Three-on-three Basketball at the Olympics: What Should Be Considered?

Eighty-five years after basketball’s Olympic debut, at the 1936 Berlin Games, a change in sport makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo. Three-on-three basketball, or 3×3, as the sport’s world governing body puts it, promises a faster version than traditional form. What is three-on-three basketball? Three-in-three basketball reimagined for the TikTok generation, with fast-paced choreography and …

Coronavirus Cases Threaten Recruitment in Basketball

The 120,000-square-foot recreation center could be even busier on Friday, when hundreds of male college coaches arrive for the last lively recruiting weekend of the summer. (The NBA has allowed its scouts to participate in the Peach Jam on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays when college men’s coaches are not allowed, for an early look at …

Zach LaVine Is Not Going To Tokyo With The USA Men’s Basketball Team

TOKYO — The U.S. men’s national basketball team traveled to Tokyo on Monday without guard Zach LaVine breaking into coronavirus health and safety protocols. Team USA said in a statement that it hopes LaVine can rejoin the team later this week. The USA men’s basketball team changed their roster last week after losing guard Bradley …

USA Basketball Relegated to Australia, 2nd Consecutive Loss

Grant Hill, who won the 1992 NCAA championship with Duke, joined a team of college players in La Jolla, California, to tackle the first Dream Team in preparation for the Barcelona Games. Most wide-eyed college students thought of themselves as sacrificial lambs, only excited to share a basketball court with the likes of Larry Bird, …