"Street magician" and all-around empty vessel David Blaine has teamed up with the NBA to shoot a commercial that will air during the Finals. And what NBA city had the honor of hosting the shooting?Why, Philadelphia, of course! (Scroll to the bottom of the page, but not before checking out the bonus picture of Marc Howard with his arm in a sling.)
Why the NBA summoned Blaine from his hyperbaric sleeping chamber, I'll never know. But they didn't have to add insult to the injury of a terrible-but-it-got-better-at-the-end Sixers season. Blaine and his street-performing ilk belong in New York or Los Angeles, where behavior like encasing yourself in ice for a week or jumping off an 80-foot platform into a bunch of cardboard boxes is accepted.
That being said, the NBA is arguably the most exciting professional sports league of the past year and a half. This year's playoffs are an excellent microcosm of what I'm talking about: a multitude of likable (and detestable) stars, many teams with differing styles of play, and a level of competitiveness above that of any league except perhaps Major League Baseball (even the Magic played the Pistons close in their series). And all this before I even mention the Golden State Warriors Party Bus.
I therefore decree that David Blaine is allowed to do an NBA commercial as long as it highlights the league and isn't self-aggrandizing in any way. Suggestions for possible "illusions" include:
- Survive a week enclosed in a meat locker with Ron Artest
- 2 hours of passing drills with Sebastian Telfair
- Sit through an entire Atlanta Hawks game
- Saw Gilbert Arenas's left knee in half as an alternative to arthroscopic surgery
- Make Billy King disappear
(They don't even need a fully-functioning website to get their point across)
The NBA Is So Damned Cool Sometimes [Deadspin]
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