Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Lee (basketball)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 22:49, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

James Lee (basketball)

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No indication of meeting GNG, WP:NCOLLATH. Never played in the pros. John from Idegon (talk) 01:53, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep meets WP:NBASKETBALL bullet #2 as a second-round NBA draft pick. Rikster2 (talk) 02:05, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Second round picks are generally presumed to be notable. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 02:43, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps I'm being dense here, but why should the notability standards for professional basketball apply to someone who never played in the bigs? I could see the draft pick criteria for a player who hasn't got there yet, but this guy obviously isn't gonna. Also, why is the notability threshold for basketball so much lower than other sports? The only other sport he would reach notability in if he was playing that sport is hockey, due to his impressive record in the Continental League. Baseball, football, soccer, tennis, even auto racing....no. Seems silly. John from Idegon (talk) 02:52, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You have to be kidding me. Go look at the notability for other sports - including soccer which ONLY requires playing one game in a "fully professional league." (Which the CBA was, btw). Don't get salty because you forgot to read the guidelines before AfDing. Rikster2 (talk) 03:06, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NBASKETBALL as an NBA second round draft pick. Also played in the original Continental Basketball Association, which was a top tier professional league at the time Lee was in it. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:06, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rikster2 and Jrcla2 as he appears to meet the WP:NBASKETBALL requirements. Ejgreen77 (talk) 10:41, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 14:31, 15 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - Pro career in the CBA and a member of a collegiate national championship team. Carrite (talk) 15:29, 21 August 2016 (UTC)


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