This weekend, professional basketball finally returns to Staples Center. And no, it isn’t for Lonzo Ball’s Los Angeles Lakers debut.
The BIG3, Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, makes its eighth and final regular season stop Sunday in Los Angeles, bringing with it an intriguing mix of gimmicks, pop culture and nostalgia.
Co-founded by Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 features a four-point shot, actor Michael Rapaport as its sideline reporter, and an assortment of everyone’s favorite NBA stars of the past, like Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups and Mike Bibby.