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With New League, 3-On-3 Basketball Aims To Go Big Time

Published August 24, 2017 at 12:25 PM CDT
DerMarr Johnson of 3s Company attempts a shot while being guarded by Deshawn Stevenson of Power during week six of the Big3 three-on-three basketball league at American Airlines Center on July 30, 2017 in Dallas. (Ronald Martinez/BIG3/Getty Images)
DerMarr Johnson of 3s Company attempts a shot while being guarded by Deshawn Stevenson of Power during week six of the Big3 three-on-three basketball league at American Airlines Center on July 30, 2017 in Dallas. (Ronald Martinez/BIG3/Getty Images)

Three-on-three basketball is a game played on asphalt courts across America. But recently, rapper Ice Cube decided that it was time for the game to be played on a bigger stage. So he started Big3, a traveling basketball league of eight teams that features retired NBA players.

Hady Mawajdeh ( @hadysauce) of KERA looks at the potential for the new league to be successful.

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