The Bracket
So there we have it. Eight teams from different eras with the best combination of players for the newly-instituted 3-on-3 basketball event at the Olympics.
The next logical step, in the absence of March Madness, is, of course, to turn this into a bracket. To summarize, here are all the teams seeded 1-8:
- 2004 (Marion, J. Johnson, Stoudemire)
- 1996 (Barkley, K. Johnson, Finley)
- 2000 (Kidd, Hardaway, C. Johnson)
- 1992 (Majerle, Chambers, Hornesek)
- 2020 (Booker, Ayton, Oubre)
- 2008 (Nash, Stoudemire, Barbosa)
- 2016 (Bledsoe, Knight, Chandler)
- 2012 (Nash, Gortat, Dudley)
There is probably some rightful disagreement with that seeding, so in order to solve the puzzle of the best would-be 3-on-3 team in Suns’ history, we’ll put it to a Twitter vote. Each day we will tweet out one matchup and let the people vote on who would win.
We might not be able to watch live sports for a while, so let’s play out imaginary ones in our heads. Also, let’s hope the Olympics doesn’t get canceled altogether, because I’m really pumped to watch 3-on-3 basketball now.