BIG3 Founder, all-time great rapper, writer, and actor Ice Cube appeared with BIG3 Commissioner and Hall of Fame player Clyde Drexler on FS1’s Undisputed to discuss changes made for the leagues upcoming second season and to reveal the BIG3 draft order that will take place on, April 12 at 8 pm ET on FS1, and tip-off for season 2 is scheduled for June 22 also FS1.
The most notable change is that the games will be live on Friday nights on Fox, as opposed to season 1 where the games were on tape delay reminiscent of how the NBA Finals were also once on delay as well.
“Friday is my day so, to be live Friday Nights right here is incredible”
Champions of season 1, team Trilogy will truly have to defend their title and aren’t allowed any draft picks and the team must remain intact. Runner-up for the BIG3 Championship, the 3 Headed Monsters coached by Gary Payton, were presented with two options; send all of their players back to the draft pool except for the captains however or to send only one of their players back to the draft pool and use a second round pick to replace said player. 3 Headed Monsters elected to keep their squad intact and choose the latter of the two options.
All captains from all teams, remain attached to their teams however, players that are not captions whose teams that finished outside of the championship game are all resent back to the draft pool and the reconstruction of the team roster reset.
New players to the league include Nate Robinson, Ron Artest, Amar’e Stoudemire, Baron Davis, Glen Davis, and Carlos Boozer. The Big3 Draft order is as follows:
No. 6 Ghost Ballers: Coach Ice Man George Gervin co-caption Mike Bibby and Carlos Boozer
No. 5 Tri-State: Coach Dr. J Julius Erivn, co-captions Jermaine O’Neal Nate Robinson and Amar’e Stoudemire
No. 4 Power: Head Coach Nancy Lieberman who is also the first woman to coach a professional male basketball team as she replaces now Big3 commissioner Clyde Drexler; co-captain Glen Davis.
“Can’t replace a Hall of Famer but with another Hall of Famer” says Ice Cube
No.3 Killer 3s: Coach Charles Oakley, co-captions Chauncey Billups, Stephen Jackson and Ron Artest
No. 2 3’s Company: Season 1 player/coach Allen Iverson, returns as full-time Head Coach; co-caption Baron Davis
No. 1 Ball Hogs: Coach Rick Berry; co-captions Brain Scalabrine and Josh Childress are without Xavier Silas who recently signed a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics via the Celtics making him the first Big3 player to fulfill one of the many mission that the league represents.
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