Video Homage to Low-Budget NBA Ads

Brian posted 3/3/2008 from www.emptythebench.com [flag]

Trainwreck. That’s what happens nine times out of ten when you mix a professional athlete, a local product/service, and a low-production budget for a commercial. [link]

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Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings 3.2.08
Published 3/3/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm at Hardwood Paroxysm
Empty The Bench covers a subject dear to my heart. Terrible local commercials. Detroit Bad Boys discuss the futures of the East. Okay, the arms race is just getting silly, now. This is like bringing a cap gun to a tank fight. Good thing the Cats got all that cap room to start last year! Whoops. Oh, good, just in time for them to collapse to the six seed. Classy move by Mikki Moore to send Gerald Wallace a get well gift. McMillan has had all he can standsk and he ...

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