Speaker 1: You know, we're dedicated to competition, and they're going hard
Speaker 1: and they're passionate. No participation the mindset that we believe
Speaker 1: and that's just playing hard, like leaving it out on
Speaker 1: the floor. You know, we all grew up playing three
Speaker 1: on three basketball, and so that's what makes this Big
Speaker 1: Three so special is an opportunity to play a sport
Speaker 1: that we've all played from childhood, but we've never been
Speaker 1: able to play a professionally. When you play half for basketball,
Speaker 1: you gotta be more creative. It ain't as easy as
Speaker 1: what people think. In three on three you cannot hide.
Speaker 1: I know everybody in the combine and we're looking for
Speaker 1: guys that want to play hard. I guarantee you when
Speaker 1: the first guy get scored on, it's gonna turn into
Speaker 1: some outside park basketball. Got the first pick, so hey,
Speaker 1: I'm excited about that. Sean mcints, how does it feel
Speaker 1: being the first pick in the Big Three Draft? In
Speaker 1: the first pig and we had our first combine and draft.
Speaker 1: It was everything I dreamed it would be. To be
Speaker 1: able to play against your former comrades and teammates. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be probably. You know, everybody's out there. We want
Speaker 1: to win and it's gonna be competitive. So we're going
Speaker 1: out to win this thing. There ain't no friendships in this, Okay,
Speaker 1: there it is, yo. I'm telling you, these guys are
Speaker 1: gonna ball out. I don't think there's gonna be any
Speaker 1: participation trophies in a big three. They're all talking a
Speaker 1: big game. But like they said, the first time someone
Speaker 1: gets scored on, I think it's gonna get very real,
Speaker 1: very quickly. So what we did, um Donnie Burns and
Speaker 1: your boys feeds the spitting statistician. The interesting thing here,
Speaker 1: Unlike you know NBA, where you got guards, you got forwards,
Speaker 1: and you've got your centers. Here, we only made to
Speaker 1: kind of position categories, okay, because you're gonna have on
Speaker 1: a three on three, you're gonna have your bigs down low,
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna have kind of have like your
Speaker 1: guards or your wing players. Okay, so we put the
Speaker 1: guards and wings together. We're gonna vail our top I
Speaker 1: think it's our top seven that we're gonna unveil today
Speaker 1: and then tomorrow we're gonna do our our top tier
Speaker 1: of bigs and kind of rank them as well going
Speaker 1: into this. Okay, So for part of this as we
Speaker 1: have to think about. Listen, this three on three league,
Speaker 1: the scoring is probably gonna come from these guards. Okay,
Speaker 1: your guards are probably gonna be the guys you want
Speaker 1: to invest early round fantasy draft picks on, because I
Speaker 1: don't think, you know, I don't think these bigs, you know,
Speaker 1: your guys like Kenyan Martin, your guys like Jerome Williams,
Speaker 1: They're not gonna be producing. This bleak is gonna be
Speaker 1: predicated on you know, ballers and crossovers and four point
Speaker 1: shots for goodness sake. So I mean, I think your
Speaker 1: guards are gonna be very heavy. The way we did
Speaker 1: is and Donnie, maybe what we need to do is
Speaker 1: also maybe tweet out the rankings when we're done, okay,
Speaker 1: and put them out there in a spreadsheet or something
Speaker 1: like that so people can see how we ranked them.
Speaker 1: But we put them in tears. Okay. And you know
Speaker 1: you heard in that little promo cut that Rashad McCanns
Speaker 1: was the number one overall pick in the Big Three
Speaker 1: inaugural draft. We have him as the eighth highest rank
Speaker 1: guard play. Okay, because a lot of these guys that
Speaker 1: we like, we're co captains and stuff, we're already signed
Speaker 1: to the teams before the Big Three draft took place.
Speaker 1: We do like Rashad McCann's kind of in that second tier. Uh,
Speaker 1: We like him alongside guys like Larry Hughes on the
Speaker 1: Killer Threes, Bondsi Wells on Tri State, Ricky Davis on
Speaker 1: the Golf ghost Ballers. We think that's the kind of
Speaker 1: middle level, shall we say, of the Big Three. Um
Speaker 1: So when we're doing to do though, is we're gonna
Speaker 1: get into the top tier. Here are seven highest rated
Speaker 1: and highest ranked guards, okay, or wing players. Some of
Speaker 1: these are wing players. And the first thing I noticed
Speaker 1: on is that listen, the Killer Threes have two of
Speaker 1: our top seven guards. The Three Headed Monsters have two
Speaker 1: of our top seven guards. And so there's no reason
Speaker 1: why if we looked at later on in our power rankings,
Speaker 1: both of those teams are gonna be pretty high up
Speaker 1: in our you know, power rankings and predictions for this.
Speaker 1: But starting at number for seven, we have, uh, probably
Speaker 1: the lead guard of the ghost Ballers. That's Mike Bibby. So, Donnie,
Speaker 1: how do you think Mike Bibby's game translates to this
Speaker 1: kind of three on three format? Now, I usually I
Speaker 1: would probably pick a player like Mike Bibby. But I've actually,
Speaker 1: you know, we have Instagram and Twitter and all that now,
Speaker 1: so we have been able to see some of these
Speaker 1: players play now. And Mike Baby looks a little bit unathletic,
Speaker 1: he doesn't look like himself above him look a lot better,
Speaker 1: and these social media accounts and whatnot. So that's why
Speaker 1: we have him so low. Donnie Burns throwing shade at
Speaker 1: the captain of the ghost Ballers UM Mike Bibby in
Speaker 1: the number six spot in our rankings, we have Steven
Speaker 1: Jackson representing the Killer Threes um as a Now, this guy,
Speaker 1: this guy can shoot it. We know that. Do you
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be taking advantage of the four point
Speaker 1: shot much at all? I think he will be. He
Speaker 1: will also probably be taking advantage of people down low,
Speaker 1: because he was, if you remember, a very tough player
Speaker 1: and throughout his career, I think the average about fifteen points.
Speaker 1: So he can score. He's not he can't get his
Speaker 1: shot as easily as he probably wants to nowadays, but
Speaker 1: I mean he can still score, man. But remember, on
Speaker 1: this team, he's gonna have a guy like Chauncey Billups
Speaker 1: creating for him. So maybe you know, you see a
Speaker 1: lot of tauncy drive into the whole kicking out to
Speaker 1: Stephen Jackson, but you also are correct, Steven Jackson's the
Speaker 1: guy who can back you down as well. Kind of
Speaker 1: more of those wing guys in this three on three
Speaker 1: four man, I think it's gonna be interesting. Number five,
Speaker 1: at our guards or wing players, we have the captain,
Speaker 1: the co captain of the Power, Patino Mobley, former Houston Rocket,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of your your standard point guard. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be able to manage this team run the floor
Speaker 1: pretty well, although it is a half court setting. What
Speaker 1: do you think about Cotino Mobley in our five spots?
Speaker 1: So yeah, just so people know how we did these rankings.
Speaker 1: We did it, you know a lot of us. We
Speaker 1: looked at pedigree, you know, stat trackers, what we see now.
Speaker 1: And also you mentioned this right, you mentioned this. Some
Speaker 1: of these guys are one year out of the league.
Speaker 1: Some of these guys are ten years out of the league.
Speaker 1: Remember also in our kind of second tier, we had
Speaker 1: another guy in the Three Headed Monsters, guy mak Mud
Speaker 1: Abdul ra Woulf. We all love him, but he's been
Speaker 1: out of the game for a while, so he fell
Speaker 1: into that second tier of guards. But you think Coutino
Speaker 1: Mobley has a shot to do work for the power
Speaker 1: and now here these two guards the four in the
Speaker 1: five spot Chard Lewis, And when we first started talking
Speaker 1: about the Big three, Richard Lewis was one of my
Speaker 1: favorites to be one of the better players in this league.
Speaker 1: Um here's my thing with these two guards. They remind
Speaker 1: me of like a Jamal Crawford now where they will
Speaker 1: get any shot they want in this league. Uh, they
Speaker 1: both for their career, I think they will. That's the
Speaker 1: kind of player they were. Uh players they were, and
Speaker 1: uh they're probably gonna be the most exciting to watch
Speaker 1: in my opinion, other than uh white chocolate. I've seen,
Speaker 1: you know a lot of clips of him social media
Speaker 1: and he's been killing it. I'm so excited that. Interestingly enough,
Speaker 1: we have not yet named him in our guard rankings
Speaker 1: and we are down to our final three. In the
Speaker 1: three spot, we have someone who is a pure ambassador
Speaker 1: for this league, the captain of Three's Company. It is
Speaker 1: the answer Ai Alan Iverson. Do we really even need
Speaker 1: to say anything? Is it surprising that he's only third
Speaker 1: on our list. Uh, to some it would be twenty
Speaker 1: six points per game for a career would kind of
Speaker 1: render a number. But he's for a while. But that's
Speaker 1: what we gave Chauncey Billups. Like I said, we combined pedigree,
Speaker 1: you know, stats, and Chauncey Billups, you know, exemplified what
Speaker 1: a point guard really was. And he's not that old,
Speaker 1: no doubt so. But in our two spot you mentioned
Speaker 1: him already White Chocolate Jason Williams. Let me ask you this, though,
Speaker 1: we have Jason Williams in our two spot and we
Speaker 1: have Richard Lewis in our four spot. These are both
Speaker 1: guards on the same team. The three headed monsters look diesel.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Do you think they will um
Speaker 1: kind of cut into each other's production and steals? Like
Speaker 1: do you think it's kind of like a backfield by
Speaker 1: committee kind of thing. Do you think they can both
Speaker 1: get off? Here's the thing. If you've seen White Chocolate recently,
Speaker 1: he can still pass man and all the Shard Lewis
Speaker 1: needs is a little space and he will score. You
Speaker 1: just kind of look at their bigs or they're big,
Speaker 1: I should say they're one big. Basically is a former
Speaker 1: first overall draft. Pick qualm A. Brown and you like
Speaker 1: I do, like Kuam. Let it be known, I like Kualm.
Speaker 1: I think Kualm is gonna take this seriously and really
Speaker 1: look for this to be an opportunity for um for
Speaker 1: you know folks, to kind of change the narrative around
Speaker 1: qualm A. Brown. But that gets to our number one
Speaker 1: overall RADI guard in this league representing the Killer Threes.
Speaker 1: It's Chauncey Billups. I want to tell you guys before
Speaker 1: like the way this is structured. I think the points
Speaker 1: are gonna come from the outside. But Mike Sweetney, Jerome Williams,
Speaker 1: these guys were in our second tier of big men,
Speaker 1: the number five big Men as ranked by Speeds and Donna,
Speaker 1: I gotta say for this one, this was really all speeds.
Speaker 1: I'm riding with this guy. I have faith in this
Speaker 1: guy to reclaim the narrative about his professional career. Number
Speaker 1: five in the Big Men, in my opinion, former number
Speaker 1: one overall. All. Pick me Brown and let me tell
Speaker 1: you why. Let me tell you why. Let me tell
Speaker 1: you why. Donnie, Okay, I know you're down on Kwame Brown,
Speaker 1: but look at the three headed Monsters roster. The Three
Speaker 1: Headed Monsters was a team that you and I both like. Overall,
Speaker 1: he's the only big man on that roster. The rest
Speaker 1: of the roster Shard Louis, Jason Williams, Mock Mood, Abdul
Speaker 1: Raoulf and Eddie Batson. These are all wings or guards.
Speaker 1: This is the only guy he is gonna stay on
Speaker 1: the court. I think he's younger done a lot of players.
Speaker 1: Remember he was drafted straight out of high school. He's
Speaker 1: a little bit younger. He's the only guy. He's not
Speaker 1: gonna split time and come off the court. I think
Speaker 1: Kuam A. Brown will produce in this league, Donny, Now,
Speaker 1: in terms of producing, where do you think his production
Speaker 1: is gonna come? Rebounding? Rebounding? Okay, I think he will
Speaker 1: be the leading rebounder of the Big Three this season
Speaker 1: five and a half of his career rebound YO. Put
Speaker 1: it on the board right now. I hope the night
Speaker 1: ol JP has tracked all this stuff. Okay, we got
Speaker 1: dubs in six calves and six I'm telling you right now,
Speaker 1: Kuamy Brown will be the leading rebounder in the Big
Speaker 1: Hot take clip at JP. That's what I'm talking about,
Speaker 1: because listen, you know two of the other guys that
Speaker 1: we have in our top five, Donnie, and we can
Speaker 1: go there right now. Two of the guys we have
Speaker 1: there are on the trilogy Kenyan Martin and Al Harrington. Now,
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, these guys have a much better
Speaker 1: pedigree in the NBA than a guy like kwam A. Brown.
Speaker 1: But they're gonna both be rebounding. They're gonna both be
Speaker 1: doing the banging inside, so they're gonna, you know, cancel
Speaker 1: each other out a little bit. When we talk about
Speaker 1: fantasy value, how would you have Al Harrington and Kenyan
Speaker 1: Martin on the trilogy or what kind of team do
Speaker 1: you think that makes the trilogy? Don Well, not see,
Speaker 1: Alan Harrington is one of my favorite players other than
Speaker 1: maybe Richard Lewis. He probably is my favorite player. Um,
Speaker 1: you know on the Wizards. I remember on the Wizards
Speaker 1: he was a decent score. He was always a good
Speaker 1: score throughout his career. He was a bigger guy like
Speaker 1: I mentioned yesterday, Uh you know, Shard reminding me of
Speaker 1: like a Jamal Crawford now getting his shot how he
Speaker 1: wants if that's if there's a big that's gonna also
Speaker 1: get his SHOT's gonna be alt Harrington. He did play
Speaker 1: for like eight teams in his career, but he was
Speaker 1: a good score and um, you know that's why he's
Speaker 1: fairly high on our list, no doubt, no doubt. Um,
Speaker 1: also in our top five another big man. You talk
Speaker 1: about a big man who could step outside a little
Speaker 1: bit and score a little bit. That is the big
Speaker 1: man of the Try State and he is the captain
Speaker 1: of that team. I'm talking about Jermaine O'Neill. What do
Speaker 1: you think we have him in our top five big
Speaker 1: men as well? And similarly, you know when you talk
Speaker 1: about the Try State, they have other guards. There are
Speaker 1: other big you know, they have other guards like a
Speaker 1: Bondzi Wells, you know, things like that. So, um, do
Speaker 1: you think Jermaine O'Neil might be able to do work
Speaker 1: for Try State in this league? So the same way
Speaker 1: you kind of have kwam A Brown as I guess
Speaker 1: you're aggressive. Yeah, that's right, I do. That's right, I do.
Speaker 1: Jermaine O'Neil is gonna be my rebound guy. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: averaging you know a little over eight eight rebounds for
Speaker 1: his career per game. He was very gritty if you
Speaker 1: remember him on the Pacers. So He's probably my pick
Speaker 1: for the leading rebounder. I guess better than Kwamy Brown.
Speaker 1: You got Jermaine O'Neil is the leading rebounder. I have
Speaker 1: kwalm A. Brown. I think you need to give me
Speaker 1: odds if you want to know the truth, but I
Speaker 1: will take it. I think I will take you a
Speaker 1: lot of money if you win. I will take it anyway. Yo,
Speaker 1: you heard that JP. We gotta mark that down. Kwam
Speaker 1: a Brown, leading rebounder of the Big Three, and both
Speaker 1: of us have as our number one big in the league.
Speaker 1: You're right, this is a guy who could slash, who
Speaker 1: could score, but it's still technically a big in my opinion,
Speaker 1: in our category rankings representing the power. No, it is
Speaker 1: not Jerome Williams, who was the subject of that you
Speaker 1: know video we played earlier on It is your man
Speaker 1: or Corey. I've seen people that have actually, um, Actually,
Speaker 1: if you want to the truth, Alan Iverson, who will
Speaker 1: be representing three Company, has actually picked Corey mcgetty to
Speaker 1: be the m v P of this league. I actually
Speaker 1: I really like that. You know, we were kind of
Speaker 1: on the same page with this one. UM, Like yesterday,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of social media Instagram, Twitter, where you
Speaker 1: could check these things. Corey mcgetti looks like he's still
Speaker 1: in great shape. He was always a good score. He
Speaker 1: was a power forward that could step out into shooting
Speaker 1: guard positions. Um he Honestly, he was one of my
Speaker 1: I remember using him at two k Okay. So that's
Speaker 1: that was my guy. That is millennial rationality I have
Speaker 1: ever seen. I throw that in, But I'm not gonna either.
Speaker 1: All Right, you know I'm not mad at you. Though
Speaker 1: I'm not mad at you. Listen, Big Three will get
Speaker 1: kicked off later on this month at the Barclays Center June.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be great, you know, the barn Storming Tour
Speaker 1: where they'll have four games. All eight teams would be there.
Speaker 1: Donnie Burns and Speed the spitting statistician, We're gonna try
Speaker 1: and be there as well to give you everything you
Speaker 1: need covering that