Can someone explain the new-recent Nike basketball commercial to me?

[ddss6_99]

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:Old guy: I had 35 points, 12 assists, 18 rebounds,...and 12 blocks. That's a quadruple double, now those are numbers.

:Lebron with fro: You tellin them bald headed lies again pops.

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:Old Lebron: That's a quadruple double right there, boy!

:Lebron with fro: That don't make no sense to me.

:Old Lebron: Don't be jealous boy! You ain't got like I got!

:Lebron with fro: I don't know if I can put up with this no more.

I don't understand the point either, but they are hilarious, and get the brand name across. I think Nike has such credibility already that their ads don't have to make sense. If this was a Converse ad with Dwyane Wade, for example, I don't think it would be as good - not because of Wade vs. Lebron, but because Converse isn't very established as a basketball brand compared with Adidas, Nike, or Reebok.

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haha there you go, much more acurate than my version. Nike could do what ever kind of commercials they want as long as these big name athletes keep signing with them, they'll keep selling.

[ddss6_99]

For those who haven't seen the commercials... Linky

[Bluffoon]

Is that a dinner roll?! Hahahaaaahaahaa

[Jack of Arcades]

I love those commercials, and I especially love that little lebron is fantasizing about a white chick with curly hair and glasses.

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I don't think it would be as good - not because of Wade vs. Lebron, but because Converse isn't very established as a basketball brand compared with Adidas, Nike, or Reebok.

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Magic Johnson and Larry Bird may disagree with you.

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More importantly, so would Terry Tate

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Terry Tate is Reebok. Were Magic and Larry seriously Converse? That was a little before my time. As I've been growing up, I haven't seen any big basketball players endorsing them until Wade. What the hell happened? I do really like the ad they have with a bunch of his high school and college footage.

[Clarkmeister]

Converse Weapons

[Jack of Arcades]

Converse is now owned by Nike.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I hate these commercials.

[Jack of Arcades]

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I hate these commercials.

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You hate freedom.

[mmbt0ne]

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Converse is now owned by Nike.

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I remember hearing this was in large part because Converse owned a trademark on the King James name. Anyone know if that's true?