Surely by now most of you have seen the annoyingly funny Adidas commercials featuring either Derrick Rose or Dwight Howard and some obscenely rich oriental man named Slim Chin. You know, the one’s with Howard singing and playing piano or Rose being compared to a cheetah, while Slim Chin raps and flaunts his wealth? The two commercials have been part of Adidas’ viral marketing campaign for Howard and Rose’s newest signature basketball shoes.
While Dwight Howard is funny as an acapella singing, piano playing self proclaimed “Beast from the Near East” Rose doesn’t say or do much of anything besides continually dunking over the diminutive Chinese millionaire.
The true star of the videos is Slim Chin, who’s real name is Ken Jeong. Jeong is actually a 41 year old doctor turned comedic actor who has made a name for himself in movies like The Hangover and Knocked Up, as well as having re-re-occurring roles on shows like Mad TV and NBC’s The Community.
Addidas’ newest commercial, or as they are calling it…a remix, features both Howard and Rose together, along with Slim Chin, set to a catchy new hook, appropriately called “Fast Don’t Lie.” In the remix Howard displays a bit more of his vocal stylings while Chin is again steals the show with his urban slang references, cheetah impersonations, and constant stunts like being the top of his so called “lady pyramid.” While the commercial reminds me of an old 1980‘s MTV music video, it very entertaining, and will probably have you singing the annoying hook all day long.
Check out Adidas’ new “Fast Don’t Lie” Remix:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
