CALIFORNIA. I'M YOUR HOST AS RAY SHEPPARD FILLING IN FOR AUBREY AKINO
TODAY.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY BECAUSE THE
LONG WAIT IS FINALLY OVER.
THE BIG THREE IS BACK IN A
BIG WAY FOR ITS FOURTH SEASON
AND CO-FOUNDER, ACTOR AND RAP
ICON ICE CUBE PROMISES THAT THE
BIG THREE WILL BE THE HOTTEST
LEAGUE THIS SUMMER SINCE ITS
INCEPTION.
THE BIG THREE HAS BROUGHT A
FAST PACED, PHYSICAL,
COMPETITIVE AND FUN ENVIRONMENT
TO THE COURT AND ICE CUBE JOINS
US LIVE STRAIGHT OUT OF L.A.
FOR THE DETAILS.
HI, ICE CUBE.
HEY.
HEY.
HEY. HEY.
HEY. HEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD, GOOD.
SO THE BIG THREE SEASON FOUR IS
BACK.
WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT?
WHAT'S THE SUMMER SCHEDULE
LOOKING LIKE?
OH MAN.
YOU KNOW, HARDNOSED PHYSICAL
LITTLE TRASH TALKING HERE AND
THERE IS SOME SOME GREAT ACTION
ON THE BIG THREE.
WE'RE IN OUR FOURTH SEASON.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OF THE
MOST PREMIER ATHLETES IN THE
WORLD PLAYING OUR SPORT NAMES,
YOU KNOW, FACES YOU KNOW,
GAMES, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IT'S
AMAZING TO BE BACK FOR A FOURTH
SEASON.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE WAITED SO
LONG BUT JULY 10TH BACK NEXT
YEAR WE GOT YOU ALWAYS GOT TO
HAVE A LITTLE LITTLE TRASH
TALKING WITH SOME PEOPLE SO
WHAT SORT OF ENTERTAINMENT CAN
FANS EXPECT BESIDES THE GAME
ITSELF?
WELL, WE USUALLY HAVE SOME
OF MY CELEBRITY FRIENDS COME
THROUGH AND PERFORM.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT
NAMES OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW,
FROM YOU KNOW, E40 TOO SHORT TO
DMX FAT JOE CARDI B I MEAN
WE'VE WE'VE HAD EVERYBODY COME
THROUGH AND SHOW LOVE TO THE
BIG THREE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SEE
THAT AS A YOU KNOW, A GREAT
LEAGUE.
THEY SEE US, YOU KNOW, TRYING
TO GET OUR TRACTION, GETTING
OUR FEET OFF THE GROUND AND
THEY'RE COMING BY AND YOU KNOW,
ENTERTAINING THE CROWD FOR US
AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.
THAT'S AWESOME.
WELL, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, INCLUDING
MYSELF WHO CAN TRY OUT FOR A
SPOT IN THE BIG THREE.
OUR TRIALS ARE OVER BUT WE HAD
TRYOUTS THIS YEAR EARLIER WE
HAD THEM IN DC AND DALLAS AND
GUYS CAME OUT THEY GAVE IT THEY
ALL WE WERE ABLE TO TO GIVE
SELECT FIVE PLAYERS FROM EACH
EVENT AND HAVE THEM COME TO OUR
BIG THREE COMBINED WHERE THEY
SHOWED THEIR TALENTS AND THEY
HAD A CHANCE TO GET DRAFTED
INTO THE LEAGUE.
UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS
DRAFTED BUT THEY MIGHT STILL BE
ABLE TO PLAY IN THE BIG THREE
IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT YOU THEIR
NAME IS IN THE DRAFT POOL SO IF
SOMEBODY IS HURT AND THE
CAPTAIN PULLS THEIR NAME
THEY'LL BE PLAYING IN THE
BIG THREE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THE YOUNG FANS ARE CALLING
THE BIG THREE FIREBALL THREE.
HOW IS THE BIG THREE DIFFERENT
FROM A TRADITIONAL GAME
OF THREE ON THREE?
WELL, LIKE I SAID IS THE
PROFESSIONAL VERSION OF IT.
THE OLYMPICS WILL HAVE THREE ON
THREE THIS YEAR AS AN OLYMPIC
SPORT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S
IT'S THE FEEB VERSION OF IT
WHICH IS AN AMATEUR VERSION
THREE ON THREE AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THEIR GAME COMPARED TO
OUR GAME, IT'S REALLY NIGHT AND
DAY AND OUR GAME IS NOTHING
LIKE THAT.
SO MY KIDS CALL IN THE FIREBALL
THREE WE LEANED IN TO THAT NAME
AND WE RENAMED THE SPORT WE
PLAY AS FIREBALL THREE JUST
LIKE THE NBA PLAYS BASKETBALL.
THE BIG THREE PLAYS FIREBALL
THREE.
ALL RIGHT.
AND WHAT IS BEING DONE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF FANS AND THE FAN
EXPERIENCE IN ARENA SINCE WE
KNOW MORE AND MORE PLACES ARE
REOPENING WHICH IS GREAT.
SO HOW ARE OUR FANS BEING
PROTECTED IN THE ARENAS AS THE
BIG THREE COMES BACK?
WELL, WE'RE PLAYING IN LAS
VEGAS, NEVADA IN NEW ORLEANS
AND IN THE BAHAMAS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW FOLLOW
ALL PROTOCOL THAT'S SET UP BY,
YOU KNOW, STATE AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, MASS
PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR WITNESS
SOMEONE WILL BE VACCINATED
ALREADY SO WE'RE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE.
AND WHERE CAN PEOPLE CATCH THE
GAMES LIKE YOU?
YOU CAN IF YOU DON'T COME TO
LAS VEGAS, YOU DON'T FIND
YOURSELF IN NEW ORLEANS.
YOU COULD CHECK US OUT ON
EITHER CBS SHRILLER OR FIGHT TV
JULY 10TH.
WE GET CRACKING.