NBA players react to Trump criticizing LeBron on Twitter
Just days after LeBron James opened a school for 240 at-risk students in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, President Donald Trump took aim at the Los Angeles Lakers star on social media calling both him and CNN's Don Lemon dumb and unintelligent.
However, James' NBA counterparts were quick to come to his defense on Twitter.
Keep doing you @KingJames! 💪🏽 https://t.co/LOFVdQgyYr
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) August 4, 2018
So let me get this straight: Flint, MI has dirty water still, but you worried about an interview about a man doing good for education and generations of kids in his hometown? Shut your damn mouth! Stop using them twitter fingers and get stuff done for our country with that pen. https://t.co/sEkX3OKaJM
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) August 4, 2018
A sign of an insecure human being is one who attacks others to make themselves feel better... im just sad that young kids have to see stupid tweets like these and grow up thinking it’s okay... forget everything else Donald your setting a bad example for kids😑 our future 🤡 https://t.co/eg0MECg8xC
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) August 4, 2018
Tired of you! https://t.co/3vYwL0OyMx
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) August 4, 2018
Donald Punk! You got some nerve Foolie!
— The Jonathon Simmons (@ThaRealJsimms) August 4, 2018
We love Barack!!!! https://t.co/PvP0IuzsnV
— R.HollisJefferson (@IAmCHAP24) August 4, 2018
This is officially the most 2018 thing ever... https://t.co/e72YhlFsKF
— Francis Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) August 4, 2018
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 4, 2018
I've been silent about ALL of the DUMB stuff this man has tweeted but THIS is attacking the NBA brotherhood and I'm not rollin'! What an embarrassment... https://t.co/zHjgokig8R
— Anthony Tolliver (@ATolliver44) August 4, 2018
He’s gotta go! https://t.co/rujnO4rbYH
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) August 4, 2018
Lol! He's attacking LeBron's intelligence days after he opened a school that guarantees free college education for at risk youth, all the while his University settled out of court for Fraud?!!!??? You can't make this stuff up!!!!!! 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
— James JJ Sullinger (@JJSullinger) August 4, 2018