Despite averaging just 1.7 points per game, J.Cole is far and away the biggest name among Basketball Africa League's handful of players.

The successful American rapper just dropped a fresh new album, but signed onto the league to pursue his forgotten dream of being a hoops star.

But the star hasn't exactly been living up to whatever hype he had going for him. J. Cole has struggled through five games thus far playing for the Rwanda Patriots.

BAL's top scorer, Terrell Stoglin, chimed in on J. Cole's presence in the league. Stoglin is currently averaging 31 points per game, while being the first player to score 40 in league history. While he acknowledges that there are benefits to having a celebrity within the league, he also laid out why he felt it was ‘disrespectful' that he was even there, per report from ESPN's Leonard Solms.

“I live in a basketball world. I don't live in a fan world. I know a lot of guys that had their careers stopped by COVID and they're still home working out and training for an opportunity like this.”

“For a guy who has so much money and has another career to just come here and average, like, one point a game and still get glorified is very disrespectful to the game. It's disrespectful to the ones who sacrificed their whole lives for this.”

Stoglin, a former Maryland Terrapins standout, feels that someone out there could have used the opportunity much more than J. Cole did. As a multi-millionaire musician, Stoglin's take isn't exactly wrong in his belief. But at the same time, J Cole is also chasing his dream that he's put aside for so long while also bringing more attention and probably revenue to the fledgling African league.

It's definitely a double-edged sword that doesn't have a clear answer.