Post by cwizz on Nov 17, 2006 22:07:03 GMT -5
Chris King the man with amazing skills makes Video a Hit.
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By Mike Rocket
SportzCenter.com
On a Friday in November, 18-year-old Chris King. arrived at Eastland Revenge Studios, Stage E, just as he was told. After going through wardrobe and makeup, and greasing up his body with baby oil to create the illusion of sweat, the 6-foot-4, bald-headed wonder they call "Wizz" flaunted the basketball moves he had been practicing in his "2-by-4 backyard" in Elizabeth, N.J., since "the first of the Team And 1 three-peats began."
King dazzled before the five cameras with his Harlem Globetrotter-like dribble moves that day to the tune of the shoe-squeaking, hand-clapping, basketball-pounding, Stomp-reminding, hip-hop rhythm that has become the familiar background of the And 1 Freestyle commercials. Included among the moves was his single-handed, behind-the-back toss-and-catch. He completed the maneuver, of course, while proudly holding his chin with the right hand.
After first airing its 60-second commercial during the PHL Preseason Weekend in November, And 1 turned the spot -- predominantly filled with NBA stars like Vince Carter, Baron Davis, Lamar Odom, Rasheed Wallace and Jason Williams -- into three more Freestyle versions that included the work of other asphalt gods with names like Jamal "True Essence" Crawford and Louis "Flash" Williams.
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By Mike Rocket
SportzCenter.com
On a Friday in November, 18-year-old Chris King. arrived at Eastland Revenge Studios, Stage E, just as he was told. After going through wardrobe and makeup, and greasing up his body with baby oil to create the illusion of sweat, the 6-foot-4, bald-headed wonder they call "Wizz" flaunted the basketball moves he had been practicing in his "2-by-4 backyard" in Elizabeth, N.J., since "the first of the Team And 1 three-peats began."
King dazzled before the five cameras with his Harlem Globetrotter-like dribble moves that day to the tune of the shoe-squeaking, hand-clapping, basketball-pounding, Stomp-reminding, hip-hop rhythm that has become the familiar background of the And 1 Freestyle commercials. Included among the moves was his single-handed, behind-the-back toss-and-catch. He completed the maneuver, of course, while proudly holding his chin with the right hand.
After first airing its 60-second commercial during the PHL Preseason Weekend in November, And 1 turned the spot -- predominantly filled with NBA stars like Vince Carter, Baron Davis, Lamar Odom, Rasheed Wallace and Jason Williams -- into three more Freestyle versions that included the work of other asphalt gods with names like Jamal "True Essence" Crawford and Louis "Flash" Williams.
