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Two Former Memphis Grizzlies Headline Season Two of BIG3 League

By Christian Dudley

DALLAS, TX - AUGUST 17: Power Chris Andersen #11 pulls down a rebound during the Big 3 Basketball playoff game between the Power and the Tri-State on August 17, 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Power defeats Tri-State 51-49. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - AUGUST 17: Power Chris Andersen #11 pulls down a rebound during the Big 3 Basketball playoff game between the Power and the Tri-State on August 17, 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Power defeats Tri-State 51-49. (Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – AUGUST 03: Andre Emmett #2 of 3’s Company handles the ball against Ghost Ballers during week seven of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at TD Garden on August 3, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/BIG3/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – AUGUST 03: Andre Emmett #2 of 3’s Company handles the ball against Ghost Ballers during week seven of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at TD Garden on August 3, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/BIG3/Getty Images) /

4th Man Award

Andre Emmett was not popularly known during his NBA days, but that does not mean that he cannot ball with the best of them. Having played professionally since 2004, Emmett has been a journeyman. In two stints in the association, he has donned the uniforms of the Memphis Grizzlies and New Jersey Nets. In-between those runs, Andre has competed in the NBA’s developmental league in addition to playing overseas in Lithuania, Belgium, France, and China.

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Back on U.S. soil, Andre Emmett impressed in the BIG3 league in 2018. In stepping up majorly for his team — 3’s Company — a championship is now within reach. Within the eight-team league, Emmett individually ranks in the top-five of the categories of points, rebounds, assists, and steals. He has truly done some of everything for his team, though it is not quite the same landscape as traditional five-on-five basketball.

Being an X-factor for 3’s Company this season, this former Memphis Grizzlies wing has rightfully earned himself the BIG3’s 4th Man of the Year award. His strong play, especially late in the season, nearly earned him the league’s “Too Hard to Guard” award, too, but fell short to Al Harrington.

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