With Father’s Day just around the corner, Foot Locker has created a commercial with some of the top draft prospects reflecting on the impact their dads have had on their journeys to the NBA. In the video De’Aaron Fox, Jayson Tatum and Jonathan Isaac talk about how their relationships with their fathers helped them get [...]
June 14, 2017
Anou Enright
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New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis appeared in a Red Bull commercial with a dancing robot in his likeness. The video has a scientist working on a replicate robot of Anthony Davis. The robot, which is not a very accurate portrayal, goes against it’s programming and starts a new dance craze – The Tony. Check [...]
October 18, 2016
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Beats By Dre has added a lot of star power to its latest commercial, including Ben Simmons. The 76ers rookie shows off his dribbling skills around the 20 second mark of the commercial. The new “Got No Strings” ad spot also features the likes of DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, Karlie Kloss, Michael Phelps, Nicki Minaj, [...]
October 17, 2016
Anou Enright
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Stephen Curry becoming the face of the basketball division at Under Armour was a excellent move to bring the brand into mainstream popularity. With the Curry One sneaker now out, a strong marketing campaign would propel the shoe into a position that Under Armour has never been in. Enter comedian Jamie Foxx as the face [...]
March 1, 2015
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Ben Berry, Exclusives, Kicks
August 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors OKC Thunder teammates Russell Westbrook and James Harden have obvious chemistry on the hardwood, but now it seems we may need to give them credit for chemistry behind the camera in the latest comedic Foot Locker commercial for tearaways… [...]
August 16, 2012
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Offbeat
May 22, 2012 – Allen Moll Going back just one year ago, many were still unsure if one of the top five ranked high school hoops prodigies, Kyrie Irving, from the vaunted St. Patrick’s in New Jersey, who coincidentally played in only 11 games on the collegiate level albeit at Duke, was worthy of the [...]
May 22, 2012
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Allen Moll, Blogs
This week the Crazy Light got another push with the help of Footlocker and this new commercial. The video pushes the difference the adiZero Crazy Light makes not just on the courts but also in places like the club or your latest private jet. To help hammer the point home adidas turned to rapper Big [...]
November 24, 2011
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Blogs, Kicks
Blake Griffin is actually becoming a funny guy of late... [...]
November 18, 2011
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Blogs, Kevin Burke
July 22, 2011 – Allen Moll At the completion of the 2010-2011 high school season, Anthony Davis overtook Mike Gilchrist and Austin Rivers to rank as the #1 HS prospect in the nation. [...]
July 22, 2011
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Allen Moll, NCAA
May 13, 2011 – Allen Moll As one of the NBA’s elder statesmen and world-wide hoops icon, Kobe Bryant is arguably basketball’s most marketable star. Sorry Lebron, but winning 5 World Championships will do that for a player. And just ask any former or current member of the Houston Rockets like Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, [...]
May 13, 2011
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