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NBA Being Investigated by Department of Justice for Allegedly Sabotaging Big3 (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Phillip228@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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The NBA is being investigated by the United States Department of Justice over allegations the league attempted to sabotage Ice Cube’s Big3 league, according to TMZ Sports. The league has denied the allegations.

Ice Cube and Big3 co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz have met with Department of Justice lawyers regarding concerns the NBA may have engaged in anticompetitive behavior.

The allegations include the NBA interfering with sponsorship deals, discouraging television networks from broadcasting games, and making arbitrary rules to prevent players from joining the league, despite the NBA and Big3 seasons not overlapping.

The report also claims Big3 officials believe they have been “unfairly targeted by the NBA” and sources in the story say NBA owners have been discouraged from investing in Ice Cube’s league.

NBA spokesman Mike Bass told TMZ the allegations were “not true”.

“We have been supportive of the Big3 since its inception, but we declined to invest.”

The NBA would face a substantial fine if found guilty.

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[–] 00800008@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Can’t wait to see how this unfolds…

[–] GillbergsAdvocate@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If the punishment is just a fine then this is kinda a non-story

NBA is a multibillion dollar company, they'll survive a fine

[–] Gang_Gang_Onward@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

"Nameless league nobody cares about comes up with advertising plan with their lawyers"

non-news.

[–] scifier2@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ice Cube needs to get over himself. He cant handle the fact his Big 3 league was a joke and a failure. The reality was no one wants to pay to see old washed up players and players not good enough to make the league. He is mad because he went to the NBA for money and they said "not interested".

[–] kbainz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Icecube snitching on the NBA, WILD!

[–] zer0_xyz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

league fkd

[–] paddiction@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

So basically Ice Cube filed a complaint. Wasn't he begging the NBA to bail him out a while ago?

[–] lolvalue@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like these allegations would be documented and easily confirmed.

[–] beaisenby@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I read it as Baldur's Gate 3 and I was so fucking confused

[–] amppy808@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Isn’t this what happened with pga and liv

[–] stilloriginal@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I mean this ridiculous in-season tournament is just payback to the NCAA for allowing players to get paid...this isn't shocking at all

[–] dash_44@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Good! I hope the nba loses.

They should have just left the big 3 alone

[–] goobdaddi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I get it and I don’t. You’d think that the NBA would appreciate adding legs to former players careers. Unfortunately this is a business and I can also easily see them trying to flex their muscles and control it all. Why let another league make money they should be making? I have no idea how successful the Big3 is but if they’re not this is a clear example of how companies raise the barriers to entry to market.

[–] milkonyourmustache@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Why would the NBA not sabotage it's competition? I can believe this happened but that it would be extremely difficult to prove, nobody is going to go out on a limb for Big3 if it means being blackballed by the NBA

[–] xtidus24xx@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If this is true this is nasty work from the NBA

[–] TrillDaddy2@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ice Cube has gone fully off the deep end hasn’t he? I can’t stand the guy since he supported Trump’s clearly manipulative and half-baked “Platinum Plan”. Did Cube apologize when Trump immediately turned around and targeted black voters in Philly, Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Detroit? He did not, but most people forgot all about that after shit hit the fan for Trump.

[–] Elegant_Conflict8235@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Lol news outlets always pick the funniest thumbnails and pictures

[–] Super_Goomba64@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Billable hours remained undefeated

[–] GoatmontWaters@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The NBA will have to settle this. There is no shot they risk a trial jury to their fate vs a Celebrity.

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