Big3

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Big3

sport basketball
League foundation 2017
Teams 8th
Country countries United States
TV partner CBS Sports
Website big3.com

The Big3 is an American professional basketball league in the 3-on-3 game . It was founded in January 2017.

history

The 3-on-3 league Big3 was founded on January 11, 2017 by the musician Ice Cube and the media and music entrepreneur Jeff Kwatinetz in New York . As the first player, the league signed former NBA pro Kenyon Martin . On April 30, 2017, a draft process was carried out in which the teams selected players for their squads. In the first place, the Trilogy team secured the services of Rashad McCants . The league signed a television deal with Fox Sports .

Eight teams ( 3'Company , 3 Headed Monsters , Ball Hogs , Ghost Ballers , Killer 3s , Power , Trilogy , Tri-State ) with five players each took part in the league's first season, which took place from the end of June to the end of August 2017 part. The majority of the players were former professionals of the traditional basketball variant, including Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf , Kwame Brown and Andre Owens. At the end of January 2017, the new league hired well-known basketball personalities as coaches, including Gary Payton , Clyde Drexler , Rick Barry and Rick Mahorn and Allen Iverson (the latter acted as player -coach ).

The premier season was played on eight main round match days in eight different cities in the United States. As part of a matchday, each league team played a game in the same hall. The four best-placed teams in the main round competed in the semi-finals on a ninth matchday, the other teams played placement games. On a tenth weekend in Las Vegas, the final and the game for third place took place. Trilogy secured the first championship title of the new league with a 51:46 final victory over 3 Headed Monsters . As the best player of the opening season, Rashard Lewis was awarded. According to the league, the average number of spectators on match days of the premiere season was 11,000.

In March 2018, Clyde Drexler took over the position of league leader of the Big3, taking over from Roger Mason . In their second year of play, the Big3 increased their average attendance to 14,000. The Power team won the championship, and Corey Maggette received the award for the best player of the 2018 season . The championship team was supervised by Nancy Lieberman , who became the first woman to win the championship title in a male professional sports league.

At the beginning of April 2019, the league agreed on a contract with the broadcaster CBS Sports to broadcast the league games. Before the third season in summer 2019, the number of participating teams was increased from eight to twelve, plus Aliens, Bivouac, Enemies and Triplets . Joe Johnson , Greg Oden , Gilbert Arenas and Lamar Odom were brought into the league as well-known new players . The Triplets team faced the Killer 3s in the final of the 2019 season and prevailed with 50:39. Joe Johnson scored the decisive throw to win the championship and was also named best player of the season.

Set of rules

The game rules of the league deviate in several points from the 3-on-3 rules of the world association FIBA . In the Big3, for example, the team that first scores 50 points in a game wins (initially it was 60). On the playing field in Big3 there are three four-point circles outside the three-point line: If a player touches one of these circles with at least one foot at the beginning of the throwing movement and scores the basket, his team is awarded four points. The attack time is 14 seconds.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ice Cube & NBA Greats Introduce BIG3 Basketball League in New York City. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  2. ^ Rashad McCants selected with No. 1 pick in Big3 draft. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Timothy Rapp: BIG3 League Contract Renewed by Fox Sports. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Barry, Drexler, Mahorn join BIG3 as coaches. January 26, 2017, accessed May 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Sources: Allen Iverson to serve as head coach / player in new BIG3 league. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ T.-Mobile Arena: BIG3 RELEASES INAUGURAL SEASON GAME SCHEDULE | T-Mobile Arena. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  7. ^ Rashard Lewis wins first-ever BIG3 MVP; Stephen Jackson named Best Trash Talker. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c S. VG Staff: CBS Sports Inks Deal With BIG3 for Live Coverage of the 2019 Season. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  9. ^ Benjamin Hoffman: Clyde Drexler Named Commissioner of Big3 League . In: The New York Times . March 15, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 2, 2019]).
  10. ↑ 2018 BIG3 basketball championship: Power wins title after altercation; Corey Maggette named MVP. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  11. ↑ BIG3 Commish, HOF'er Clyde Drexler Talks Season 3, Best Storylines To Watch. June 25, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019 (American English).
  12. ^ Anthony Sigismond: One MVP Case for Each BIG3 Team. June 17, 2019; Retrieved June 30, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ Big 3: Greg Oden reflects on journey back to basketball, returns to Indianapolis with a new perspective. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Adam Wells: BIG3 League Basketball 2019 Results: Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson Shine in Wins. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ryan Gaydos: Lamar Odom scores two points in Big3 basketball debut. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019 (American English).
  16. ↑ BIG3 championship weekend scores, takeaways: Joe Johnson makes his NBA case as he leads Triplets to title. Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Five ways to improve the Big3 basketball league. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Gregory Shamus: Ice Cube's Big3 basketball league is coming to Miami. Here's what you need to know. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Big3 begins: Ice Cube's new 3-on-3 league starts with a bang. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .