{"id":421380,"date":"2026-08-02T03:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421380\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:43:14","slug":"slam-jose-3-on-3-basketball-tournament-registration-open-for-san-jose-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421380\/","title":{"rendered":"Slam Jose 3-on-3 basketball tournament registration open for San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for some major 3-on-3 basketball action, South Bay hoops fans, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbOyO1SkoyU\/?img_index=2&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Slam Jose<\/a> is coming to San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which is being presented in conjunction with the Hoop It Up 3\u00d73 basketball organization, is set to take place Sept. 26-27 in the plaza area that was once known as Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose. (That plaza is the process of being renamed.)<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the event is now open at <a href=\"http:\/\/slamjose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">slamjose.com<\/a>. So, dust off the Chucks, call up your two best (or tallest) pals, and get ready to ball with the top 3-on-3 squads in the area.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just about bragging rights.<\/p>\n<p>More than $20,000 in cash prizes will be handed out to the top teams.<\/p>\n<p>Divisions span pro-am, adult men\u2019s and women\u2019s (with ages 40+, 31+ as well as six-foot-and-under brackets), a wheelchair division and youth boys and girls from 18 and under to 10 and under<\/p>\n<p>The pro-am divisions (ages 18 and up) include men, women and wheelchair. There will be first place prizes of $5,000 and second place prizes of $2,500 handed out in each of the pro-am divisions. (Note: Minimum of 10 team pool needed to qualify for maximum prize money.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basketball as block party \u2014 built to fuel local youth sports, light up downtown and give back to community organizations across the Bay\u201d according to the information provided on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/slam-jose-community-hoop-festival-in-downtown-san-jose-registration-1990815503763?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the event\u2019s evite page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in competing in the event can register their teams (3-5 players ) for $250. For that price, teams are guaranteed at least four games \u2014 and could get as many as six. The deadline to register is Sept. 23.<\/p>\n<p>The even is free to attend as fan\/spectator, but people are asked to RSVP in advance via the website above. Beyond the basketball, there will also be many vendors, food and drink options and music.<\/p>\n<p>It runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 26 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27. It also includes a free-throw contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get ready for some major 3-on-3 basketball action, South Bay hoops fans, because Slam Jose is coming to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2454,184,7,4978,967,1533,100,88,90,89,198,94685,200,420],"class_list":["post-421380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-basketball","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-downtown-san-jose","tag-entertainment","tag-keywee","tag-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-social-alert","tag-south-bay","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}