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A fact from Sleep in the NBA appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that NBA players commonly struggle with sleep deprivation (player pictured)?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 15:05, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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LeBron James

... that mid-day and pregame naps are common among NBA players? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120430033559/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/sports/basketball/07naps.html
- ALT1: ... that LeBron James (pictured) likes to be serenaded by the sound of rain falling on leaves when going to sleep on the road? Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27767289/dirty-little-secret-everybody-knows-about
- ALT2: ... that NBA players commonly struggle with sleep deprivation? Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27767289/dirty-little-secret-everybody-knows-about
- ALT3: ... that Kobe Bryant used to "get by on three or four hours" of sleep during his NBA career? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20141003104113/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/fashion/arianna-huffington-kobe-bryant-meditate.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cafileria Soulbust (talk) 18:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: image only for ALT1.

Created by Soulbust (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 16 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sleep in the NBA; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Very interesting article! New enough, long enough, neutral and well-cited. All hooks are interesting, though I prefer ALT0 or ALT3. I noticed a lot of lengthy quotations that made Earwig whine, so I attempted to paraphrase some of the more pedestrian quotes myself. Just waiting on QPQ now. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:35, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Soulbust: QPQ? It's been about two weeks since the request. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:30, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: Sorry, for some reason it slipped my mind that I had the QPQ pending still. It's done now though, thanks for the reminder. Soulbust (talk) 18:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC) Soulbust (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@DigitalIceAge: Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:19, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oops sorry, forgot about this. QPQ checks out, all hooks good but prefer ALT0 or ALT3. DigitalIceAge (talk) 07:27, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm unpromoting this due to excessive quoting, See MOS:QUOTE for guidelines on how much quoting is appropriate. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:50, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Any updates on this? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:09, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5 and Soulbust: I have finished paraphrasing any quotations by journalists or other non-NBA members in the article; see these changes here. As I am now a major contributor to the article for the purposes of DYK, this will need a new reviewer. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:24, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Since this nomination has been delayed a bit, it is conveniently closer to the start of the 2023 NBA Finals. Maybe if we can wrap up this nom, we can get the hook to run on a day in which one of the games will be played. June 1, 4, 7, and 9 are the dates which are scheduled for the first 4 games of the series. Soulbust (talk) 11:11, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have read through the article, and the comments above. I am expressly approving Alt2. That said, the other hooks may be fine as well. I do think that the hook is a little weak. Seeing that the finals are about to start, if this was rushed to the front page, a good image might serve the mission of DYK.
Alt4 ... that to deal with sleep deprivation, NBA players commonly take mid-day and pregame naps?

--evrik ^(talk) 19:21, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik, Soulbust, DigitalIceAge, Narutolovehinata5, and RoySmith: I will promote ALT2 for June 9 prep 6 for when a game is scheduled, however I will not promote the image. The King LeBron James is no longer in the playoffs and his team was swept. So the image would be a puzzling image for the NBA finals. If you can find a relevant image with one of the Miami Heat or Denver Nuggets we can discuss moving to image slot. Bruxton (talk) 15:04, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]