Showing posts with label Spalding News & Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spalding News & Press. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
SPALDING ICBL DRAFT 2014
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Smart.com lifted the Lua Choo Hoon Trophy for the first time
defeating WG Warrior 111-84 last week.
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Smart surprised a few teams during the early playoff run and become the favorite to win the title after defeating Takumi Heroes and took Danial Eves from Takumi (the rules and regulation allowed advanced teams to pick one player from the defeated teams as they progress from one stage to another) who eventually become the final MVP as they had the 30 points advantage from the handicap system.
Safe to say that ICBL is interesting for a few reasons.
The handicap system allows lesser teams to compete with elite players and present them situation where they can actually win, theoretically, with the handicap advantage and disadvantage. The handicaps also force the elite players to go all out and put up their A-game in order to win.
ICBL also proved that basketball requires team work rather than just individual talents. There are a bunch of examples shown in ICBL that current or former national or state players do not automatically translate to a win for the team. At least not more than a double digit win.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
From the Desk of Tadd Reilly
From the Desk of Tadd Reilly :
As 2014 continues to get underway, the discipline of 3 on 3 basketball continues to gain momentum around the world. This style of competition has been played in the basketball community for many years in many markets around the world. However, with the recent push by the FIBA organization to one day make 3 on 3 basketball an Olympic Sport, this style of play continues to gain global acceptance and awareness.
There are several differences in the rules that make 3 on 3 different then 5 on 5. The rule that directly impacts all of us is that for 3 on 3 style of play the FIBA rules state that everyone must use a size 6 basketball, regardless of age or gender. Although this decision is not one that everyone agrees with, currently, in order to participate in the FIBA tour or you are required to use the size 6 ball.
The Spalding vision is to have a unique ball design (TF-33) that can be easily recognized around the world so that when someone sees the TF 33 they know immediately that those players are participating in a 3 on 3 event. This is also true for the NBA 3X events, as they are trying to make sure that the NBA uses this ball for all of their events as well.
As 2014 continues to get underway, the discipline of 3 on 3 basketball continues to gain momentum around the world. This style of competition has been played in the basketball community for many years in many markets around the world. However, with the recent push by the FIBA organization to one day make 3 on 3 basketball an Olympic Sport, this style of play continues to gain global acceptance and awareness.
There are several differences in the rules that make 3 on 3 different then 5 on 5. The rule that directly impacts all of us is that for 3 on 3 style of play the FIBA rules state that everyone must use a size 6 basketball, regardless of age or gender. Although this decision is not one that everyone agrees with, currently, in order to participate in the FIBA tour or you are required to use the size 6 ball.
The Spalding vision is to have a unique ball design (TF-33) that can be easily recognized around the world so that when someone sees the TF 33 they know immediately that those players are participating in a 3 on 3 event. This is also true for the NBA 3X events, as they are trying to make sure that the NBA uses this ball for all of their events as well.
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