Tristan Thompson Taps Somnia to Bring Basketball Fandom On-Chain

NBA champion Tristan Thompson is teaming up with Improbable CEO Herman Narula and co-founder Hadi Teherany to roll out a new web3 experience designed to reinvent basketball fandom for the digital era. The project, named basketball.fun, will debut in October ahead of the NBA season and will attempt to gamify the way fans interact with players and games, Thompson announced. It has been developed on Somnia, a layer 1 blockchain that went live at the start of this month, already notching billions of dollars worth of trading volume in its first two weeks. “This is how we experience moments together, it’s not just about basketball,” Tristan Thompson said in a press release. “We’re creating something for the fans that lives beyond the game, where your presence, passion, and play actually matter.” TOKENIZED NBA PLAYERS Unlike traditional fantasy sports or fan tokens, the platform will tokenize NBA players with values that fluctuate in real time based on sentiment and performance. Fans will be able to assemble rosters, speculate on rising talent, and earn rewards tied to their predictions and engagement. “The…