Here we go. A look at the top five basketball commercials. From funny basketball commercials to just sweets.
5. Steve Nash with Vitamin Water – This fun basketball commercial didn’t air much, but it’s a lot of fun. Reminds me of Zoolander. So if you like that kind of humor, you have to see this. Basically, it’s Steve Nash saying all these outrageous things about himself while he’s doing a model shoot and putting on makeup.
Four. Be Like Mike (Gatorade) Original: The one that started it all, guys. “Like Mike, he wishes he could be like Mike.” How has that remained even today. How could it not be a top commercial if even years later people are still saying “I wish I could be like Mike”.
3. Nike Freestyle: This Nike commercial is exactly what it says it is. Free style. It has a lot of people making sick moves with the basketball. It’s crafted at an absolutely sweet pace and it makes you want to go out there and learn and do the moves that the people in the commercial are making.
two. Let your game do the talking: Once again, a Nike commercial. I’m not a fan of Nike, but their commercials are good. This Nike commercial features a bunch of kids doing Michael Jordan moves. They then go on to do some of their standout dunks. It ends with them having the same game winners as him. It’s basically a bunch of kids in a real Michael Jordan highlight with sweet music. Simply amazing.
1. The Kobe and Lebron Puppets: These commercials were absolutely amazing. For once, it was like the Superbowl watching the NBA playoffs because I couldn’t wait until another one of these commercials came on. There was a “playoffs” commercial where Lebron is totally stoned and running around doing his chalk ritual and Kobe goes “been there, did that.” Then there’s the “babysitting” commercial where they have to take care of this annoying little boy. The good part comes when the boy is shown his shoe room and he shuts up and takes his inhaler. There’s the “rings” commercial where Kobe tells Lebron how many rings he has and the “car jump” commercial where the Kobe puppet does Kobe’s original (fake) car jump. This is absolutely great.