NBA / Feb 27, 2008 / 2:14 pm
Kobe Bryant as Albert Einstein
Have you seen Nike’s new ads for the Air Zoom Kobe III? The kid from “All of Us” and a white-haired Kobe put it down in this one. The theme of the campaign is that Mamba is a basketball genius. And is that rim like 8-feet high or what?
February 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Kobe says:
Now no one can be second
February 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Kobe says:
or first
February 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Kobe says:
Third!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Smitty313 says:
That look Kobe gave when he swung off the rim made me laugh. I had to rewind it a few times.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Sam says:
Kobe owes Einstein an apology.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Bxballer says:
I’m really feeling these commercials, they need to get these on tv asap.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Mike C says:
I dunno.. I always felt that the main reason that Kobe (and LeBron too, for that matter) hasn’t been and will never be as big as MJ is that he can’t make commercials like his airness. I thought that moving from Adidas to Nike would help his cause, but that doesn’t seem to be the case thus far.. The genius campaign he’s currently on are decent, but nobody’s gonna remember these like they do with some of Jordan’s old commercials..
February 27th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
doc says:
why wont they remember his commercials. Kids love Kobe.Him and Bron are this generation superstars.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
CCB says:
Kobe straight jacked the Chapelle show episode where Dave C plays Prince and the Revolution take on Charlie Murphy. The hanging from the rim in that skit when Prince dunks is classic, Kobe is killing it with allusions to Dave Chappelle.
Peep the skit and then check out this Kobe vid.
I need Nike money.
CCB
http://www.centercourtbasketball.com
http://www.marquiathletics.com
February 27th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
yuri says:
I would like to see Kobe as a new generation genius, say as Stephen Hawking dunking from a wheelchair, or perhaps a brilliant musician/thespian from the modern era…in my village, when we think entertainment, we think Hasselhoff.
I must go now I have diarrhea.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Gmoney says:
anyone who knows hoops, knows KB24 and Tim Duncan had a brilliant Sprite ad in 96. Comparisons with MJ need to stop at a point. Mamba brings his own swag and his own demeanor. These commercials are a big boost to his image. I’m diggin’ em’, and I’m diggin’ Kobe right now…
February 28th, 2008 at 2:38 am
KomA says:
I always loved Kobe’s ad from 1996, I think.. ‘Welcome to sunny California’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3IG7VICszo
and couple of more.. So, I guess his adds will be remembered, too
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Mike says:
the idea of the ad is cool, the realization could be better…Kobe is def a genius in basketball.
http://www.squidoo.com/KobeBryantDunk
p.s. how bout Gred Oden’s new haircut?
February 28th, 2008 at 8:26 am
jjankechu says:
levitate homes.
definitely thinking of prince here too. that was classic. pancakes, bitches?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:50 am
jay says:
commercials are funny and yeah they need to be on tv…i think kobe’s best commercial was the rain in la one for feet you wear or this sprite ad from 2003 where he is rockin sick jay’s!
liked mj’s commercials but penny had the best commercials hands down!
February 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
OGN says:
Shoot the J, shoot it.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Jay says:
Kobe’s a cool guy… but he can’t pull off trying to be funny.
March 1st, 2008 at 1:44 am
btown says:
The part where Kobe turns his head at the end. classic.