Kyrie Irving's 'Uncle Drew' ad definitely deserves 5 minutes of your day

We tip our hats to the fine advertising people at Pepsi.

By Niall Kelly Wednesday 23 May 2012, 12:51 PM

May 23rd 2012, 12:51 PM 549 Views 0 Comments

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OUR LOVE FOR American sports ads knows no bounds, and Pepsi’s latest effort is particularly good.

Meet 20-year-old Kyrie Irving — Cleveland Cavaliers point guard, NBA Rookie of the Year 2012, and part-time septuagenarian who goes by the name Uncle Drew.

Irving got his make-up done and headed down to a local city court where there was a game of pick-up going on. Before long, Uncle Drew was called into action with some pretty memorable results.

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We’re not interested in whether this is real or staged. It doesn’t really matter. Just enjoy it.

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Kyrie Irving's 'Uncle Drew' ad definitely deserves 5 minutes of your day

We tip our hats to the fine advertising people at Pepsi.

Lights out! Giancarlo Stanton hit this home run so hard that it smashed the scoreboard