Tristan Thompson Launches Web3 Basketball Platform on Somnia Blockchain

NBA champion Tristan Thompson, alongside Improbable's Herman Narula and Hadi Teherany, is launching a Web3 project called basketball.fun to enhance basketball fandom digitally.
The platform will debut in October prior to the NBA season. It aims to gamify fan interactions with players and games via a new experience.
Basketball.fun operates on Somnia, a layer 1 blockchain that started this month with significant trading volume.
Players are tokenized with values fluctuating based on sentiment and performance. Fans can create rosters, speculate on talent, and earn rewards.
No native token will be launched; instead, in-app value reflects fan sentiment and game outcomes.
Somnia was chosen over chains like Solana due to authentic relationships and a shared vision for long-term development.
Somnia boasts technical advantages, handling over one million transactions per second with sub-second finality and has already processed billions in daily volume.
The first major reveal will occur at Korea Blockchain Week, with a preview of the app and roadmap.