Ice Cube’s BIG3 professional basketball league has announced the date and location for the its inaugural draft. It will be held on April 30th at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
BIG3 coaches and player captains for the eight teams will watch players compete and workout, to determine whom they will select to fill out their rosters. The coaches and captains will select from a pool of more than 70 players to fill the 24 available roster spots. Pool players include:
Latrell Sprewell, Steve Francis, Kendall Gill, Keith Bogans, Isaiah ‘J.R.’ Rider, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Marcus Banks, Earl Boykins, Derrick Byars, Josh Childress, Brian Cook, Ndudi Ebi, Reggie Evans, Donte Greene, Shane Heal, Larry Hughes, Mike James, Ivan Johnson, Jumaine Jones, Voshon Lenard, Rashad McCants, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Lawrence Moten, Ronald Murray, Lee Nailon, Andre Owens, Smush Parker, Jamario Moon, Ruben Patterson, Eddie Robinson, Xavier Silas, Joe Smith, DeShawn Stevenson, Mike Sweetney, Etan Thomas, Hakim Warrick, and James White.
A lot of guys who can ball on that last. How salty do we think some might get if not selected? This will be very entertaining. There is a lot of pride among these former NBA ballers.
The BIG3 league brass will be on hand, including: co-founders Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, President and Commissioner Roger Mason, Jr. and newly named CEO Amy Trask. The player captains and coaches also attending will be:
- 3’s Company: Captains Player/Coach Allen Iverson and DerMarr Johnson
- Three-Headed Monsters: Captains Rashard Lewis and Jason Williams, Coach Gary Payton
- Killer 3s: Captains Chauncey Billups and Stephen Jackson, Player/Coach Charles Oakley
- Ghost Ballers: Captains Mike Bibby and Ricky Davis, Coach George Gervin
- Trilogy: Captains Kenyon Martin and Al Harrington, Coach Rick Mahorn
- Tri-State: Captains Jermaine O’Neal and Bonzi Wells, Coach Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving
- Power: Corey Maggette and Cuttino Mobley, Coach Clyde Drexler
- Ball Hogs: Brian Scalabrine, PLAYER X, Coach Rick Barry
We are excited for the start of this league and look forward to covering the action. League play begins on June 25th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.