The BIG3 championship game took place today (August 24) between the Miami 305 and the Chicago Triplets. Miami 305 came out on top in the tightly-contested title game by the score of 52-48. On the Miami 305 championship team is Michael Beasley, a former member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. With the game being first to 50 (and needing to win by two), Miami 305 trailed 48-47. Beasley hit a bucket to give them a 49-48 lead, and then dished it out to Mario Chalmers for a three-pointer to give them the championship-clinching victory.
The Miami 305 defeat the Chicago Triplets to win the 2025 BIG3 championship
In their inaugural season in the BIG3, the Miami 305 are champions. The team is led by Beasley who had an 11-year playing career in the NBA, including a stint with the Timberwolves. He has been the most dominant player in the 3-on-3 league of late, and has won the last two MVP awards for the league.
The 2025 BIG3 champions also roster former NBA players Mario Chalmers, Reggie Evans, Lance Stephenson, and Sean Williams. Their head coach is Michael Cooper, a recent 2024Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as a player with the Lakers.
In the championship game victory, Beasley finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, and two blocks.
Michael Beasley spent two seasons with the Wolves in the early 2010s
The second overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Beasley was traded to the Timberwolves by the Heat in the 2010 offseason. The 6-foot-9 forward would spend two seasons with Minnesota in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
In his first season with them, he posted averages of 19.2 points and 5.6 rebounds while starting all 73 of his outings. Beasley finished as the team’s second leading scorer behind Kevin Love, who was named the league’s Most Improved Player that season. Despite the two nearly combining to average 40 points, the Wolves went a miserable 17-65.
Beasley took on more of a reserve role in his second year with the team, with just seven starts among his 47 appearances. His averages decreased to 11.5 points and 4.4 rebounds. Minnesota was better than the previous year in what was a lockout-shortened season, finishing 26-40.
He would play another seven seasons in the league after his Timberwolves tenure, last playing with the Lakers in 2018-19. While Beasley never won an NBA title, he can now call himself a BIG3 champion.