Are the "Talking Spalding Ball" commercials the worst ever?

Ballin · Post #21 » by **Ballin** » Sun May 15, 2011 3:53 am

The worst ones were the auto-tune remix ones from a year or two ago. Those were so bad!!!

ipoopinmypants · Post #22 » by **ipoopinmypants** » Sun May 15, 2011 3:58 am

Ballin wrote:The worst ones were the auto-tune remix ones from a year or two ago. Those were so bad!!!

This.

Then espn started killing the **** out of that even further.

Post #23 » by **kingkirk** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:16 am

I think theyre terrible.

The Dwight Howard 'handsy' one makes me squirm watching it.

Bskey · Post #24 » by **Bskey** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:54 am

This is one of my favorite intro/commercial/promos. Talking ball definitely sucks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79PIIl0B2uM[/youtube]

fudgie · Post #25 » by **fudgie** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:56 am

How about those David Blane commercials?

The worst thing the NBA has ever done though is when they used that Pussycat Dolls song as the theme for NBA on ABC a few years back.

Raps in 4 · Post #26 » by **Raps in 4** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:57 am

They're no worse than any other NBA commercials. Like those Stephen Curry ones they had just before these ones.

HootieRules · Post #27 » by **HootieRules** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:16 am

Kaner wrote:Yeah I can't stand them...also I'm getting sick of the Led Zeppelin cover by Nichole Scherzinger (although she is damn fine) it's like come on, the same song for every highlight section during every game, for every round? I dunno, I just feel like they could have gotten another few songs to mix it up a bit...

Same here but I echo what someone said about when they played that awful Pussycat Dolls song over and over. That was 100 times worse.

Here's my favorite. TNT always kills it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKkMJCbicrU[/youtube]

czoneny · Post #28 » by **czoneny** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:22 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc6ZK3HWFxw[/youtube]

This is by far the worst commercial. It looks so poorly made and completely forced. Like they sat down 2 months in advance and say "Hey lets make a Chris Paul commercial even if we have no real good video footage to edit!"

Forced worse than a Jay Cutler pass in the red zone. (Or Kobe in a Colorado hotel)

Plus the kid in the commercial looks like an alien.

L33 · Post #29 » by **L33** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:33 am

ill keep it short...yes

ITGM · Post #30 » by **ITGM** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:49 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJghlxZplo[/youtube]

Greatest NBA associated commercial of all time :wink:

Imadogg · Post #31 » by **Imadogg** » Sun May 15, 2011 6:51 am

Thanks for this thread... the talking ball commercials suck major balls.

The worst of them all is the inspirational one with the dramatic voice... it would be a great commercial... but you see that a talking ball is doing the narrating throughout the commercial which ruins it.

LAzPhenom · Post #32 » by **LAzPhenom** » Sun May 15, 2011 7:08 am

yes, it is pretty horrible, the first time i saw it it was OK, but now its tasteless

what are your opinions on the State Farm commercials where they wish for things, i think that is probably the worst ad ever, and nobody understands it

czoneny · Post #33 » by **czoneny** » Sun May 15, 2011 7:09 am

ITGM wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJghlxZplo[/youtube]

Greatest NBA associated commercial of all time

Toronto Bluejays totally copied the knicks commercial.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAo64bbURrA[/youtube]

smh..

Imadogg · Post #34 » by **Imadogg** » Sun May 15, 2011 7:52 am

LAzPhenom wrote:yes, it is pretty horrible, the first time i saw it it was OK, but now its tasteless

what are your opinions on the State Farm commercials where they wish for things, i think that is probably the worst ad ever, and nobody understands it

THEY DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND EVERY SINGLE ONE IS **** STUPID.

Worst commercials ever. Hey I got State Farm, I'll wish for a panda bear and Bob Barker... really that's how it works?

JonnyF · Post #35 » by **JonnyF** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:10 am

I liked the Dwight Howard one at first.

Disliked the Fisher one because of the ball being annoying.

The MJ one was stupid. They killed one of the most legendary moments in basketball history, tbh.

retrospect24 · Post #36 » by **retrospect24** » Sun May 15, 2011 8:32 am

I may be alone in this, but I liked the playoff commercials the NBA did a few years back (2004 i think) where a bunch of star players were trying to "woo" the Larry O'Brien trophy. Thought those were for the most part pretty good.

93 Phillies · Post #37 » by **93 Phillies** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:04 am

dhh2h wrote:Makes me miss this one from 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtePayd1yc&feature=related[/youtube]

What is Dalembert doing on there!!!

Harcore Fenton Mun · Post #38 » by **Harcore Fenton Mun** » Sun May 15, 2011 1:40 pm

If David has a 7 ft 5 wingspan, wouldn't that make him Goliath?

PippenAintEasy · Post #39 » by **PippenAintEasy** » Sun May 15, 2011 2:23 pm

I'll say what I said on the Bulls forum. Just what NBA fans need, commercials involving a talking vagina explaining how 'handsy' Dwight Howard is.

basketball royalty · Post #40 » by **basketball royalty** » Sun May 15, 2011 2:33 pm

I like the talking ball commercials. Especially when you compare them to the back from the future ones. The Fisher one with Charlie Murphy is funny if you asked me, the Dwight one with Hank Azaria is overall the best and the Michael Clarke Duncan one is a little boring but okay. Haven't seen any of the other ones mentioned with MJ or anything.