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, 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
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.*
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