J. Cole Departs Basketball Africa League Due to ‘Family Obligation’
J. Cole Departs<br />Basketball Africa League<br />Due to ‘Family Obligation’.<br />J. Cole Departs<br />Basketball Africa League<br />Due to ‘Family Obligation’.<br />ESPN reports that<br />J. Cole’s professional<br />basketball career is<br />done, at least for now. .<br />Sources confirm that Cole has departed Rwanda<br />and returned home due to “family obligation.” .<br />His contractual obligations to the Basketball Africa<br />League (BAL) have reportedly been completed. .<br />Cole has been playing in the league on the Rwanda<br />Patriots team since its inauguration on May 16.<br />He played a little over<br />45 minutes in three<br />preliminary games,<br />putting up a total of<br />five points, three assists<br />and five rebounds. .<br />Although Cole brought<br />the BAL a lot of extra publicity,<br />not all players welcomed<br />his involvement. .<br />Terrell Stoglin, guard for<br />Morocco AS Salé, called<br />Cole’s involvement in the<br />league “disrespectful.”.<br />For a guy who has so much money and<br />has another career to just come here and<br />average, like, one point a game and still<br />get glorified is very disrespectful to the<br />game. It’s disrespectful to the ones who<br />sacrificed their whole lives for this, Terrell Stoglin, via ESPN
