“Athletes wanna be rappers, rappers wanna be athletes.” Those are words from the illustrious street poet and superstar Lil Wayne back in 2014. It’s true. If you need proof, look no further than your Twitter timeline, folks.
If you’ve logged on today, you’ve been blessed with the incredible privilege of watching rap and R&B superstars Quavo, Drake and Justin Bieber hoop in NBA super trainer Chris Brickley’s gym.
Keeping it real with y’all? They got some skill. Can’t even hate on it.
Jumpers all look a bit goofy, but they look pretty good! Like, I’m pretty sure Quavo could probably hoop on, like, a Division II college level or something! That’s how good he looks.
Drake and Bieber? I’m confident they could try out for the Canadian national team and at the very least make it to the cuts that happen right before the final cuts to the team. That’s a compliment! I swear! Well, to them, anyway. Not to Canada’s national team.
Obviously, this wouldn’t be a prime piece of internet content if we didn’t rank them. So guess what? We’re ranking them!
3. Drake
Yeah, I’m pretty sure Drake is that guy at pick up who can literally only shoot the ball and that’s it. How do I know? This was the first thing we saw him do.
Now, don’t get it twisted. That’s a valuable skill on the pick up court. But… just don’t ask him do to anything else.
By the way, I know y’all peeped that Kawhi Leonard bounce at the end. What kind of basketball magic do they have going on up in Toronto?
2. Justin Bieber
Listen here, man. Not a huge Justin Bieber fan, y’all. Can’t lie about it. But he’s definitely played some sort of organized basketball before.
My man gave us a hit ahead pass, attacked a closeout, got the the rack and gave us a no-look dump-off dish. And he made it look cool, too, which always gets you bonus points in my book.
Yeah, fam, Bieber got sauce. I’m getting hella White Chocolate vibes from the Biebs. Is that because he’s white? Potentially.
1. Quavo
Quavo is really good, y’all. I mean, really REALLY good. He’s pulling up in people’s faces off the rip in the most disrespectful fashion.
No, but really, props to Quavo for having game. This is dope. The only flaw that was apparent was his hesi-to-shot combo.
There was nothing wrong with the hesitation move, but fam, when you pull it out for three straight dribbles? Nobody should fall for this. He still hit the shot, though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
This was fun to watch. Hit me for the next game, y’all. I’m down.
