The BIG3 in L.A.: The reverse Danny Almonte comes to Staples Center
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The BIG3 had its eighth and final week of the regular season at Staples Center, and I was there. So many dominant teams played at Staples. The Magic-Kareem Lakers. The Drew Doughty Kings. The Shaq-Kobe Lakers. And, of course, the Harrington-McCants Trilogy sqThe BIG3 in L.A.: The reverse Danny Almonte comes to Staples Center
The BIG3 had its eighth and final week of the regular season at Staples Center, and I was there. So many dominant teams played at Staples. The Magic-Kareem Lakers. The Drew Doughty Kings. The Shaq-Kobe Lakers. And, of course, the Harrington-McCants Trilogy squad that has rolled through the BIG3 season undefeated. If Trilogy doesn’t lose the rest of the way, maybe James “Flight” White can finally get a statue outside the arena. By all accounts, the BIG3 is happy with its attendance numbers so far, and the TV ratings have been unspectacular but OK. The league has averaged about the same viewership as the Big East Tournament. But two teams were already locked in to their playoff spots and another eliminated, how would it affect those numbers? And would Ice Cube have to threaten punishments if teams rested their starters? How would the BIG3 keep excitement up? With stunts. League Commissioner Ice Cube invited his good friend Snoop Dogg to perform. Cube himself challenged LaVar Ball to a four-point shooting Read more