Australia is pathetic at this format. Now that it is an Olympic sport let's see some improvement.

I don't see a problem with 3x3. It isn't an artificial made-up sport - streetball has existed forever.

I see it more like volleyball - they have both their indoor and outdoor versions at the Olympics, now we do too.

That's because australia pick crap players, just like the senior and junior teams.

Yea BA are rotten.

Anon #606 I expect you will have 2 seperate squads for both teams, a boomers team and a 3 on 3 team.

The mens & womens basketball tournament at the Olympics runs the entire 2 weeks so I doubt they will chop and change from 5 v 5 to the 3 v 3 format.

FIBA has a global 3x3 tour so teams will qualify through that. These players are 3x3 pros. Pros from 5x5 won't be involved and rightfully so.

"I've got Simmons, Exum and Patty"

Why do people keep saying shit like this? Wake up call: The 5 on 5 will be going on at the same time. Those guys are on that team. They're not going to play on both, and no one in their right mind would choose the 3 on 3 team over that traditional one.

I'd be surprised if even fringe/outside Boomers took it on.

You still don't get it. 3x3 has players who solely play 3x3 all year round and have their own FIBA tour! No 5x5 blowins will be in it, that's like saying when beach volleyball was introduced that it would be filled with volleyball players. Different discipline.

Their yearly tour will act as Olympic qualifiers so how exactly would 5x5 players magically get in? lol

I think you'd see guys that are playing in Ice Cube's comp over in the USA giving it a go. Blokes that are still fit but not upto making an nba roster. Hard to see too many current players playing high level such as nba and euro league wanting to give it a go and potentially risk injury and future contracts. You already see this with the 5v5 comp at the olympics. Having said that I'd be very keen to see someone like Jimmer Fredette play.

Again I doubt it.

40 something year olds playing in Big3 for two months of the year vs. 3x3 grinder pros in their 20s who play all year round in the official FIBA tour.

who wouldn't want to see Allen the answer Iverson or white chocolate williams in the next olympics?? It'd bring a lot of viewers to the sport compared to these 3x3 grinder pros you refer to

Not disagreeing with you. But Iverson or a Williams aren't going to be grinding the FIBA tour all year long to amass the necessary amount of points.

Do you think they would go to the effort to qualify to then go to prestigous locations such as Mongolia (last 3x3 event held last week). I don't think so.

And what chance does Hannah have of making the USA 5 x 5 Olympic team??? You idiot

^^^ exactly. lol

You would think on a basketball forum people wouldn't react like the man on the street would: "ZOMG does that mean there will be NBA players!!!!!" but alas not.

Definitely harder on the body, yet a lot on here are name dropping ex-NBA/Big3 40yr olds to be in it. lol

That may be so but those players play in pro leagues and won't have the time to play the variant.

Also true FIBA cash grab to make money out of 3x3/streetball scene but if Big3 takes off watch it decimate FIBA3x3 and they will be back at square one like they are with the five-on-five games vs. NBA. FIBA = LOL.

@ 637685

At least the reactions on here are just posts on a message board. Over in the States the AP writer for WBB is interviewing and writing actual articles on the WNBA stars who should join up 3v3.

Wow #637711 that is a whole new level of bad.