LeBron James is tired of your criticism; D’Angelo Russell’s sound advice


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SALT LAKE CITY — It’s hard to argue against LeBron James and his greatness, yet tons of people continue to hate him (we’re looking at you Skip Bayless).

That’s not to say James has some faults, but looking at his career and expectations placed on him objectively, James will likely go down as one of the best, if not the best, basketball player of all time. In the wake of his third NBA Finals championship, and first for the city of Cleveland, James took to Instagram to call out his critics:

So stop criticizing LeBron and just enjoy his greatness for a bit. And because I still can’t stop thinking about it, here’s his epic block from Sunday night.

Trust D’Angelo

Ben Simmons could likely be the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. And a new Foot Locker ad featuring Simmons is expected to air on ESPN during the broadcast of the draft.

The ad features three players from the 2015 NBA draft — Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker and D’Angelo Russell — giving Simmons advice now that he’s been drafted. Towns and Booker explain to Simmons that it’ll take hard work in the NBA and that nothing comes easy anymore.

Simmons asks Russell for some last bit of advice, upon which Russell asks Simmons if he has a phone before throwing it out the window.

“Trust me,” Russell says in a reference to his off-the-court issue with Lakers teammate Nick Young where he leaked a private video of Young talking about women.

The NBA draft will begin Thursday at 5 p.m. MST.

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