Posts Tagged ‘3×3 Basketball’
Lamar Odom, other Ex-NBA stars depart BIG3 League
Former NBA champion, 39-year-old Lamar Odom and three other ex-NBA players have been “deactivated” for the 2019 BIG3 season. He is joined by Baron Davis, Bonzi Wells and Jermaine O’Neal. The BIG3 league was created by rapper and hip-hop artist Ice Cube in 2017 and features former NBA players in a 3-on-3 basketball league. “As…
Read MoreNovi Sad Al Wahda Bags FIBA 3×3 Lausanne Masters
Serbia’s Novi Sad Al Wahda prevailed over Liman Tesla Voda 21-20 over the weekend to capture the Lausanne Masters stop of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour. They proudly take home a check worth $30,000. The top-ranked team put on full display why they are so deadly in this arena, bagging their third Masters of the…
Read MoreCorey Maggette Named Big 3 Basketball MVP
The 2018 awards for the Big 3 Basketball League have been announced and Corey Maggette (198 cm, Duke’99) of Power has been named the Most Valuable Player (MVP). Maggette is a 14-year NBA veteran who last played in that league in 2012-13 for the Charlotte Bobcats. He was known as a scorer during his prime…
Read MoreRiga Wins Bucharest FIBA 3×3 Challenger
Bucharest, Romania – Team Riga from Latvia prevailed on August 13th and prevailed over Serbia’s Novi Sad Al Wahda 21-20 in the final of the Bucharest FIBA 3×3 Challenger. It was an impressive win, considering that Novi Sad Al Wahda is ranked as the top team in the world at the moment. This allowed them to punch their ticket…
Read MoreSerbia Wins Utsunomiya FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2018
Serbia is back on top after Liman Tesla Voda won the Utsunomiya stop of the FIBA 3×3 Masters World Tour 2018. They downed the Dutch trio, Amsterdam Inoxdeals in the finals. Stefan Kolic led his team to the FIBA 3×3 win with six points. Stefan Stojacic was named the tournament MVP. He finished the game…
Read MoreBig 3 League: Tri-State Favourites to Win in 2018
Ice Cube’s Big 3 League is entering Week 4 of its second season. It’s a 3-on-3, eight-team league featuring mostly retired NBA players. The inaugural season was won by Trilogy, which defeated the 3 Headed Monsters 51-46 in the finals. Rashard Lewis of the 3 Headed Monsters was named league M.V.P.Basketball should be a year-long sport.…
Read MoreBIG3 basketball; Nostalgia or future?
While we enjoy today’s NBA flash and marksman shooting, some people want the era of the bad boys of Detroit and the show-time Lakers to return. Ice Cube is a long-time basketball fan who could possibly yearn for the old days of gritty Basketball. Presently, he is one of the masterminds behind the BIG3 basketball…
Read MoreSerbia claims FIBA 3×3 World Cup
Serbia’s dominance of the FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Cup continued as the country claimed the 2017 edition of the tournament. A 21-18 win over the Netherlands handed Serbia its third title out four World Cup’s stretching back to 2012. While FIBA 3X3 is still a firm understudy to full Basketball, it is quickly growing in…
Read MoreFIBA 3×3 World Tour: Team Novi Sad wins Final
Sendai, Japan – Team Novi Sad (Serbia) came away with an easy win over Saskatoon (Canada) 21-11 in the Finals of the FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Tour. The three-on-three basketball event was launched by FIBA in 2012. Team Novi Sad were finalists in 2013. 12 teams competed in this event and were initially divided into…
Read More3×3 Basketball; FIBA suggests 16 Teams
KUALA LUMPUR (Central Board) – 3×3 Basketball was an important topic at FIBA’s Central Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this past weekend. There were a number of vital decisions and proposals made to help basketball achieve its full potential around the world. The most important decision saw the Central Board announce it is going…
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