Ice Cube's super popular BIG3 basketball league just got itself a new commish. NBA Hall of Famer Clyde "The Glide" Drexler has signed a three-year deal to lead the league, it announced Thursday.
The appointment comes among controversy as the league's previous commissioner, Roger Mason Jr, was terminated over allegations of corruption. Mason disputed the allegations in a statement released Monday.
"I was terminated by BIG3 in retaliation for legal claims which I made last week in a letter sent by my attorneys to BIG3 Basketball alleging that the League had breached my employment agreement," Mason said in the statement.
Mason also described the organization as being "hostile and racist" and accused co-founder Jeff Katinetz of a "malicious, defamatory campaign of disparaging me."
Ice Cube took over as interim commissioner after Mason was let go, though he's now handed that role over to Drexler.
League co-founders and co-CEOs Jeff Katinetz and Ice Cube praised their newly appointed commissioner in a statement.
"Clyde is a consummate professional, revered businessman and indisputably one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball," they said. "We were thrilled to have his early support as a coach for our inaugural season and couldn't be more pleased to welcome him to the executive team as BIG3 Commissioner."
Source: espn.com
