The NBA regular season is now around the corner. But this season is more special as compared to others for the league. This is because it marks the 75th season of the NBA. For the special occasion, the league made a video that received a lot of love. Stars like LeBron James and Kevin Durant loved the NBA’s video to celebrate the achievement.
With so much to offer this season, there was no doubt that the league would come out with something. Likewise, the ‘NBA 75’ commercial came out and became a fan favorite instantly. The main reason for that was because of the mixture of old school and modern players.
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Let’s look at how various NBA stars reacted to the video.
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LeBron James, Kevin Durant make appearance in NBA 75
The video stars many of the NBA greats and future stars. All of them coming together on this project made it nothing less than special. The video starts off with film star Michael. B. Jordan playing a bus driver through the NBA neighborhood. This video then takes the viewers on a whole journey with NBA stars shown as neighbors.
The video combines iconic names and rivalries and celebrates them. Old schoolers like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul Jabbar came up in the video. On the other hand, modern players like LeBron James, Zach Lavine and Zion Williamson were also part of the video. However, the NBA family did not forget Kobe Bryant and showed Devin Booker passing by his mural.
75 Years of hoop..🏀🙏🏽❄️💯@nba pic.twitter.com/vtwLVrN9id
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) October 7, 2021
#NBA75 @nba #whynot https://t.co/ZzNeRvaLkH
— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) October 7, 2021
Bigger than basketball ❤️🏀🙏🏾 #NBA75 https://t.co/QheeZj10uz
— Chris Paul (@CP3) October 7, 2021
75 years! Honored to have played a part. @NBA #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/o9ntYHkrpn
— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) October 7, 2021
Loved being a part of this #NBA75 @NBA pic.twitter.com/gnPQyu2hxY
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) October 7, 2021
👋🏾👑. Welcome to the Greatest Neighborhood in the World!!! #NBA75 https://t.co/TNiaNAM36V
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 7, 2021
Great to be a part of #NBA75 and teach @swish41 the secrets of the skyhook @nba @Lakers https://t.co/uqUsPUx9oD
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) October 7, 2021
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the @NBA! #NBA75 👏🏾 https://t.co/ItrnCnR50J
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) October 7, 2021
NBA Lane is 🔥🔥!! Stoked to be part of this amazing neighborhood. The @NBA is turning 75! Wow! #NBA75 https://t.co/JKP3gsHGnm
— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) October 7, 2021
Top 10 commercials ever made https://t.co/QEhzAROfOS
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 7, 2021
With the video winning hearts right away, players also had the best praise for it. LeBron took to twitter and called the NBA the greatest neighborhood. Other stars such as KD, Carmelo Anthony were honored to be a part of the historic video. Trae Young shared behind the scenes of him carrying ice bags as he does in the video.
With it being the 75th anniversary, this season is also the most exciting one in a long time. This year the league’s draft had skillful talent and with new looking teams, the league is at an all-time high. With so much excitement already present, this video took it one step further.
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