There’s no doubting it: we’ve officially reached the dog days of the NBA calendar; the mid-summer doldrums where there’s no basketball to watch and nothing is happening across the Association. This is especially true in Salt Lake City, where the Utah Jazz have essentially had their roster for next season set for multiple weeks now.
Praise the basketball gods that we have the BIG3 to get us through the bad times. Ice Cube’s 3-on-3 league has been the perfect summer remedy for the hoops-starved masses for the last three years.
In particular, the types that are willing to get freaky with their hardwood obsession and/or the old-schoolers — people who gripe about a lack of physical play, think the league was better 15 or 20 years ago and still spin yarns about guys like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf lighting up the score board — will find their solace here.