John Rodriguez

There’s a difference between “I watch a ton of Laker games” in the past 5 years & I watch every single one. The Lakers don’t get the benefit of the whistle as much as opposing fans would think. When you have guys like LeBron, AD, Luka, Austin, you are bound to get calls. It’s not because of the jersey. Are there bad calls at times? Yea of course. Does Luka draw fouls at an elite level? Yes. Was AD a dominant post player that got plenty of calls sure. You’re also looking at drives not taking into account the style of play & post play in the past 5 seasons. You can look through Laker games the past 5 seasons & you won’t find tape like OKCs last game on both ends & what they get away with. You don’t like the Lakers, no need to be disingenuous for clicks.

The Lakers took 157 more Free Throw Attempts than the next closest team this year. In the last 5 years they've taken 938 more Free Throw Attempts than the next closest team. But yeah, some bad calls tonight.

J. Cole says he found it "disgusting" how people tried to tear down Drake, while also being proud of Kendrick Lamar and the moment he had: "The world became like politics, you either Democrat or Republican. You either Kendrick, or you Drake." "I was disgusted both ways, damn near." "The 'out of hand' that to me is disgusting, how people try to use that opportunity to show how they really felt about Drake the whole time, or just to pile on and tear this dude down and create a narrative as if he's not great. It was a whole campaign." (via Talk With Flee)

J. Cole says he’s not comfortable playing some of his favorite hip-hop songs around his kids. “I had a stepfather who introduced me to Tupac when I was six or seven, and I’m grateful for that. I'm grateful to my parents who had no regard to what I watched or listened to but I'm not comfortable playing my favorite songs around my kids yet because of the content”

J. Cole reveals his Dreamville Fest apology to Kendrick Lamar came to him just ONE hour before going on stage: “It hit me an hour before… the two or three days before that, it was terrible because I felt like I misrepresented myself…" "I'm giving life to division and negative storylines on somebody that I f*ck with, and I got love for..." "An hour before, it was like, aha… you got an opportunity to go on a bigger stage and say something that you believe in.” (via Apple Music)

J. Cole says he still has “genuine love” for both Drake and Kendrick Lamar 🚨 “I got genuine love for these dudes… I hate to see the world sh*t on either one of them in defense of the other.” (via Apple Music)