Kai Cenat has come out and officially called it quits on his short-lived professional basketball career and announced his return to the world of streaming. The energetic Cenat is famous for his creative content and recently entertained his fans with his LBA, aka Little Ballers Association, brief adventure.
This was a semi-fictional League that Cenat created to create content for streams. The LBA had professional referees, featured celebrity commentators, and was really high production value, combining elements of professional basketball with entertainment. His team was completely filled with personality and skill, being the New York City Skyscrapers and led by Cenat himself.
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Cenat himself led a New York City Skyscrapers filled as much with personality as with skill.
During a championship run that will be remembered more for the laughs than for stats, Cenat fought through a hurt right knee sprain and sealed his team’s win, etching himself as the league’s MVP. The final moments saw Cenat lifting the championship trophy and, in one last turn of drama, his jersey being ceremoniously retired, which marked the end of his LBA career.
This came as a surprise to his followers, as right after the championship win, Cenat had announced his retirement from the LBA, effective immediately. In a post of celebration on October 2, 2024, he shared a photo with his hard-earned trophy and insinuated that his basketball adventure was complete. “The side mission is complete,” Cenat joked, eager to get back to the main quest-streaming.
To Cenat, the LBA had been a wildly outlandish experiment combining his two loves: sports and entertainment. It was something tangible and undeniable, and his fans quite frankly couldn’t get enough of it. But instead, after this little detour into the world of basketball, the message from Cenat couldn’t be clearer: time to get back to work on his streaming career once more.
Off the court, Cenat has massive plans for his return to Twitch. He’s already teased a new subathon looking to break his own record for most subscribers on the platform-a title he once held, but briefly lost to fellow streamer Ironmouse. This return to Twitch is promised to be just as entertaining as his venture into basketball, with Cenat teasing new content ideas and high-profile collaborations with this return.
@autumnjohnsontv #kaicenat ends his streaming career to pursue professional basketball in the Little Basketball Association 🏀 #fyp ♬ original sound – Autumn Johnson
Also in development is a possible collab with rapper Lil Yachty, who has become a longtime friend to Cenat, frequently showing up on his streams. Some are also stirring about a possible deal with McDonald’s-closer to even further creative territory for Cenat. Kai Cenat has carved a special niche in the fields of sports, humor, and entertainment for himself on digital streaming platforms, and the same was further polished by his brief time in the LBA. From leading a fake basketball league to ruling Twitch, the charisma of Cenat has kept the fans wanting more from him.
