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EXCLUSIVE: Ice Cube is teaming with Jesse Collins Entertainment on a sports activities docuseries revolving round his profitable Big3 sports activities league. Ice Cube will star in and produce by way of his Cube Vision with Jesse Collins Entertainment.

The as-yet untitled sequence will take an unprecedented have a look at the making of one of many quickest rising new leagues within the United States, the Big3, as Ice Cube defies the NBA on its quest to turn into one of many largest sports activities leagues on the planet.

Described as Welcome to Wrexham and Cheer meets basketball, the sequence might be dual-narrative following Cube and the challenges of constructing a brand new basketball league from the bottom up, in addition to the journey of one of many Big3 groups, as they navigate the ups and downs of a grueling season in pursuit of a nationwide championship.  Big3’s extensively lined $1.2 billion lawsuit in opposition to Qatari traders will even be lined within the sequence.

In January 2017, Ice Cube, together with leisure government Jeff Kwatinetz, introduced the launch of the Big3 as a brand new, 3-on-3, half-court basketball league that might characteristic a few of the finest gamers to ever play the sport.  Cube and Kwatinetz had a shared imaginative and prescient of a player-centric league centered on leisure and innovation. Among these improvements, they launched the 4-point shot, with three 4-point circles past the 3-point line. Since then, the Big3 turned the primary skilled sports activities league licensed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as a Black-owned and operated enterprise and the primary league to have feminine coaches inside a male sport. 

The league has additionally empowered various executives and entrepreneurs to carry high roles at its sports activities groups and gives income share with gamers, being one of many few leagues to take action.  Basketball legends together with Dr. J, ‘The Ice Man’ George Gervin, Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, Lisa Leslie, Rick Barry, Stephen Jackson and extra have competed as coaches and gamers. Among the various hoops legends they introduced into the league was Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who’s now Commissioner of the Big3. By design, the league sits on the intersection of sports activities, leisure and tradition.

Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Madison Merritt will government produce the docuseries for Jesse Collins Entertainment together with Cube Vision’s Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz.

Jesse Collins Entertainment has a multi-year total settlement with ViacomCBS Cable Networks on the TV aspect. In options, the corporate has a first-look settlement with Viacom’s movie entities similar to Paramount Players.

Founded in 2012 by Collins, who’s the CEO and government producer of all programming, JCE might be finest recognized for producing awards reveals and specials together with The American Music Awards, BET Awards, Soul Train Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors and UNCF’s An Evening of Stars in addition to specials Martin: The Reunion, John Lewis: Celebrating A Hero, Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration, Change Together: From the March on Washington to Today, A Grammy Salute to the Sounds of Change, Stand Up for Heroes, Def Comedy Jam 25 and Leslie Jones: Time Machine.