Boy is it slow around here or what? I saw the following blurb on ESPN's site. It's in an article by Tim Keown. I remember people talking about the Steve Francis commercial and how it may shed a bad light on him. I haven't seen the commercial yet, but... bingo: And every high school coach in America gets to throw a shoe through his or her television set: A new Reebok commercial -- there's like, a hospital and stuff, with guys coming in with basketball-related injuries? -- features Steve Francis complimenting a kid who won't pass the ball. ------------------ ?
Boy does Tim Keown look like an idiot, he comments on the commercial even before he knows what it is about. The basketball player is brought into the hospital because he won't pass the ball, and he shoots all the time. Early on in the commercial as they are wheeling him in, one of the nurses says, "he's shot 42 of 46"(or 43-46, i can't quite remember). That's over 90% from the field. If a high school coach had a guy shooting over 90% from the field, I don't think he would be telling that guy to pass the ball. Final Prognosis? Shut up Tim. ------------------ "You couldn't have stuck a pin up his @#! with a jackhammer. Yeah, I'd say he was pretty tight." -- Barkley on Pheonix Sun Chris Carr(...I think) after he missed a game winning free-throw.
They say 42 for 48. I would still rather play with unselfish players anyday. Selfish players do not win championships. Jordan didn't win until he learned to trust his teamates and pass, and neither did Dream. It is a team game after all. DaDakota 1000, am I there yet? ------------------
Being that the commercial was meant to be funny and "hypothetical"... I agree, any coach who hypotheically had a guy shooting 90 percent would be fired instantly for not continuing to feed him the ball. Could you imagine. "Hey, Jordan. I know your shooting 90 percent, and have hit 43 of 48, but why not allow your teammates to make 40 percent for a while? After all this is a team game." Hilarious. Like the commercial was intended to be.
The commercial was meant to be humorous, and I enjoyed it. The ESPN criticism goes to show you that people take some things a bit too seriously. A really bad commercial is the freei.net commercial with O'Neal. ------------------ It's a cool site, this clutchcity.net
What a bunch of stupid crap the Media just looks to bash Francis for Ditching Vancouver ------------------ Proud owner of 271 different Hakeem Olajuwon Basketball cards
The media should consult David Stern since Francis is considered by him to be the next big marketing star( besides Air Canada). I really do not care anyway since the media did not show us respect when we won championships back to back or the Comets back to back to back. ------------------ Houston Rockets Forever!! In Rudy We Trust [This message has been edited by Dennis2112 (edited June 05, 2000).]
um...Reebok's commercial IS the Media. Which "media" are you referring to? As I recall, the media (shoe company's and their ads) attached their jock to Mike J., regardless of the draft, and turned out to be right... On another note (and posted on another thread), do you folks think this commercial could be detrimental to Steve F.'s image - it implies he's a ballhog (which by all accounts, he's not). Outseam ------------------
I think that's a minor problem with the commercial, but it's mitigated by a larger problem: Steve Francis is far from the most recognizable face in the league, and if you don't follow the Rockets you may not even know who that guy in the white jacket is. For a guy's first national commercial, you've got to do a little more star-making (particularly if he's not obviously a basketball player because he stands 6'9 or 7'0) -- for example, have him walk past a crowd of people who whisper, "Oooh, that's Steve Francis!" "Who?" "Steve Francis!!!" in his wake. And even beyond that, it's way too derivative of the Nike "Pass the ball" commercial of a few years back. Reebok should fire the ad agency who came up with it. ------------------
