Nike Gives Kevin Durant a Second Chance at Being Drafted First

Only Anton Barrels stands in his way

By David Gianatasio

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“He can’t ball, he just tall.” With smack talk on his sneering lips, 5-foot-9 forward Anton Barrels makes his commercial debut in this Nike Basketball spot from Wieden + Kennedy, set during a shirt vs. skins draft in the Maryland hometown of real-life 6-foot-9 superstar Kevin Durant. The ad, directed by David Gordon Green of Chelsea Pictures and edited by Geoff Hounsell of Arcade Edit, introduces Durant’s KD VI Nike shoe, and he gets chosen first for the local game.

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