J Cole signs with the Scarborough Shooting Stars

The Scarborough Shooting Stars Basketball Club of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Friday that they have signed 6'3 guard, J Cole to a standard player contract ahead of the 2022 season. Cole last played in the Basketball Africa League in 2021 for thee Patriots Basketball Club based out of Rwanda.

Cole's first game will be against the Guelph Nighthawks on May 26 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ont.

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