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Earlier this week, it had been announced that Metta World Peace has joined the South Bay Lakers as a player development coach. However, it appears that Peace has found yet another gig as he recently revealed to TMZ Sports that he will play in the BIG3 league next summer. The 37-year-old is also set to […]

Following their successful inaugural season which ended recently, the BIG3 League has already announced some of the signings it’s made for its next campaign, via a press release made on Wednesday in New York City. The league has prioritized player captains, co-captains and coaches from last season, by offering new contracts, and having already reaching […]

A couple of weeks after getting sued for $250 million by Champions Basketball League (CBL), Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball has now fired back to their competitor with a counter defamation lawsuit. The CBL – a relatively unknown startup 5-on-5 basketball league – slapped the BIG3 with a major suit earlier this month for allegedly stealing […]

Former NBA player and now BIG3 champion Al Harrington is riding the Stephon Marbury NBA comeback wagon, hoping his fellow former New York Knick can find a way into an NBA roster after playing in China for the latter part of his career. Asked by TMZ Sports if he thinks Starbury can still play at the age […]

Following a BIG3 stint this summer as a member of the Ball Hogs, Josh Childress has agreed to a deal with the Denver Nuggets, according to Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders. The deal would make him the first player from Ice Cube’s popular three-on-three basketball league to make his way to the NBA. Childress got off […]

The inaugural season of the BIG3 League was deemed as a successful one as Ice Cube and company drew sizable crowds weekly featuring players who were mostly stars of the NBA in the past. The league has drawn a lot praise from different members of the basketball community, and the latest one to give them […]

The BIG3 League is coming off a highly successful first season that came to a close last month while capturing the attention of many former NBA players in the process. One of those players is Stephon Marbury, who has played the last several seasons overseas in China since leaving the NBA, stated on Twitter that […]

Ice Cube wasn’t happy his BIG3 league championship game had to compete with the Showtime superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, which fell on the same date. The popular co-founder wasn’t happy that the BIG3’s season finale, which also landed in Aug. 26, was broadcasting live right around the same time masses of people […]

The inaugural season of the BIG3 League may have been a success, but now Ice Cube and company are facing a major lawsuit worth $250 million, for allegedly poaching some players and even proprietary ideas from the Champions Basketball League. According to a piece made by Shayna Jacobs of the New York Daily News, the […]

Rashad McCants delivered when it counted, scoring the last five points of Saturday’s championship game against the 3 Headed Monsters to crown Trilogy the first-ever BIG3 champion, finishing an undefeated 10-0 after his 22-point MVP-performance. Following his team’s victory, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard gave praise to his coach, former Detroit Pistons’ great Rich Mahorn, while […]

The BIG3 has given former NBA players another opportunity to prove that they can still play at a high level despite their advanced ages. However for the younger ones, it was a chance for them to show off their skills, and possibly earn an invite to be part of an NBA team once again. That […]

Ten years have passed since the last time Gary Payton was on the hardwood, but his elite defensive instincts haven’t left him. The 49-year-old now is getting down and dirty, teaching his 3-Headed Monsters some high-level pick-and-roll defense, but doing so with more than his clipboard. He’s being hands-on during every step of what he’s […]

The debate about who is the greatest player in NBA history is an endless one. It will go on forever with players like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Magic Johnson among the candidates for the distinction along with players that may emerge in the years to come. Most seem to believe Michael Jordan […]

Earlier this week, Enes Kanter of the Oklahoma City Thunder had an interesting quote that took everyone by surprise. The 25-year-old claimed that J.R. Smith was the best player he’d ever seen in a pickup basketball game. Kanter recently participated in pickup games with some of the NBA’s elite like Smith’s Cleveland Cavaliers teammate LeBron […]

The BIG3 season is a game away from its finale and it won’t go away without a bang. The promotional team recently put up a banner-like resemblance of a Fight Night poster featuring Kenyon Martin of the undefeated Trilogy (9-0) on the champion side and Most Valuable Player Rashard Lewis of 3-Headed Monsters in the […]

The final week of the inaugural season of the BIG3 League is upon us with Kenyon Martin’s undefeated Trilogy squad set to take on Rashard Lewis’ 3 Headed Monsters in Las Vegas on Saturday. Ahead of the BIG3 Championship game at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Aug. 26, Martin took some time out of […]

The BIG3 League issued a press release on Wednesday to announce the recipients of their end-of-season awards, leading up to their highly anticipated title game this weekend in Las Vegas. Rashard Lewis of the 3-Headed Monsters was voted the MVP by his fellow players, as he averaged 21.3 points per game, on 56.1 percent shooting, […]

The BIG3 is nearing the conclusion of their inaugural season with the playoffs set to be played this upcoming weekend. In light of that, Fox Sports has officially announced on Wednesday afternoon that they have agreed to pick up the second season for the BIG3.  With the inaugural BIG3 Championship game set for Saturday, Aug. 26, […]

Following a warm reception by the crowd during its inaugural season, the BIG3 League was missing one of its biggest attractions, Hall of Famer Allen Iverson. The ankle-breaking dynamo used the latter part of his title of player-coach as his best aid during the eight-game tour this summer, playing in only three of the games […]

The BIG3 has given numerous NBA players of recent past a second chance at professional basketball play. As such, the league is very well-suited for someone like 37-year-old Lamar Odom, who has not seen action in the NBA since the 2012-13 season and after his near-fatal suicide attempt a couple of years back. Odom’s rise […]

The BIG3 regular season has come to an end and with that come the hopes of next season for Allen Iverson and his team, 3’s Company, who mustered a 3-5 win-loss record through the eight-week tour. But the addition of a star player of the highest caliber can change the team’s fortune right from the […]

Forward Al Harrington wasn’t pleased with Charles Oakley’s backhand landing on his face after watching the replay of the BIG3 event on Monday night. The New York Knicks icon swapped the clipboard for some sneakers and laced them up for the first time in more than a decade for the Killer 3s on Sunday, mustering […]

The BIG3 in its initial season has been quite a success with the intense level of competition between the former NBA players that has created a buzz about the future of the league. There have been a few notable players that have voiced their interest in being a part of the BIG3. The latest is former […]

Old habits die hard. Charles Oakley is still living up to that axiom as clearly exemplified by the back fist hit he laid right on Al Harrington’s face during a BIG3 contest between Oakley’s Killer 3s squad and Harrington’s Trilogy. Oakley announced last week that he’ll be going beyond his role of coaching the Killer […]

BIG3’s No. 1 overall pick Rashad McCants is not a fan of the “softness” of today’s NBA. Luckily for him, the new three-on-three format has welcomed a much more physically aggressive style of play and rid itself of it. Sunday marked not only the regular-season finale, but also the debut of New York Knicks icon […]

LaVar Ball owned up to his promised accepted challenge issues by Ice Cube to beat him in a 4-point shot contest during halftime of the Los Angeles Big3 showcase. Ice Cube won the contest 2-1, but Ball didn’t seem bothered by it and was in fact in a pretty good mood taking pictures with onlookers […]

After shooting around and spending some time at the BIG3 regular season finale at Staples Center in his native Los Angeles, Gilbert Arenas has hopes of joining the three-on-three formatted league next season. The bucket-getting 35-year-old showed an array of deep jumpers early in the day while some players talked to the media and expressed […]

The player/coach of the BIG3’s Killer 3s, Charles Oakley, got his first taste of competitive basketball in 13 years since retiring from the NBA, and his return to the hardwood  wasn’t much different from the physical basketball of the 80s and 90s. Old habits die hard for “Oak”, who came really close to fighting Trilogy’s […]

The challenge between Ice Cube and LaVar Ball finally happened on Sunday inside the Staples Center. With the Big3 in town for their Week 8 action, the CEO of Big Baller Brand was courteous enough to accept the league founder’s invitation to grace their visit at the Los Angeles Lakers’ home court, and also for […]

LaVar Ball brought his youngest son, LaMelo, to the BIG3 regular-season finale at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, only to be welcomed with loud cheers after appearing on the venue’s big screen. Staples Center crowd cheers loudly for LaVar Ball pic.twitter.com/lbpG3MGbDF — Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) August 13, 2017 While he has definitely […]

Despite having been out of the league for five years, Gilbert Arenas is still making deep three-balls look easy, as he rained down a couple of bombs during the BIG3 open practice on Sunday morning. The L.A. native took two effortless cracks at his jumper, first from NBA range and after from the BIG3’s signature […]

New York Knicks icon Charles Oakley is slated to lace them up for the first time in 13 years at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during tonight’s BIG3 regular season finale. While “Oak” has been the man with the clipboard on the sidelines, he’s now set to trade spots with former Detroit Pistons star […]

Rapper and BIG3 owner Ice Cube invited LaVar Ball to attempt a halftime four-point shot during the Los Angeles event at Staples Center on Sunday. The gist of the challenge is if he makes the shot, Ice Cube promises to buy a pair of Big Baller Brand ZO2 shoes for each player on Ball’s AAU […]

Earlier this summer, BIG3 creator Ice Cube took to social media to issue a challenge to LaVar Ball to attempt his league’s four-point shot. In light of the BIG3 coming to Los Angeles this upcoming weekend to play at Staples Center, Ball has made it clear that he has accepted the wager set. Challenge accepted […]

New York Knicks icon Charles Oakley will lace them up once again, 13 years after his retirement from the NBA, to take on the undefeated Trilogy (7-0) in the regular-season finale come Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The big man will switch places with captain Chauncey Billups, who will trade the sneakers […]

After 20 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant walked away from the game of basketball in 2016 as a five-time NBA champion and arguably the greatest player to come through the Los Angeles Lakers organization. Regardless of Bryant’s claim that he doesn’t miss the game in retirement and has no desire to play professionally again, […]

After winning two championships and the 2011 Sixth Man of the Year award with the Los Angeles Lakers, Lamar Odom has faced a lot of adversity. It has almost been two years since Odom was found unconscious at a brothel and he recently shared his journey on The Players’ Tribune. At 37 years old, the […]

Back in May, LaVar Ball and Ice Cube figured in a back-and-forth on social media where the BIG3 founder issued a four-point shot challenge to Ball for 10 pairs of the ZO2s. Ball quickly responded with an Instagram video, letting Ice Cube know that he accepts it. He then added his own twist to the […]

At this point in the season, the BIG3 League appears to be a success. Ice Cube’s ambitious venture to create his own basketball league during the NBA offseason period has been better than expected and its first season appears to have drawn the eye of former NBA stars like Gilbert Arenas. In a wide-ranging interview […]