Fiba Wants to add 3 on 3 Basketball at 2016 Olympics
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Stop the presses: a large, international governing body just had a great idea that would be really, really fun and really, really awesome.
USA Today reports that the top executive for FIBA, the world's leading basketball organization, is proposing a three-on-three tournament be added to the Olympics.
Secretary-general Patrick Baumann said Saturday that his group planned 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 in 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 three-on-three world tour and world championship, but Baumann welcomed all three-on-three tournaments, such as Gus Macker and Hoop It Up, into the fold as long as those tournaments adhered to FIBA rules, including the registration of players in a database to chart wins and losses.
USA Today reports that the top executive for FIBA, the world's leading basketball organization, is proposing a three-on-three tournament be added to the Olympics.
Secretary-general Patrick Baumann said Saturday that his group planned 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 in 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 three-on-three world tour and world championship, but Baumann welcomed all three-on-three tournaments, such as Gus Macker and Hoop It Up, into the fold as long as those tournaments adhered to FIBA rules, including the registration of players in a database to chart wins and losses.
Fiba Wants to add 3 on 3 Basketball at 2016 Olympics 42 votes
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That's that ? i don't likeI don't know what to say. Wow.
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Oh ? sign a ? upmight as well. It would be better than most everything else at the olympics
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They can't find room for wrestling (a pure Olympic sport), but they got room for this ? . Sad
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I ? wit it? it, put it in there. If it's wack I won't watch it, ? won't ruin my day in the least...
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Oh ? sign a ? upI won't be nba players idiots.
And so what if they cut out one event that you don't even watch now. Where is the harm. -
Oh ? sign a ? upI won't be nba players idiots.
And so what if they cut out one event that you don't even watch now. Where is the harm. -
Oh ? sign a ? upSay it again
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That's that ? i don't likeO.G.VETERAN wrote: »They can't find room for wrestling (a pure Olympic sport), but they got room for this ? . Sad
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I ? wit itRucker Park bout to be all in this.
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Matt is racist for voting for the option that has the N word in it....smh
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I ? wit itIs it to 21? And if you go over do you have to start back at 15? And if the ball hits the rim do you have to take it out of the lane? And if the other person claims they were fouled are required to tell them to quit crying like a ? and play ball?
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Oh ? sign a ? upO.G.VETERAN wrote: »They can't find room for wrestling (a pure Olympic sport), but they got room for this ? . Sad
no offense to the "pure" olympic sport but wrestling doesn't translate to TV well. In london the judges were corrupt with points and its hard to catch on with the scoring if your not used to watching.I would rather watch a 3 on 3 street ball type ? than watch wrestling ? the history of the olympics lmao.
Also theses gymnastic and swimming and track and field ass ? have hella events they can compete in. why not throw in a 3 on 3 tourney (wit 3 college players and maybe 3 reserves). If dunking was actually at an innovate stage like it was in the 80's and 90's i would say have a dunk contest too.
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Could be an interesting idea better than most of those water sports they have every 4 years.
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Oh ? sign a ? uplol ? Ill sign up for it
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I ? wit itThe US trials for this would be off the chain if it became an Olympic sport. They should get that announcer from the And 1 ? involved in some capacity. Hell have him there for the Olympics too.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »The US trials for this would be off the chain if it became an Olympic sport. They should get that announcer from the And 1 ? involved in some capacity. Hell have him there for the Olympics too.
It'll be joe buck and greg grumble as the commentators. -
I ? wit itThe Lonious Monk wrote: »The US trials for this would be off the chain if it became an Olympic sport. They should get that announcer from the And 1 ? involved in some capacity. Hell have him there for the Olympics too.
It'll be joe buck and greg grumble as the commentators.
nba tv should be all over this. regional trails, country trails, world wide trails, would all be dope. get barkley/kenny/ and a current nba player to call it. -
It's going to be like NBA Street. 96 Jordan, Allen Iverson, Wilt Chamberlain
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I ? wit itlol So ? is wack unless the players have a name? Ok, if you say so.
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I'm signing up
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