Allen Iverson, Gary Payton to coach in Ice Cube's BIG3 basketball league

NBA legends will get the chance to shine again in a new three-on-three basketball league put together by rapper and actor Ice Cube and veteran entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz. The league is called The BIG3 and has garnered lots of interest on social media, with deputy executive director for the NBPA Roger Mason Jr. anchoring the league as commissioner. George Gervin, Gary Payton and Allen Iverson are set to coach. Players who have announced that they will play in the league include Iverson, Chauncey Billups, Stephen Jackson, Mike Bibby, Jermaine O'Neal, Corey Maggette, Rashard Lewis and Bonzi Wells. The league will begin right after the NBA Finals in June and consist of eight teams of five players apiece, along with a coach/GM, who will select his team’s players after a draft combine in the spring. Players have to be at least 30 years old to be eligible. There will be four games a week for 10 weeks, culminating in a two-week playoff in August.