Station Break

Kudos to Nike for resurrecting their old Michael Jordan/Spike Lee commercials from the early '90s. During today's Blazers-Lakers game, we've been treated to several of the black-and-white ads in the series, all of which were directed by Lee. Even though the ads are pretty random, it's nice to see the young Jordan in all his dunking glory and Spike as the ultimate Nike pitchman, Mars Blackmon. Very retro cool.

As a matter of fact, lately there have been a couple of TV ads that I really like. First there's the Mountain Dew Code Red commercial where the basketball mascot gets his dunk rejected by a guy coming out of the crowd. Not only is it an awesome basketball play, it's hilarious. Then there's the Gatorade ad where Yao Ming is playing against a 10 year-old kid. While Yao isn't the most eloquent actor, seeing him break down the kid's garage-door backboard on a thunderous dunk makes for a great performance. And finally, there's the Boost Mobile commercial with the old Asian guy. Even though it's a cheap gimmick, hearing this old guy talk in street lingo while all the rice rockets in the background is pretty damn funny. "Five-oh! Five-oh!"