• Canadian Business, Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:50 AM

The NBA lockout is spawning humorous ads, including a Jordan Brand spot from Wieden + Kennedy, New York, suggesting that all-stars Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony are globe-trotting to play with the locals in New Orleans city parks, pickup games in a Beijing city park, a Jewish basketball league, and with Williamsburg, Brooklyn hipsters.

Back when the 1998-99 NBA season was delayed due to a labor dispute, starting in February 1999, the agency ran spots starring the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee, among other celebs, that played off the classic FAN-tastic tagline of the usual NBA ads.

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