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The result was delete. The uncontested rebuttal of the sources carries the day. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 06:13, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Brandon Phillips (basketball)
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Not a significant player in the newly-formed Junior Basketball Association, as he averaged 1.8 points per game for the Los Angeles Ballers and was cut from the team. The only reason he has been in the news as of late is because the JBA has been stiffing him 2/3 of his salary, which hardly warrants an article. In terms of significant coverage, there is one Los Angeles Times profile of him joining the JBA and that's about it which is specifically about him. I would suggest a redirect to Los Angeles Ballers but since he is no longer on the team, it wouldn't make sense so we can just have a blurb in the history section. As it stands I would be happy to withdraw this if he signs with some other pro team but I think that is unlikely. ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 18:22, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. AmericanAir88 ( talk) 19:05, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. AmericanAir88 ( talk) 19:05, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. AmericanAir88 ( talk) 19:06, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
- Keep: Premise of nomination is flawed. There are two in-depth Los Angeles Times articles about Phillips ( [1], [2]), not just one, as the nominator stated. The recent articles about the JBA stiffing him are more than passing mentions of Phillips and would qualify under WP:GNG. Also, a player's performance in the JBA does not affect notability at all. Rather it's only a matter of whether it meets GNG. Runningibis ( talk) 21:45, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear ( talk) 10:33, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- Delete: Obviously fails the WP:GNG and the WP:SPORTSPERSON. -- LACaliNYC ✉ 06:58, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Delete Fails WP:GNG with lack of significant coverage in mutliple sources. Per GNG, the multiple articles from the LA Times counts as one source from the same publisher. Aside from that there is just multiple sources about the same news item regarding his payment issues with the JBA.— Bagumba ( talk) 08:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
- delete Fails GNG and WP:NHOOPS. Sandals1 ( talk) 16:21, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
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