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Killer 3s Donte Greene, left, tries maintain control of the ball as the Ball Hogs' Brain Scalabrine reaches in during Sunday's BIG3 basketball tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. [Paxson Haws/The Oklahoman]

For Shannon Brown, the question of, “What if we played together in the NBA?” lingered during summer pickup games during his nine-year NBA career.

“Now we’re getting the opportunity,” Brown, now a BIG3 player, said Sunday when the league came to Chesapeake Energy Arena. “I think that’s what it’s all about getting to play with guys you’re familiar with and getting a chance to go out there and win night in and night out, and a championship is the ultimate goal.