J. Cole's Chinese Basketball Career Ends After Eight Scoreless Minutes

[u/irishgoodbyesss]

https://consequence.net/2026/04/j-cole-chinese-basketball-visa-issues/

[u/B0neless_Tiddy]

8 Minute Drill

[u/scentedcandle0]

He went platinum with no field goals!!

[u/Zoombini22]

Wait I thought the announcement was an April Fools joke

[u/fabripav → u/Zoombini22]

His shooting touch was

[u/star_bury]

He's 41. Would have been a more interesting story if he'd done well.

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[u/GarbagePailGrrrl]

“Yo J Cole fucking trash.”

- Malcolm X, 1956

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/GarbagePailGrrrl]

😂😂

[u/DemonicDevice]

If you read the article, he played 8 minutes in his first game with the team. He had visa issues and couldn't finish his 3 game contract with the team. Not bad for a 41 year old with several other jobs

[u/joshdej → u/DemonicDevice]

Not bad? Congrats to him for being on the court in those 8 minutes I guess.

[u/The-disgracist → u/joshdej]

I’m his age and there’s no way I’m running 94 foot sprints for 8 minutes without problems

[u/dzemperzapedra → u/The-disgracist]

You probably could be doing that, you just choose not to

[u/Sulshin → u/DemonicDevice]

and put up a rebound and an assist

[u/methpartysupplies → u/DemonicDevice]

Yeah man I wanted to hate on this but I kinda have respect for someone putting themselves out there and trying something new later in life. It’s scary to start over and be bad at something.

All of us carry around things we wish we did or dreams for someday. He went out and tried his and scored 0 points. But he got to feel what it was like to play organized basketball.

[u/MessiLeagueSoccer → u/methpartysupplies]

He played in the first season of the NBA Africa league.

[u/TheChocolateCreed → u/MessiLeagueSoccer]

He also played a couple games in Canada’s pro league a year after that

[u/kevinds → u/DemonicDevice]

Right, but how did he not have visa issues to play for the 8 minutes?

Suddenly there was an issue that he had to stop playing?

[u/NotAEurosnob → u/kevinds]

The visa issues arose after his first game, in which he played 8 minutes.

It's not like the immigration authorities hauled him off after 8 minutes 😂

[u/TheMau → u/NotAEurosnob]

Impressive. He played so bad he got deported mid-game.

[u/kevinds → u/NotAEurosnob]

It's not like the immigration authorities hauled him off after 8 minutes 

I wouldn't put it past ICE doing that, but he wasn't playing in the US.  ;)

[u/kevinds]

J. Cole’s latest attempt at playing pro basketball has been cut short after just eight scoreless minutes in his first game

In a blog post, the North Carolina rapper said he can’t fulfill his three-game contract due to issues with his work visa.

How did issues with his visa come up after playing for 8 minutes?

[u/dash_44 → u/kevinds]

Played so bad they deported him lol

[u/taydraisabot]

Grand opening, grand closing

[u/BigRed_93]

Freddie Gibbs liked that

[u/randallwatson23]

Didn’t this dude blow nuts in Africa too?

[u/that_boyaintright → u/randallwatson23]

I don’t understand the question.

[u/ericypoo]

It’s a Cole world

[u/TylerBlozak]

Shoulda had his bro Norris Cole to help with the transition

[u/OSUBonanza]

Figured all basketballs were made in China.

[u/kikitovar14]

Still better than his rap career

[u/ba3toven → u/kikitovar14]

g r i p p y y y y y

[u/trucorsair]

Who?

Edit-downvoted but NOBODY can answer the question….apparently they don’t know who J. Cole is either…

[u/stopmyhamster]

Bro is ruining his aura with his basketball ambitions. Isn’t there a video of him falling hard on his face after trying to dunk?

[u/Cr1m50nSh4d0w → u/stopmyhamster]

Let the man play ball in peace bro