The Regime Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Could three-on-three basketball becoming to the Olympics? It will if FIBA, the international governing body, has its way. Secretary-general Patrick Baumann said Saturday that his group plans to propose it to be played as early as the 2016 Rio Games. Three-on-three, the game played in driveways, on playgrounds and around the country during the annual Gus Macker tournaments debuted at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. FIBA wants to create a comprehensive ranking system that would determine the best three-on-three teams in the world. FIBA already has a 3-on-3 World Tour and 3-on-3 World Championship, but Baumann welcomed all 3-on-3 tournaments, such as Gus Macker and Hoop It Up, into the fold as long as those tournaments adhere to FIBA rules, including the registration of players in a database to chart wins and losses. “Like volleyball has beach volleyball, swimming has synchronized swimming, we want 3-on-3 to be part of it,” Baumann said. After rankings determine the top teams worldwide, Baumann said each nation would be responsible for creating a format to determine which team it sends to the Olympics. Baumann reasons that that 3-on-3 will allow more countries to experience the Olympics and help FIBA expand basketball’s global popularity. He said smaller basketball nations regularly send teams to FIBA’s 3-on-3 World Championship. “We’ve chosen 3-on-3 as being one way of bringing that community into the Games,” he said. “For us, this is also really about growing the mass of players on a grassroots basis. We want them to be part of the family and hopefully have new talents for the game.” http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/basketball/story/2012-08-11/three-on-three-hoops-rio/56975564/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazed49 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 I wonder how that would work as far as choosing the players. Will guys from that national team be able/want to play in these or would it be like the guys from the select teams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 street rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazed49 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Lol. Do they call their own fouls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJFromTheDMV Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Sounds great to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) Sounds great to me.Yeah, that'll be dope. EDIT:Next Event on USA Basketball's official site: 3x3 World Championship: USA vs TBDAug. 23Athens, Greece http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/ Edited August 13, 2012 by Sħãlïq̵' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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