Ben Simmons is taking the nation by storm as far as college basketball goes. The freshman for LSU is already projected as the #1 overall pick in next year’s NBA draft and there is no doubt as to why. He is dominating everyone he plays, even if the outcome for his team hasn’t always been the best. You can now add Lebron James to the list of people in awe of the kid. People have been comparing Simmons to Bron for a while and he doesn’t mind it one bit.
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“I don’t mind it,” James said Friday before the Cavs’ 114-108 overtime loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. “Someone’s going to be compared to someone all the time, and I don’t mind him being compared to me. People not only recognizing what he does on the floor, but he’s a great kid, too. He has a great family, great support system, and that’s why he’s able to do what he [does] on the floor.”
Ironically, Simmons was actually in attendance at the Pelicans/Cavs game last night where he saw first hand the dominance Lebron still has. The Cavs lost but Bron went off for 23 points in the 4th quarter to send the game to overtime.
“He’s one of the best players in the world that’s played the game,” Simmons said in an interview with ESPN. “I just try to take little parts of his game and put it into mine. His size is one of the things that I look at. I’m 6-10, and he’s right at 6-8 or 6-9, and I just try and fit what he does into my game.”
Simmons likened James to a big brother.
“He gives me a lot of advice if I ever need it,” he told ESPN. “He looks out for me, and he’s one of those people you have to have as a mentor because he’s one of the best players in the world.”
