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06-11-2017, 12:15 AM
We really need to talk about 3-on-3 basketball making the Olympics
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Three-on-three basketball is having a moment. On top of Ice Cube's newly launched league for aging NBA folk heroes (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/3-on-3-league-ice-cube/), the playground staple also just got added as an Olympic sport.*
That's right — 3-on-3 basketball will be at the Tokyo Games. We're still picking our jaws up off the floor.*
And we have so many questions. Chief among them: Is this Good or Bad?*
Some thoughts as we try to sort out our feelings ...*
Why it's cool
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Pickup hoops in Berkeley, California.
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Three-on-three half-court is arguably the funnest way to play — **t necessarily watch, but play — basketball. Plenty of lifelong hoopers would rather run 3-on-3 half-court games than full-court 5-on-5 for reasons aside from sheer laziness.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/three-on-three-olympic-basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Three-on-three basketball is having a moment. On top of Ice Cube's newly launched league for aging NBA folk heroes (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/3-on-3-league-ice-cube/), the playground staple also just got added as an Olympic sport.*
That's right — 3-on-3 basketball will be at the Tokyo Games. We're still picking our jaws up off the floor.*
And we have so many questions. Chief among them: Is this Good or Bad?*
Some thoughts as we try to sort out our feelings ...*
Why it's cool
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/fqBTFiIr1o-hWNXUtwrH95IQqGw=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F504132%2F6abe772e-8704-4b39-96d3-c970005a9fa3.jpg
Pickup hoops in Berkeley, California.
Image: JOSE SANCHEZ/AP/REX/Shutterstock
Three-on-three half-court is arguably the funnest way to play — **t necessarily watch, but play — basketball. Plenty of lifelong hoopers would rather run 3-on-3 half-court games than full-court 5-on-5 for reasons aside from sheer laziness.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/10/three-on-three-olympic-basketball/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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