BIG3 co-founder, Ice Cube: ‘We want to run to Oakland and bring some love.’
LEXINGTON, KY – AUGUST 06: Rick Barry, coach of the Ball Hogs, reacts during the game against the 3 Headed Monsters during week seven of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Rupp Arena on August 6, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. OAKLAND — Popular 3-on-3 basketball league BIG3 returns to Oakland to tip off its seventh season on Saturday, and opening weekend will feature a few familiar faces for basketball fans in the Bay Area.
The league played in the same venue in 2018. Games are played in a half court setting, and have unique rules such as a four-point shot and the winners being the first to 50 points. In the first two years of the league, players couldn’t be younger than 30-years-old. But the league has since lowered the minimum age to 22.“These are guys who can still play at an NBA level,” BIG3 commissioner Clyde Drexler told the Bay Area News Group in 2018. “So we’re hoping that a bunch of these guys will be re-launched back into the NBA.”In 2021, former NBA All-Star Joe Johnson played well enough in the BIG3 to earn himself a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics.
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