Kaboom! He’s On Fire! Monster Jam! [Insert phrase here]!
EA Sports has been doing a great job, as they develop and promote their new iteration of NBA JAM, of involving the public in the process. The ultimate consumer is the one that you want to keep happy — and by letting fans vote on players to be included, they took a great first step [...]
Let’s do the Big Baby dance!
Kevin Garnett has stache and strong, strong possibility to win
Kevin Garnett‘s Boston Celtics are on the verge of making another NBA Finals appearance against the Los Angeles Lakers, with another tilt at winning the chip. In this video, KG tells us that his team has a “strong, strong, strong possibility” of a last chance at a title… and he also shows off his fine [...]
Michael Jordan’s Hitler Mustache, Hanes Commercial
Michael Jordan’s Hitler Mustache, Hanes Commercial. I am going to file this under “Very bad facial hair ideas”. MJ looks a little older since he has retired. When he rocks a full mustache, he looks even older. I am guessing that had a little to do with his choice to rock the mini pencil stache, [...]
On the Borderline
It’s a little-discussed fact that if you are drafted outside of the lottery, you’re not likely to have a huge impact in the NBA. Here is a short list from RealGM of the “Top 10 players” (by production) for the second and third draft year back (2008 and 2007). Two asterisks** means that the player [...]
Gary Payton vs Evander Holyfield
This retro commercial for Gary Payton‘s Air Zoom GP shoes, part of the Nike Alpha Project, pits the Glove against boxer Evander Holyfield in the ring. GP destroys him with his superior ball-handling skills, of course.
The Mid-Afternoon Milk Mustache, featuring the problem with Chris Bosh’s twitter question
The Mid-Afternoon Milk Mustache takes you on a trip around the League every weekday, bringing you the best posts from around the NBA blogosphere. Unfamiliar with the below ‘stache styles? The American Mustache Institute will school you on that subject. The Chevron: By now, you probably saw or heard about Chris Bosh’s tweet asking his [...]
Shoxploitation: Rasheed Wallace is “Clutch”
The Nike Shoxploitation commercial campaign features Rasheed Wallace (as the character “Clutch”) along with Brian Urlacher, Clinton Portis and Gary Sheffield. The campaign was created by agency Psyop, at Nike’s request for a series of original stories that have an urban feel to promote their line of urban footwear. The advertisements are approximately two years [...]
