#Ice cube at raider game professional#

We can have our friends from California come on in and make it a party. The fans are passionate, and to have multiple games here was important because weвЂ™ve got a party town and a sports town at the same time. But now, with the Golden Knights, with the Raiders, Aces, itвЂ™s a sports town now. We came here our first year because it was entertainment, it was a great place to have one singular event. RJ: What makes Las Vegas the perfect place for the Big3 in 2021? We didnвЂ™t think it was going to be easy to start a whole league from scratch.

We got knocked back a few steps, but thatвЂ™s OK.

We felt like we definitely could have gotten over the hump. We had so much momentum going into year four. Our fourth year, changing the rules, bring the fire, going younger, the tryouts. RJ: Before that, what kind of trajectory did you think the league was on? We lost a few, but itвЂ™s just keeping everything afloat. You get a league going, and those costs get to stacking up on you. We had to break down to kind of a slim staff and just try to keep our costs down. Ice Cube: Just trying to make sure we did what we needed to do to survive. RJ: The Big3 had built all this momentum, and then all of a sudden, the pandemic hits. Questions and answers have been edited for length and clarity. Ice Cube spoke with the Review-Journal about the Big3 season, the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and, of course, his beloved Raiders. Basketball legends Bill Russell, George Gervin, Gary Payton and Julius Erving were in attendance Friday, along with droves of Big3 hopefuls, many of whom have played in the NBA. The Big3 hosted a scouting combine Friday in Las Vegas and will play five of its eight regular-season weeks at Orleans Arena this summer. вЂњStay ready, because I expect to see a lot of faces this summer.вЂќ

#Ice cube at raider game professional#

Amazing talent out here,вЂќ said Ice Cube, also an actor, writer and co-founder of the Big3, a professional three-on-three basketball league preparing for its fourth season. The basketballs finally stopped bouncing Friday at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy, and dozens of former and aspiring professional basketball players gathered to hear a message from one of the greatest master of ceremonies to touch a microphone.