Talking Points is a daily feature that runs down some of the best stories in sports. Today, LeBron James and the Miami Heat try to finish off Philly with time to prepare for Boston. So what does that have to do with hip-hop? More than you think. Plus: Reggie Miller’s still the worst, it’s open season on Roger Goodell, and in Miami, all bets are off.
LeBron James Quotes Jay-Z To Explain The Heat Vs. 76ers (Or, Why The Hip-Hop-NBA Cliche Is Truer Than You Know)
LeBron James and the Miami Heat take the court vs. the 76ers in Game 5 Wednesday night, and Wednesday morning LeBron was asked whether it mattered if they can beat the 76ers tonight.
What does that even mean, you ask? Why, it’s a Jay-Z quote, of course! “My homie Strick told me dude finish ya breakfast,” Jay-Z rapped on The Black Album. So, obviously, we have the latest reminder that hip-hop and the NBA are forever intertwined as these parallel universes that don’t necessarily make sense to white people, but tend to collide on a daily, even hourly basis. Either you’re slangin’ crack rock or you got a whicked jumpshot or you’re just confused by all of it...
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