WELL THERE'S A BIG
BASKETBALL COMING TO THE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT BIG 3.
THE LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED BY
MUSIC ICON PRODUCER
SCREENWRITER AND ACTOR ICE
CUBE AND JEFF KWATINETZ THEY
ARE HERE TO TALK WITH US THIS
MORNING, GOOD MORNING GUYS.
HEY GOOD MORNING.
SO EXCITED TO TALK TO HERE,
I KNOW THIS IS THE LEAGUE'S
4TH YEAR AND AS YOU'RE COMING
INTO THE YOU ARE HAVING TO
POTENTIALLY MAKE SOME CHANGES
WITH ALL OF THE CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS AFFECTING BIG 3 AS
WELL HOW ARE YOU HANDLING IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WE WERE
BEING YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT
ABOUT IS KNOWN SAW THINGS
DEVELOPING. NO WE'VE BEEN ON
THIS FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS COMING
OUT WHAT OUR PLAN TO. TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE OUR
BIG 3 SEASON RIGHT HERE ON CBS
EVERY SATURDAY. SO WE HAD TO
COME WITH A CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHICH IS. 6 OF OUR 10 WEEKS
WILL BE PLAYED IN LOS ANGELES.
ADD A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
YOU KNOW WE STILL WANT TO
PLAY. 4 OTHER CITIES. MRS NEW
YORK, PORTLAND. AND OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE
DETERMINED. BUT WE KNEW THAT
THOSE GAMES HAD ALREADY DIA
PRESALES. YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY
GO ON SALE FOR THOSE TODAY SO.
WE DON'T WANT TO STOP BECAUSE
IF THIS THING BLOWS OVER WE
WANT TO STILL BE ABLE TO COME
TO PORTLAND. WE DON'T WANT TO
PULL THE TRIGGER MAKE THE
WHOLE SEASON IN LOS ANGELES.
YOU RIGHT NOW WE PLAN ON
COMING IN AND PLAYING UP OR
ART PLAYOFF GAME RIGHT HERE IN
PORTLAND. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
IT WE CAN WAIT, WE'VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET THE PORTLAND FOR
4 YEARS.
WE'VE GOT OUR OUR
COMMISSIONER CLYDE DREXLER
THERE'S BEEN A HOW THE US HE
THREATENED TO QUIT.
ALL A LOT OF CLYDE HERE,
I'M SURE ARE REALLY EXCITED
AND HOPING THAT BIG 3 IS GOING
TO COME TO PORTLAND THIS YEAR.
HOW ARE YOUR PLAYERS REACTING
TO ALL OF THIS.
OUR PLAYERS ARE THEY'RE
EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN
PLACE. WE ACTUALLY TALK 2, YOU
KNOW ALL THE CAPTAINS
CO-CAPTAINS AND COACHES
YESTERDAY. I'M TO GOING
THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT IS
RELIEVED THAT WE HAVE A PLAN,
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S OF THE
POINTS OF THE SEASON EVERY
YEARS GONE MORE COMPETITIVE.
WE HAVE MORE EXCITING RULES
THIS YEAR. GET SOME GREAT NEW
PLAYERS COMING IN. YOU KNOW
THEY THEY WANT TO COMPETE AND
YOU KNOW THE CHANGES WE MADE
WE'RE JUST TO ENSURE THAT NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WHERE IT
GETS WORSE WEATHER GETS BETTER
THAT WE WILL BE ON CBS EVERY
SATURDAY. AND YOU KNOW MOST
PEOPLE TO SEE THE LEAGUE. YOU
KNOW ON TELEVISION. OF COURSE
WE LIKE YOU KNOW GOING LIVE
ARE EXCITED. WELL AND THAT THE
END OF THE SUMMER THING SHOULD
BE GOOD BY THEN. BUT THE
PLAYER THE PLAYERS RECITE YOU
KNOW AND THEY KNOW THAT WE PUT
OUR HEALTH. YOU KNOW AND THEIR
WELL-BEING YOU KNOW AT THE
FOREFRONT. BUT THEY ALSO KNOW
THAT WE RESPECT THAT THEY LOOK
FORWARD TO THIS THEY WANT TO
DO IT THERE AND YOU MENTIONED
SOME NEW PLAYERS THIS YEAR AND
I KNOW THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE.
YOU'RE KIND OF CHANGING UP
SOME OF THE RULES OF THE GAME
AS YOU CAN GET SOME NEW
ATHLETES AND TELL ME ABOUT
SOME OF THE CHANGES TO BIG 3
FOR THIS 4TH SEASON.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
LEAGUE WE HAD 30 AND OVER
REQUIREMENT. THEN LAST YEAR WE
WENT DOWN TO 27 IN OVER. THIS
YEAR WE'RE BLOWN UP FLOODGATES
IS 22 AND OLDER. YOU KNOW
THERE'S YOU KNOW WE WANTED TO
LOSE THE STIGMA. SOME PEOPLE
STILL CALL THE BIG 3 ARE IT
TIME IN LEAGUE WHICH IS PRETTY
INSULTING BUT FOR THE MOST
PART ONE WANTED TO LOSE THAT
STIGMA. WE ALSO OPENED TRYOUTS
SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. YOU
KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH OUT
THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT OUR
STYLE OF PLAY. YOU NEED IF
MISTER GILL SAID IN THE MAY BE
DOING IF YOU PLAY FIVE-ON-FIVE
FULL COURT. SO WANT TO GET IS
YOU I WOULD SAY AVERAGE BUT
WANT TO GIVE ATHLETES A CHANCE
TO MAKE IT TOO. THE BIG 3
COMBINE. YOU GET TO COMBINE
YOU COULD BE DRAFTED SO.
THAT'S ANOTHER WE GO WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER RULE REAL QUICK CALL
BRING THE FIRE. AND IT'S OUR
ONE ON ONE RULE WHERE A TEAM
CAN CHALLENGE ONE FOUL PER
HALF. EVEN IF YOU REALLY
OCCURRED AND SAY HEY I DON'T
WANT TO GOT TO GO TO FREE
THROW LINE. I WANT THEM TO
BRING THE FIRE AND THEN TO
PLAY TO THE PLAYERS INVOLVED
IN THE FILE GO ONE ON ONE FOR
THE POINTS. SO THESE ARE IN
THE KNOW AN EXCITON WRINKLES
THERE WE'VE. YOU KNOW CAME UP
WITH TO MAKE THE GAME BETTER.
YOU KNOW WE DON'T DO THESE
RULES OUT OF VANITY. WE'D OR
MODEL MAKING THE LEAD IN
MAKING THE GAME MORE
COMPETITIVE, MAKING A BETTER
STRONGER AND A MORE STRATEGIC
YES, YOU KNOW COACHES HAVE IT
COACHES HAVE A HUGE IMPACT IN
YOU KNOW GOING PLAYERS AND
KAMALA ME BRING THE FIRE COACH
KNOWS. I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT.
AND BY THE WAY AND THAT'S
SO GOOD IT ONE ON IT IS
STRATEGIC AND DEFINITELY GOING
TO MAKE FOR SOME ENTERTAINING
BASKETBALL RIGHT WE APPRECIATE
YOU BOTH TALKING WITH US THIS
MORNING AND.
NEVER GET TICKETS FOR BIG 3
GAMES GO ON SALE TODAY. WE'VE
GOT ALL THE DETAILS CHECK IT
OUT AT COIN DOT COM ICE CUBE
JACK WANT TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH. LET'S GET A CHECK OF OUR
WEATHER HERE AS WE START THIS