“If LeBron James can get J Cole a championship, he’s the GOAT”: NBA Fans react to hip-hop star’s professional debut for Rwanda’s Patriots BC in the Basketball Africa League

J Cole made his professional debut in the Basketball Africa League today, and hip-hop and basketball fans can’t stop talking about it.

They say every rapper grows up with the regret of not being a basketball player. They also say pretty much the converse for basketball players – apparently basketball players wanna be rappers too!

Well, it’s much tougher for a rapper to cross over to professional sports than the other way round. But J Cole wasn’t the type to let these facts get him down on his path. The North Carolina-based rapper had dreamt about being a baller all his life, and he’s achieved it.

Cole debuted today for Basketball Africa League’s Patriots BC, a Rwanda-based basketball club. At the age of 36, Cole certainly didn’t expect to be a top scorer in a pro basketball league. His numbers pretty much reflect that.

.@JColeNC in his pro debut pic.twitter.com/RwHLvuKxAH

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 16, 2021

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NBA Fans react to J Cole, joke about LeBron James

Now, you can’t blame tons of basketball fans for thinking they’d have performed better than Cole in a pro league. Many of us are prone to overrating our own talents in the game, underestimating that of others.

That seems to pretty much be the spirit of most NBA fans reacting to J Cole’s professional debut today. The SportsCenter post is now overrun by those reactions.

Never Forget when Kanye dropped 106 pic.twitter.com/5crIz6MgD1

— curry deserves mvp (@cantguarddurant) May 16, 2021

if lebron can get cole a championship then hes the goat.

— Tony X (@soIoucity) May 16, 2021

Tony Snell caught a few strays in the crossfire too.

Jcole>Tony Snell pic.twitter.com/11kUtT5lct

— curry deserves mvp (@cantguarddurant) May 16, 2021

mf played 1 game and is already a better passer than MJ ever was

— (@washedbev) May 16, 2021

And we giving Tebow shit for being signed at TE… J Cole belongs in that league as much as Tebow belongs as a NFL TE

— Googie Hog (@Mr_Googie_Hog) May 16, 2021

Dam @JColeNC you went 4,000 miles to score that bro when your next album

— BDude (@Brandon79924692) May 16, 2021

Giving me the same vibes pic.twitter.com/MooXLDATYV

— Matt (@Mattfm8) May 16, 2021

Teammates had something against him or something lol he was wide open a lot in rhythm in the first half and never got the ball

— drew cook (@drewcookiii) May 16, 2021

pic.twitter.com/98MueViDwc

— johnny (@tatumsbacon) May 16, 2021

Overall, it was pretty much the comment section you could envision it becoming. It’s not unnatural for fans to be a bit jealous of Cole for being in the position that he is.

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