Boston is one of eight cities slated to receive a BIG3 franchise, the league announced Wednesday morning.
The team will be called the Boston Ball Hogs, and it will be coached by former Celtic Gary Payton.
The BIG3 is a 3-on-3 professional basketball league that was co-founded by entertainment mogul Ice Cube in 2017. For the first seven seasons of its existence, it operated under a touring model with all teams centrally owned by the league. Starting this year, the league is switching to a location-based model.
Speaking with Boston.com in a phone interview, Ice Cube said he has long been impressed by the support the league has gotten in Boston.