PBA to have own 3×3 league in 45th season

Delfin Dioquino

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PBA to have own 3×3 league in 45th season
Fourteen teams will participate in the inaugural 3x3 tournament, with 12 PBA teams building their own 3x3 versions and two additional squads also seeing action

MANILA, Philippines – The PBA will introduce a 3×3 tournament in its 45th season.

Fourteen teams will participate in the inaugural 3×3 competition, with all 12 PBA teams building their own 3×3 versions and two guest squads also seeing action.

Mighty Bond and Dunkin’ Donuts are the two additional teams as revealed by PBA commissioner Willie Marcial during the preseason press conference on Tuesday, February 25, at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City.

Unlike the 5-on-5 tiff, the 3×3 tilt will not feature a draft. 

Marcial said the teams are responsible for getting the players they want in their team.

Over the last two years, 3×3 basketball has grown in popularity, largely thanks to Chooks-to-Go establishing its own 3×3 league and sending players to FIBA-sanctioned events locally and abroad. 

Meanwhile, Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 has earned a spot in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament happening in March, even as it tries to reach the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 is composed of PBA players CJ Perez and Mo Tautuaa and Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 stars Alvin Pasaol and Joshua Munzon. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.