A few BIG3 players have lately called out Ice Cube, claiming that the professional league has failed to pay its players on a regular basis.

Ex-NBA player Nick Young, who spent the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, said the NBA was in disarray this past season on VLAD TV after he left the BIG3 to play in the league.

Young, often known as “Swaggy P,” said, “I think they need to get back to traveling to all different cities like they were [sic] cause this past year, it felt like things weren’t ran [sic] well ’cause sometimes we ain’t get our money. Things got canceled. Games got canceled in the middle of the season. They didn’t know if they was [sic] gonna have a season. It was a lot, it was a lot this year.”

In 2021, the 37-year-old Young was a member of Gilbert Arenas’ Enemies, a coaching team led by the former NBA great and coach himself. As the ex-boyfriend of musician Iggy Azalea, Young claims that the BIG3 had some problems this past season that led to missed payments.

They “need to get the right investments and organize it better because this year in the middle of the season, the season was about to be over ’cause they didn’t have the money or something like that” .

Because of its proximity to the players’ homes, Young thinks a league composed entirely of former players is a smart concept. The league provides its players with luxury hotel accommodations, including meal stipends.

Young said, “For me, the BIG3 is just to get out the house, to hang with your friends and play the game a little bit. He went on, “and it’s only on the weekends, [it’s] not too much strain on your body. You don’t have to go to China or Russia to deal with everything. You still get to be with your family during the week, and then you leave on the weekend. That’s the fun part.”

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Ice Cube, co-creator of the Big3 with entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, has recently claimed that the NBA is actively working against his league.

Tim Anderson, a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, took exception to Josh Donaldson calling him “Jackie,” a racial slur considered “racist” by manager Tony La Russa after the game.

After the game, Donaldson admitted to calling Anderson “Jackie” in the first inning, a tribute to Jackie Robinson. He also said he was  s incerely sorry for any harm done. Anderson, a Black player, stated after the game that he was offended by the remark.

“He just made a disrespectful comment,” Anderson said. “Basically he was trying to call me Jackie Robinson. ‘What’s up, Jackie?’ I don’t play like that. I don’t really play at all. I wasn’t really going to bother nobody today, but he made the comment and you know it was disrespectful and I don’t think it was called for. It was unnecessary.”

In a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated, Anderson stated he felt like “today’s Jackie Robinson,” saying he’s “coming to a point where I need to alter the game.” Donaldson, who is white, said the “Jackie” comment was in reference to Donaldson’s whiteness.

On Saturday, Donaldson admitted that it was a joke he’d made with Anderson in the past.

Our sources say that Major League Baseball is investigating and speaking to all of the pertinent parties involved in the case.

As the teams left the field in the third inning, Donaldson was yelling at Anderson as he neared second base. Aaron Boone took Donaldson, the previous AL MVP in his first season with the Yankees, off the field, while third-base coach Joe McEwing led off Anderson, an All-Star shortstop.

That’s all I’m going to say, Donaldson. He made a racist remark.” La Russa said, “That’s as strong as it gets.”

Yes, I agree with La Russa,” Anderson responded in response to the question. Same. 

Donaldson told reporters that he would be willing to meet with Anderson to discuss the situation after telling his teammates his version of events.

“My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter,” Donaldson said. “Obviously, he deemed it disrespectful. And look, if he did, I apologize. That’s not what I was trying to do by any manner and that’s what happened.”

When Anderson objected to Donaldson’s forceful tag on May 13 in Chicago, the Yankees and White Sox had their benches cleared.

During the game, Donaldson stated he was “trying to alleviate” any tension that may have arisen when the players first came into contact.

Yasmani Grandal, the White Sox catcher, stood up from his crouch in the fifth inning of Saturday’s game and began berating Donaldson as he neared the plate. As relievers streamed onto the field and the benches began to empty, the screaming continued, with La Russa hollering at Donaldson.

“Believe me, you don’t want me to tell you guys what I told him,” Grandal said to reporters.

In spite of the efforts of Jose Abreu and Gavin Sheets to control him, Anderson kept yelling at Donaldson. Donaldson struck out after a few warnings were issued by the umpires.

“I’ve heard… some rumors about it,” said Boone of the event. “I need to find out what’s going on.”

isthatporkstake; Some people need an invitation to the party of common sense while others don’t need an invitation at all. Josh Donaldson is learning the hard way that whatever reason why he said what he said, his timing, cadence, and delivery were off. How do we know that? cause it wasn’t funny to Tim Anderson. Now Josh has to deal with the unnecessary but necessary accolades of being labeled a racist and anything else that comes with that territory. The hard lesson for anyone reading this is “we got to remember to respect people at all times even when we don’t want to”. But even deeper than that, we gotta be better humans, better people, better examples. Though it seems there was a lot of under the surface unfinished stuff going on here, that still gives Josh no right to do what he did under any circumstances. Kids are not the only thing watching. Life is.

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