Michael Beasley, Mario Chalmers take home Big3 championship

11 years after helping the LeBron James-led Heat reach the Finals, Mario Chalmers and Michael Beasley once again found themselves as teammates for Miami in a championship game, this time for Ice Cube’s Big3 league. Unlike in 2014 against the Spurs, when the Heat lost in five games, the pair came out victorious, writes Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Beasley put up 25 points and 12 rebounds, but his biggest play of the night came off an isolation possession in which he found Chalmers waiting in the corner to hit a buzzer-beating three to clinch a four-point lead and the championship title. Chalmers, the team’s captain, had ju st five points, but three of them were the biggest of the night.

Former Pacers wing Lance Stephenson was the second-leading scorer for the Miami 305 with 14 points. Beasley, Chalmers, and Stephenson were joined by former NBA players Reggie Evans and Sean Williams.

Winderman notes that the title marked the fifth different league in which Chalmers has taken home a championship. The 39-year-old point guard also won two titles with the Heat, two championships in high school, an NCAA championship with Kansas in 2008, and a Champions League title with Virtus Bologna in 2019.

Beasley and Chalmers had previously made the 2024 Big3 Finals but ultimately lost to the team Bivouac, which featured Gerald Green and Corey Brewer.