Showing posts with label Basketball; BIG3; Ice Cube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball; BIG3; Ice Cube. Show all posts

Saturday, June 24, 2017

US’s Star, Ice Cube, Has Big Expectations For His BIG3 3-On-3 League

In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, former NBA player and players union deputy Roger Mason, left, listens as entertainer Ice Cube, right, announces the launch of the BIG3, a new 3-on-3 professional basketball league, in New York. For his league of former NBA players that debuts Sunday, the actor-entertainer insisted the competition be serious, a proper representation of a form of basketball that's so popular that it's ticketed for the next Olympics. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ice Cube is not planning an old timer's tour. He isn't interested in All-Star Game intensity.
In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, far left, and Ice Cube, second from right, pose with former NBA players Kenyon Martin, second from left, Allen Iverson, third from left, Rashard Lewis, third from right, and Roger Mason, far right, after a press conference announcing the launch of BIG3, a new 3-on-3 professional basketball league, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)