Month: June 2020

After forty years of eluding law enforcement, Joseph DeAngelo pleaded guilty in court on Monday to being the Golden State Killer. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, DeAngelo, a former police officer, accepted a plea deal that will allow him to avoid the death sentence. In return, the 74-year-old has confessed his guilt to not only the crimes he’s been charged with but also to sexual assaults whose statute of limitations had run out by the time he was apprehended. He’ll be sentenced to life without parole.

DeAngelo was charged with 13 counts of murder, with additional special circumstances, as well as 13 counts of kidnapping for robbery in six counties, including Contra Costa County in the Bay Area. Investigators believe he was responsible for more than 60 rapes, including some in Santa Clara and Alameda counties as well, but the statute of limitations expired on those crimes.

DeAngelo’s court appearance arrived the day after HBO aired the first episode of its new docu-series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. The series focuses on the book of the same name by the late crime writer Michelle McNamara, who passed away during her investigation into the Golden State Killer. Her widowed husband, comedian Patton Oswalt, worked with McNamara’s co-investigators to complete the book and, in a bittersweet ending, two months after it was published the police captured DeAngelo.

In his reaction to the guilty plea, Oswalt joined I’ll Be Gone in the Dark director Liz Garbus in emphasizing that the focus should remain on the survivors of DeAngelo’s heinous crime spree. “All present, all staring directly at that zilch of a human being, and he can’t return their gaze,” Oswalt tweeted. “That’s what I’m focusing on.”

You can see his full reaction below:

Oswalt’s focus on the victims echoes the thoughts he recently shared in an interview with UPROXX shortly before I’ll Be Gone in the Dark‘s premiere. When asked about his on-screen participation, the comedian said he didn’t want to be heavily featured because the focus should be on the survivors along with his late wife and her team of investigators that cracked the case.

(Via Patton Oswalt on Twitter)

Donald Trump has made a habit of running afoul of various social media pages’ terms of service, and it seems at least one has taken action by suspending his account. Gaming streaming site Twitch on Monday temporarily banned Trump’s Twitch channel, saying it violated its terms of service.

It’s the latest channel to see a ban as the service has cracked down on channels for content and copyright. Earlier in June, thousands of users saw streams taken down for music or other copyright material in their video material, even if songs were for example playing in the background while users were playing a game. Another controversial streamer, Dr. Disrespect, was mysteriously banned from Twitch over the weekend, though neither the streamer nor Twitch have given a reason for the ban.

According to The Verge, Trump’s ban comes after a rebroadcast of his widely mocked Tulsa speech was flagged for hate speech on the platform.

Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump, in the latest surprise and high-profile suspension from the streaming service. Trump’s account was banned for “hateful conduct” that was aired on stream, and Twitch says the offending content has now been removed.

One of the streams in question was a rebroadcast of Trump’s infamous kickoff rally, where he said that Mexico was sending rapists to the United States. Twitch also flagged racist comments at Trump’s recent rally in Tulsa.

If you visited Trump’s Twitch page, which his campaign started last October, on Monday you’d get the following where content would usually play.

The move came on a day when Reddit banned thousands of subreddits from its site in a similar crackdown. That included the unaffiliated subreddit The Donald, where many Trump supporters would gather to share racist content and conspiracies. Trump’s Twitch channel is essentially a place to rebroadcast content from other places, but it’s a sign social media sites are looking at his content more critically when it comes to their terms of service. Twitter, his preferred social media platform, has begun to flag some tweets with warnings about content and fact checking information, while Facebook has largely held off on removing misinformation despite mounting pressure from ad buyers to boycott the site until it does.

Apple TV+ released a trailer on Monday for a new series titled “Greatness Code” that will release on July 10 and look at moments or games that some of the world’s greatest athletes believe defined and shaped their careers.

LeBron James, Tom Brady, Alex Morgan, Shaun White, Usain Bolt, Kelly Slater, and Katie Ledecky will all be featured in season one, and the trailer teases some of the moments they will look at over seven “mini-episodes.” LeBron recalls the 2012 playoffs in Boston where he felt “nothing” going in, and how that was a turning point in his career, as the Heat went on to win the title and LeBron’s Game 6 performance is widely regarded as the finest single game of his entire career.

Tom Brady doesn’t highlight a Super Bowl performance, but instead thinks back on the 2007 Sunday Night game against Buffalo, when he went 31-of-39 passing for 373 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-10 win. Katie Ledecky looks back at one of her (many) record-breaking performances in the pool, and Usain Bolt highlights his 9.69 record-breaking 100 meter run in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

It will be interesting to hear some of these athletes recall their finest moments, the ones they believe meant the most to their careers. The series is directed by Gotham Chopra and co-produced by LeBron’s Uninterrupted and Religion of Sports.

Fashion, just like every industry at this point, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even as the economy slowly begins to reopen, the damage done during the months-long global shutdown has already taken root. Early last month, the New York Times reported that the luxury department store Neiman Marcus would be filing for bankruptcy protection and closing a number of its stores nationwide. By May 28th, CNBC had reported that another retail giant, J.C. Penny, would close stores through the month of June, continuing throughout July.

The impact our flailing economy will have on your favorite small streetwear brands remains to be seen, but with supply chains disrupted and retail experiences altered for the foreseeable future, it seems like the months to come hold nothing but uncertainty for even the more coveted labels. If a luxury retailer like Neiman Marcus can fall, what’s stopping Supreme from having to close some of its stores?

Fortunately for streetwear labels, uncertainty is nothing new. Like independent restaurants, streetwear labels are small, nimble, and highly adaptable — used to finding ways to stay afloat in a cruel industry that has made pivoting quickly a feature rather than a flaw. So while COVID-19 has no doubt impacted every streetwear label no matter how big or small, some are rolling with the changes, finding new ways to connect with their audiences, and using this upheaval to transform an industry that was already in need of major changes.

Changes like sustainability, for example. We’ve covered the tremendous strain that the production process of our clothing has on the planet in the past, and ecological footprint was definitely on the minds of Marc Keiser and Joey Gollish — who head the Keiser Clark and Mr. Saturday labels, respectively — when I talked to them separately over the phone during lockdown. While speaking about the struggles their individual brands face during the COVID-19 pandemic, both Keiser and Gollish remained optimistic and eager to step up to the new challenges in creative ways, and hoped that this massive shift would lead to an industry made better by our new circumstances.

Check out our conversation below.

How has the impact of COVID-19 directly affected your label and what are you currently doing to stay afloat?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): The biggest thing is that it’s made us adapt and focus on what’s important. Tangibly, we were going to do our first presentation in Paris and obviously those plans have changed, so I think trajectory-wise that’s been the biggest thing for us. As far as staying afloat, it’s all about focusing our attention — we’re focusing on what’s important to the brand, and focusing on our retailers as partners, and focusing on our customers as people. We’re focusing on our core product, and focusing on delivering that experience for Mr. Saturday in new ways and ultimately focusing on the core principles of the business.

Marc Keiser (Keiser Clark): Our international sales team is heavily China-based, and we were back in Paris in January so we were very aware and paying attention to everything that was going on in China, our sales team was getting news from their family, through WeChat or social media. Business-wise, we noticed right away because we had a really good sales season coming out of Paris and a lot of that growth came from retailers in China and we were seeing a lot of those orders put on hold, reduced, or canceled in mid-February following Fashion Week. I kept talking to other designers and other buyers and they were like “no it really hasn’t affected our business at all, we haven’t seen any changes” and we thought, “oh damn, maybe it’s just us, maybe the collection wasn’t as good as I thought it was,” but as March came around the rest of the world caught on and then it hit the U.S. pretty hard.

I think in terms of how we’re reacting and how things are going, obviously, the retail side of things is taking a big hit. We kind of turned our office into almost a drop-ship. We reached out to all our retailers, created dropbox folders for them with the product images, product descriptions, price points and just told them like “Hey, feel free to put any of this up on your site, let us know if there is an order placed, and we’ll ship it directly from us.” In an effort to help them transition. Some of our retailers didn’t even have e-comm set up yet, so that was a huge help for them. Otherwise, I think obviously the retail orders for Autumn/Winter 20 have been cut, reduced, canceled entirely. That’s been a big hit for us in what was supposed to be a really big growth year.

What new types of challenges are you facing as a result of travel restrictions? I imagine that has an effect on photoshoots and promotional opportunities.

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): Definitely that challenge came as soon as we tried doing this capsule, that’s why we started to work with creators that have been living together or are couples. We had a couple shoot that first editorial which I thought was super cool because it was amazing content that also reflected their period of transition right now. As far as travel, that’s super interesting for us because wholesale has been a big model for us. Learning what travel restrictions will be as market seasons come up is definitely on our radar. Whether domestic travel within regions is possible or whether it’s not and we’re going to have to rely on logistics and getting samples for our collection to keep harvest and keep them updated is on there.

Beyond that, just the supply chain slowing down and stopping, in general, is probably the biggest barrier to running our company right now, and I think that comes back to that idea of a new sense of adaptability. In the past, we’ve relied so heavily on just-in-time logistics to run an adaptable business that lets you use your cash flow and carry as little debt as possible and make moves quickly, but that’s not the case anymore. I think this idea of new adaptability for us actually means forecasting more and planning more long term so that we can actually act faster in moments when there is less access to that supply chain.

What are some of the new ways you’re trying to engage with your audience?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): The biggest thing for us right now is our Artist Relief Capsule collection. We had this capsule that was supposed to launch at a popup in Toronto in March. What we ended up having to do was release it with an editorial that was shot by this couple I know who is a model and photographer that live together and we put up the capsule to raise money for a relief fund and also to donate to our factories who are creating PPE and masks for health care professionals.

Marc Keiser (Keiser Clark): For me, it’s been great to talk with a lot of our customers through email, and ask them “how are you doing, how are you getting through this.” Personally, I like that side of things. I like that we’re taking a pause to connect with people. I think that’s something we’ll see hopefully shine through once this is all over.

With your change in the business model, how long do you think you can last like this?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): We’re going to continue to adapt and work with whatever reality exists for as long as we exist. We’re fortunate enough to be small enough to make core changes to our processes really quickly, that’s been a big advantage for us. At the core of that new approach now is a new sense of adaptability. I think we have plans that stretch to the end of 2020 right now and that’s pretty long term thinking for the moment.

Marc Keiser (Keiser Clark): I think the beauty of the fashion industry is that there is no one way to be successful, there is no one product or one style that is going to reign supreme. There are brands out there that have no retail business what so ever and they’re entirely successful. You have other brands that don’t have any direct to consumer set up and they’re killing it with their retail partners.

That’s the benefit of this industry, there are so many avenues of growth, so many avenues to success. I think it’s about diversifying those paths you are taking, I keep telling myself “When this is over when we get back to how things were…” and I think that’s the wrong mentality. This is the new normal, if we’re able to recover as a global economy in the coming months then we have the fear of the looming fall/winter COVID season. So I think for us it’s about how can we continue as a business to do this, how we can keep getting creative with retailers, how are we communicating with our direct to consumer customers.

In fashion, there is the business side of things and there is the brand side of things, and those cross over a lot, but for me the brand — that’s the luxury side of it, that’s the escape, that’s the dream. That hasn’t changed for us, the story we’re trying to tell through our designs hasn’t changed. It’s always been about connection and family. We’re seeing a lot of conversations, a lot of tensions between retailers and brands. When you’re facing an economic downturn or recession there is a lot of fear, how can we as a brand avoid that fear and avoid that selfish survival instinct and really work together with a wide array of people and customers to come out of it stronger than before?

Do you plan on making face masks as an accessory going forward?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): I don’t really have plans of making masks as an accessory, at least for the time being. It’s a pretty serious and important piece to make, and it’s not something that’s in my wheelhouse technically.

Marc Keiser (Keiser Clark): I think going into Spring/Summer 21 it’s definitely something we’re looking to include as part of a collection. I don’t know personally if that’s an item that we will be selling. It might be something we include with an order or something like that.

What are your plans for the future going forward? Can you have a pandemic proof plan?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): I don’t think anything is pandemic proof! Immediately we’re still super-focused on the FS 20 Artist Release Capsule… beyond that, experience is super important to me and we’re working on some new programs with our partners that bring that experience home for people and deliver it in new ways that adapt with our continuously evolving realities. The first part of that is going to launch in June and I’d like to say it’s pandemic proof but I think the biggest part of retooling our strategies was making adaptability at the core of all of them — so that no matter what’s happening we can retool that. We’re working on some cool experiences we can bring to customers or retail buyers and our partners either in their homes or in different ways.

Times of crisis often lead to huge shifts in culture, what lasting impact do you think Covid-19 will have on the streetwear scene, and what kind of big changes would you like to see made to the industry as a whole?

Joey Gollish (Mr. Saturday): I don’t necessarily think it’s going to result in a shrinking of the market, at least on the customer’s side, but I do think we’re going to see a tightening up as far as brands that are able to participate. I think the coolest thing though is kind of what you’re saying, crisis breeds mass shifts in culture, WWII created the teenager and that was one of the biggest consumer shifts we’ve ever seen, and now we’re in a new version of a crisis and I think that sustainability moving forward is actually going to be important.

From a utilitarian perspective it’s always been incredibly important, but I think that customer perspective is shifting, and now in a more real way than ever, caring has become cool, it’s kind of a unique opportunity to give the medicine to the masses and to create a sustainable product that will last longer and maybe that means people will be willing to pay the price for that, and they’ll be buying more long term and more consciously.

That’s the shift I’d like to see, and I’m kind of happy because I think in a way we’re sort of starting to see it already.

Marc Keiser (Keiser Clark): This is a question that I think about every day and every night and I’m not sure there is one answer. For us, it’s been an opportunity to look at the product we’re putting out into the world. This industry moves so fast, it’s crazy that for as long as I’ve been doing this — we officially launched last year in June with the autumn-winter 19 collection — to think of everything that’s happened in that time, is nuts and I think for us it’s given us an opportunity exploring more sustainable options, not only in the materials we use but also in the designs that we put out and the supply chains that we’re utilizing.

I think it’s going to have a major impact going forward, the world is calling for it, and I think especially now, with places like China, places like the US, where the pollution has gone down, the skies are the clearest then they’ve been in years. It’s such a telling side of the impact that we as humans are having on the environment and I think as we slowly start getting back, the world is going to be expecting more from us. The push on global warming, the push on the effect that we’re having on the environment, that’s something that the younger generation of consumers is very aware of. It’s something they’re being taught in schools and something that they’re seeing on social media at a young age.

On the business side of things, I think there is a lot of tension and testing that are going on between brands and retailers and I think people are starting to rethink how those relationships impact one another, but I think that’s a good thing.

The reality of the pandemic is horrible, if you really look into stories, you see what’s happening in New York, what happened in Wuhan- — it’s devastating. As much as we can joke about the challenges on Instagram or make light of it, or talk business, its the reality facing a lot of people. I read an article saying “no this is a good thing, there are too many brands out there are too many retailers” and from a cold heartened business standpoint, sure, but from a human element, there are people behind that.

That was somebody’s dream to start that business, that was somebody’s dream to start that brand, I know exactly how that feels, to do something that you love, and to pursue that passion. It’s hard to see how it’s impacting those people, how it’s impacting my family, my brother or his fiancee working in hospitals, how its impacting friends that have been laid off or furloughed. Personally, I hope the industry as a whole has a more human element that continues to shine through on all sides, that we’re not just a brand, we’re not just a consumer, we’re not just a customer.

The BET Awards took place this Sunday and it was a glimpse into the future of award shows amid the pandemic. The event went virtual, asking each of the artists who performed to send in a pre-taped video. As MTV’s VMAs are slated to happen soon, the awards show is still finding ways to be held in-person.

On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the VMAs the green light to take place in NYC’s Barclays Center. During a press conference, Cuomo announced the event is happening in August, though the number of people who are able to attend is still in question. Barclays Center will allow the VMAs to have a “limited or no audience,” depending on the threat of the coronavirus. Following his announcement, Cuomo said he encourages the use of HEPA air filtration systems in indoor areas, which can filter out the virus.

Back in May, MTV told Billboard that they were exploring options to figure out how to hold the event in-person. “We’re exploring with government officials, the medical community, and key stakeholders on how to safely hold the 2020 VMAs at Barclays Center,” an MTV spokesperson said. “The health of everyone involved remains our number one priority. Additionally, we are working on several contingency plans to bring music’s biggest night to audiences everywhere.”

If you’re anything like this guy…

… you’ve had “Ja Ja Ding Dong” rattling around your brain since watching Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Netflix’s goofy, sweet musical-comedy starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. There are two things to know about the song:

1. It’s not a real song. I mean, it is now, because it’s a movie, but it’s not an Icelandic standard. “We were trying to create a bar song that Fire Saga didn’t write, because in the movie, supposedly, this is just a traditional song,” director David Dobkin told Vulture, while songwriter Savan Kotecha added, “We knew it had to be a call-and-response to feel like a pub song. It’s all about that chorus… I’ve had a few people tell me, ‘That’s like an Icelandic pub song or something?’ Like, nope! That’s a new song.”

2. It’s low-key dirty.

When I feel your gentle touch
And things are going our way
I wanna spill my love on you all day, all day

Jaja ding dong (Ding dong)
My love for you is growing wide and long
Jaja ding dong (Ding dong)
I swell and burst when I see what we’ve become
Jaja ding dong (Ding dong)
Come, come my baby, we can get love on
Jaja ding dong (Ding dong)
When I see you I feel a ding-ding dong

OK, maybe it’s not “low-key” dirty. It’s just dirty.

3. And the full-length version is available for your listening enjoyment below.

After watching the character reach an unfortunate low with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was an incredible feat to see director James Mangold deliver a satisfying conclusion to Hugh Jackman‘s nearly 20-year run as the clawed mutant in Logan. Making it all the more impressive is the fact that Logan hit while the Marvel Cinematic Universe was absolutely dominating the box-office and pop-culture landscape, and yet the film managed to stand out for its neo-western tone and its final scene that set a high bar for Avengers: Endgame to clear when it eventually sent some of its characters off into the sunset.

However, in an interesting twist, Jackman recently revealed that his final scene as Wolverine was sprung on him after bad weather forced Mangold to make a quick decision. While sitting down with Anne Hathaway for Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series, Jackman opened up about how he wasn’t exactly prepared for the emotional moment when (Spoiler Alert) Logan dies while holding the hand of his daughter played by Dafne Keen.

I remember when we shot that scene, we were shooting very high altitude, and there were thunderstorms going off everywhere, and we had to shut down. He just said, ‘We can’t do this big stunt scene. But we’re just going to do the death scene.’ I’m like, ‘Like, now?’ He goes, ‘I’m just going to have you and Dafne, and if you could just do that.’ I’m like, ‘All right.’ He knew that’s best for me.”

According to Jackman, Keen nailed the scene in two takes, but Mangold kept rolling and told Jackman he wanted to “stop the clocks” by not worrying about anything except letting Jackman live in the ending of his classic character. “Him allowing me — not just as an actor, but as Hugh — to remember that moment. It was a luxury that I’ll never forget.”

(Via Variety)

Miley Cyrus is used to filling stadiums on sold-out tours. But with the pandemic, the singer won’t be able to perform to a live audience any time soon. However, Cyrus still managed to find a way to perform for a stadium, albeit an empty one. As part of a recent livestream, Cyrus gave a rendition of The Beatles’ “Help” in the center of a completely empty Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena.

Cyrus’ performance was part of Global Citizen’s Global Goal: Unite for Our Future livestream where she joined a handful of other musicians to raise funds for charity. Along with her rendition of “Help,” Christine And The Queens danced to “La Vita Nuova,” Chloe X Halle performed “Rest Of Your Life,” Usher sang his recently-released track “Cry,” and Coldplay’s Chris Martin crooned his song “Paradise.”

In other Cyrus news, the singer recently opened up about her sobriety in an interview, revealing that she’s six months sober and feeling great. Cyrus had originally gotten sober due to a vocal surgery back in November but she decided to stick with it. “The thing that I love about it is waking up 100%, 100% of the time,” she said. “I don’t want to wake up feeling groggy. I want to wake up feeling ready.”

Watch Cyrus perform “Help” as part of Global Citizen’s Global Goal: Unite for Our Future livestream above.

Gilead Sciences, the biopharmaceutical company that has been donating the ebola drug remdesivir to the U.S. Government for use in treatment against COVID-19 since May, announced on Monday that the company would begin charging for the drug in July. According to CNBC, remdesivir will be sold at a cost of $390 per vial to the governments of “developed countries” around the world, and $520 per vial for U.S. private insurance companies, charging a lower price for government programs like Medicare and a higher price for private insurers. A typical round of treatment with the drug will cost commercial health insurance companies $3,120 over five days.

How much of that expense gets transferred over to patients will be at the discretion of the companies and the policies of each individual patient. Some patients may not see costs, though patients with high deductibles could face the full expense. During a conference call with reporters, a senior official in the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that uninsured individuals will be covered under provisions of the CARES Act.

According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, while not a cure, the use of remdesivir in treatment for the coronavirus has resulted in faster recovery time for COVID-19 patients, with patients generally recovering four days faster than those who didn’t take the drug. CNBC reports that the use of the drug in hospital recovery will save hospitals about $12,000 per patient due to early hospital discharge. Gilead predicts that the typical treatment will require five days and six vials of remdesivir at a cost of $3,120 to insurers in the U.S. but treatments can extend to ten-days which would require 11 vials at $5,720.

Speaking with Meg Tirrell on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day assured people that access to the drug would be plentiful “Whether you’re covered by a private insurer, whether you’re covered by a government insurer, whether you’re uninsured with COVID-19, there will not be an issue for access with remdesivir.”

Many people on Twitter didn’t share O’Day’s sunny outlook, with critics pointing out that the drug’s price could hit people hard during a pandemic, especially considering a more promising and much cheaper drug, dexamethasone, costs about $6 per day and is showing to be a major breakthrough in the treatment of COVID-19.

According to the BBC, dexamethasone, a drug that is already widely in use in the reduction of inflammation for arthritis, asthma, and certain skin conditions, is currently undergoing the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments against the coronavirus, and has shown a lot of promise in its ability to prevent an overreaction of the immune response, which can result in a deadly cytokine storm. The use of dexamethasone has been shown to cut the risk of death from 40% to 28% for patients needing the aid of a ventilator and from 25% to 20% in those needing oxygen. In the U.S., the CDC reports that the current coronavirus hospitalization rate is about 98 people per 100,000 diagnosed.

Emoni Bates made history this year when the sophomore became the first underclassmen to ever win the Gatorade National Boys Player of the Year award. Bates is the top recruit in the 2022 cycle, and decided on Monday to go ahead and end the recruitment process and make his commitment known, despite having at least one more year left of high school, and likely two if he doesn’t reclassify.

Bates announced that he will be committing to Michigan State to play for Tom Izzo, as he told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Jeff Borzello.

“They get all my respect, really,” Emoni Bates said. “I love how they coach, Coach Izzo, I like how they focus on defense more than offense. That’s a big key in basketball and people don’t understand that. On and off the court, he has passion. He’s just an amazing guy, overall.”

Bates and his father also addressed the potential to reclassify, with both saying they expect him to play out his high school career, but leaving the door open for the possibility of him joining the Class of 2021 if things are “too easy.” Bates also announced that he’ll be leaving Lincoln High School and playing his next two seasons for a prep school that is being launched by his father, Elgin, and will be coached by his AAU coach, which plans to play a national schedule and be operated by his father beyond Emoni’s departure.

The announcement came as a bit of a surprise to Michigan State, but certainly a happy surprise as they land one of the premier prospects high school basketball has seen in recent history.

While there had been an expectation that 2022 would be the first draft without the one-and-done rule, allowing Bates to go straight to the NBA, those discussions are now on hold and it’s possible the NBA won’t get around to changing their draft rules until later. When asked by ESPN about the league’s G League alternative to college, Bates noted that its a good opportunity for some but did not think it would be something he’d be interested in.

“It’s good for certain players. That’s a lot of money,” he said. “I don’t really plan on, I don’t think I’ll do it. It’s good for some people, but I don’t think I’ll head that route.”

As it stands now, Michigan State is two years away from getting the nation’s best player. That can all change, whether by him reclassifying to 2021 or should the NBA go forward with eliminating the one-and-done rule, but it’s a good day in East Lansing regardless.