour. There are 4 games today.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 25, 2017

IDGAF I WILL WATCH ALL THE FUCKIN GAMES

They probably want to edit the crap out of it. Kinda sad but fairly understandable. Maybe they don't want to end up like the xfl

why do the games last so long those fiba ones have 10mins of clock or first to 21

i guess those are all within a tournament structure tho

This is prob a good idea tbh, at least to start.

Jason "White Chocolate" Williams appears to have suffered a leg injury in the first ever @thebig3 game. Limped off floor to locker room.

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) June 25, 2017

o jeez

this was a bad idea

Apparently Maggette got hurt too :/

These dudes probably needed a year of training camp

or they should play less hard

In the final game of the day, well over five hours after they began, Kenyon Martin pulls up with what looks like a minor hamstring injury.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 25, 2017

Kinda lol but mostly sad

lol old guys getting hurt :/

https://www.si.com/nba/2018/03/12/roger-mason-fired-big3-commissioner-corruption-investors

uh oh!

yikes

roger mason jr. more like rob your mason jar...your

otm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da--1cqVQAEiO0q.jpg:large

Stat, K Oneal and Nate Rob??? that's a great team

Stack Jack, Billups and Artest? haha these lineups are awesome

Mike James has to be loving the improvement in talent level compared to his last team

feeling the power for weirdness

omg salim stoudemire! im def gonna try and get to one of these

Oh nvm that's the other Mike James heh

i was confused lol

pretty awesome that Abdul-Rauf is involved, always loved that guy

the OG curry

i had his nuggets jersey

He was great in the Big 3 last season. His game barely aged.

no white chocolate :/

Do the captains play in this league?

yeah

man I could not figure out who K Oneal was lol

haha sorry for the misspell

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5711031/Steve-Bannon-target-bribery-plot-Ice-Cubes-basketball-league-rapper-claims.html

Small ball is cute but sometimes the big men gotta eat. Who you got 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 #Miami this Friday, July 20th @AAarena 🏖🏖🏖
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TIP OFF 7PM ET on @facebook #BIG3Basketball #BIG3Miami pic.twitter.com/NC2xibkyje

— BIG3 (@thebig3) July 17, 2018

been lightly watching this recently and it's really fun tbf.

the ghost ballers logo rules

the ghost has a headband on

i love that one and the trilogy one.

lmao at cap jax photo:
https://big3.com/teams/killer-3s

this was a fun game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMGKOMGZ3l8
stat can still fly a bit

hmmmm

🚨🚨🚨 BIG3 Announces Player and Staff Changes pic.twitter.com/RIPmyYOacS

— BIG3 on CBS (@thebig3) July 10, 2019

uh oh

cocaine?

just guessing.

Lamar Odom has been "deactivated" by @TheBIG3 after playing 1 game.

pic.twitter.com/kwWXk7Ibx9

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) July 10, 2019

reading some comments about it all some people saying they just werent good enough or like standing around basically not playing up to a standard that the league needs to adhere to to maintain credibility. seems the most accurate.

i dont think they drug test poly, but could be wrong.

i could see that. assuming its just for lols and a check and then they actually wanna see you play hard. like washed up euro stars who came to MLS.

i watch the highlights and the league looks pretty good/competitive to me. Only the dudes that truly love to hoop still should be doing it for this league. I think some of them might go back out thinking it's gonna be one way and they may regain that love and passion for it but I could see a fair share of them just not having their heart into it.

i could see that. assuming its just for lols and a check and then they actually wanna see you play hard. like washed up euro stars who came to MLS.

― hollow your fart (m bison), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 4:57 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yea i see rooney goals on youtube all the time its cool hes stunting in the MLS

JOE. JOHNSON.

FOUR-POINT SHOT FOR THE COMEBACK WIN. pic.twitter.com/gmzkLmeho6

— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) August 4, 2019

Big Baby really just caught Nate Robinson on his game winning 3.

Only in @thebig3 😂pic.twitter.com/y9ELMxDnOE

— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) August 11, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/7LmyOno.png

mahmoud abdul-rauf on ballin at 50
https://www.nola.com/sports/article_190e4988-c79a-11e9-8fd4-0b4aa3bc2bf6.html

"HE'S NO ORDINARY JOE!"

Iso Joe with the CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING shot for @thebig3 title. pic.twitter.com/MKGf4ivPpY

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) September 1, 2019

.@thebig3 is who we are. #FIREBALL3 is what we play. pic.twitter.com/FPgFzLguHK

— Ice Cube (@icecube) January 15, 2020

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-big-3-plans-to-launch-quarantined-tournament-in-april-in-response-to-coronavirus-sports-hiatus-190821749.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJPNSzW_PhRdL0KmOmVyB8dmstwoUNgAtFKQv8LQyD0cJeXcn_VjdZrfhjLFjZtp16Gmxb38VdSemHgovRsNWCz2XZEQ8Kuyqg6rERbN4yq5MULJHNhj8ux_X6-C5K6SAFBTXQ56R8yXPMdpoTX8Du0ownScsj9NQurgMbF7A9Xn

Ice Cube announced that the Netherlands accepted his challenge to play against the Big3 All-Stars, but FIBA is reportedly trying to block the game

(h/t @Ballislife) pic.twitter.com/PegQ4fWk1F

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 12, 2024

reminds me, super cool beas is back baby

Michael Beasley is going to the BIG3 Championship after hitting the game winner and scoring 32 of his team’s 50 points! pic.twitter.com/VhiKKpavDf

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 11, 2024

a guy that was BUILT for the big3

he put up 32 points in a 50 point game lmao

seems to be like at least one new fight clip coming out from this league every day (usually involving lance stephenson)