Rachel DeMita is a sports activities influencer with greater than 1 million followers on social media, a podcast host, a former basketball participant at Old Dominion and he or she not too long ago added a brand new title to her skilled resume – unique courtside commentator for the BIG3.
DeMita’s function with the BIG3 was introduced on Monday. She will probably be giving basketball followers a behind-the-scenes look into the upstart basketball league and amplifying the voices of the star-studded league, which embrace Nancy Liberman, Lisa Leslie, Jason Richardson, Frank Nitty and different former NBA gamers.
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Rachel DeMita takes the ground throughout participant introductions previous to the NBA All-Star Game Celebrity Game at Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 16, 2018. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
“It’s a little bit completely different than your conventional sideline reporter,” DeMita advised Fox News Digital of the function. “… We’re additionally going to guarantee that there’s a enjoyable spin to it.
“I additionally do lots of content material on social media and with the media panorama altering as a lot because it has over the previous few years, simply understanding what the basketball viewers and the BIG3 viewers needs to see and what’s going to excite them. What are among the little questions that we are able to ask? What behind the scenes content material can we give them that’s attention-grabbing to them, will get them extra invested within the gamers and coaches and the tradition of the league?”
DeMita stated she was first launched to the BIG3 League when Allen Iverson was a player-coach for 3’s Company in its inaugural season in 2017. Since then, the Ice Cube-founded league has seen legends of the sport come and go.
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Rachel DeMita attends the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game offered by Ruffles as part of NBA All-Star Weekend on the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 16, 2018. (Michelle Farsi/NBAE by way of Getty Images)
Lieberman and Leslie have been just a few of the ladies concerned within the 3-on-3 league, with Lieberman turning into the primary feminine coach to win the championship in 2018. Leslie adopted her in 2019.
DeMita stated she was excited to have the ability to work with each of them.
“At the draft is the primary time I met (Lieberman). Obviously, I’ve identified about Nancy. She’s a legend and one of the best participant to ever come out of ODU. One of the the explanation why I initially went there, it’s so cool. And actually, simply assembly her too, I used to be like, oh, she’s nonetheless a hooper. You simply get that vibe from some folks. And Nancy is like, if she had her sneakers, like she would have laced up and been on the market on the court docket.
“Leslie can be a part of the BIG3. So, to have these girls who’re tremendous impactful within the basketball panorama, to be part of this, and achieve success within the league is tremendous cool.”
The 2024 season begins Saturday in Oakland, California. Games are broadcast on CBS.
The BIG3 emblem previous to the sport between the Aliens and the Trilogy in BIG3 Week Four at Comerica Center on July 10, 2022, in Frisco, Texas. (Logan Riely/Getty Images for BIG3)
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Brian Scalabrine can be a sideline commentator for the league. The broadcast staff additionally consists of Brian Custer, Jim Jackson, Ed Cohen and Avery Johnson.
