‘Big 3’ ballers come to Flushing for outdoor hoops

NBA Legend Allen Iverson is a former Big 3 coach. The league visits Flushing in June. Photo by Keith Allison via Wikimedia Commons

By David Brand

A 3-on-3 basketball league featuring some of biggest NBA stars of all time is coming to Flushing for an outdoor hoops tournament in June.

The Big 3 will take the court at the Billie Jean National Tennis Center’s Louis Armstrong Stadium on June 27. Tickets go on sale March 13. 

The 12-team league features legends like Julius Erving and George Gervin as coaches, and several former all-stars on the court, including ex-Net Joe Johnson and former Knicks big man Zach Randolph.

Former Knicks star Charles Oakley is another one of the coaches. Allen Iverson headlined the roster of NBA legends until 2018.

The basketball games mark a new era for the Flushing tennis stadium, which recently underwent a $650 million overhaul.

“The USTA is excited to welcome some of the world’s most talented athletes to the home of the world’s biggest stage in tennis,” said Danny Zausner, the chief operating officer, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. “For many years, Louis Armstrong Stadium has held some of the greatest match-ups and rivals in tennis, and now we get to bring fans another display of greatness and competition.”