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Foot Locker Releases Two Ben Simmons Ads Ahead Of NBA Draft

Foot Locker today launched two new 30-second ads featuring NBA Draft prospect Ben Simmons, with both spots focusing on Simmons seeking advice for his rookie season. In "It's Not Real Yet," Simmons produces his own homemade Foot Locker ad alongside a papier mache version of T'Wolves C Karl-Anthony Towns. The second spot, "It's Real Now," shows Towns, Suns G Devin Booker and Lakers G D'Angelo Russell giving Simmons advice on life after the Draft. Russell pokes fun at his own rookie mistakes (Foot Locker).


Meanwhile, Simmons will appear on NBC's "The Tonight Show" at 11:35pm ET (THE DAILY).

Sue Bird and Dawn Porter talk upcoming doc, Ricardo Viramontes of UNINTERRUPTED and NBA conference finals

This week’s pod comes to you from 4se where SBJ’s Austin Karp is joined by basketball legend Sue Bird and award-winning director Dawn Porter as the duo share how their documentary, Power of the Dream, came together and what viewers can expect. Later in the show ,Ricardo Viramontes of The SpringHill Company/UNINTERRUPTED talks about how LeBron James and Maverick Carter are making their own mark in original content. Plus SBJ’s Mollie Cahillane joins the pod to add insight into the WNBA’s hot start and gets us set for the NBA Conference Finals.

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