Luka Snoj

Luka Snoj (born March 16, 1990) is a 3x3 basketball pioneer and the author of the first-ever 3x3 basketball book. He is the first European 3x3 basketball player to have played in the first professional 3x3 basketball league in the world. Luka holds a law degree.
Career.
Luka was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia and started playing basketball at the age of 8. He has played both basketball and 3x3 basketball during his career. He won a gold medal with the Slovenian national Under-18 team on the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B. He was later known for his 3x3 basketball achievements and being ranked among the top 3x3 basketball players in the world. He began playing 3x3 basketball in 2010 and has played in more than 500 3x3 basketball games. He is the first European player to have played in the first professional 3x3 basketball league in the world. 
Post-retirement.
After his playing career, he has started teaching and educating players, coaches, and others internationally.
His literary work helped grow the game even before 3x3 debuted on the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his 3x3 basketball advanced data analysis and published work in the field of 3x3 basketball.
Notable work.
His book 3x3 Basketball: Everything you need to know is the first-ever book to cover multiple aspects of 3x3 basketball. In it he comprehensively presents the differences between traditional and 3x3 basketball and outlines the fundamental tactics and game structure, theory, terminology, as well as principles for successful play. He also details the history of 3x3 basketball - why and how it was formed as well as how the sport has evolved over the years. He also describes the competition system, including how the rules have changed, and what teams have been successful over the past decade. Snoj also weaves contemporary interviews with top players like Dusan Bulut - 3x3 basketball's GOAT (four-time world champion) - to round out the narrative on a sport whose popularity will only continue to grow. Finally, Snoj provides both statistical and analytical analyses of the sport. The historical and statistical data used in the book were obtained from FIBA 3x3 and have not been known to the public before. After obtaining the data Snoj has made a statistical analysis of the best 3x3 teams in the world and compared the efficiency of 3x3 teams with NBA teams.