PhotoLAS VEGAS — Putting together a great team is difficult in any sport, but at least there are blueprints for established leagues. Acquire great players, emphasize the fundamentals, maybe try to copy a championship team from the past. The Big3 started in June as a three-on-three basketball league of eight traveling teams filled with former N.B.A. The captains Kenyon Martin and Al Harrington, big men who played a combined 33 seasons in the N.B.A., were assigned to Trilogy by the league. A first-round pick out of North Carolina in 2005, McCants washed out of the N.B.A.

Source: New York Times August 26, 2017 23:48 UTC