For years, basketball experts and fans have wondered why Dominique Wilkins and Patrick Ewing never won an NBA championship. Were they too selfish? Did they choke under pressure? Or was it simply a case of better teams (Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, et al.) and better players (Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, et al.) standing in their way?

This commercial suggests that 'Nique and Ewing were simply too concerned with getting the last can of Minute Maid. It also proves, yet again, that Isiah Thomas is a dick.

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9 Comments:
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This commercial must have had some impact on Isiah's coaching/GM philosophy.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
I also remember another Minute Maid commercial where the three of them were playing crochet or something

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Isaiah sucks

Blogger stephanie g said...
Nitpick: you misspelled Dominique.

Blogger Basketbawful said...
optimus -- Shades of things to come, to be sure...swooping in like a thief in the night to slurp down somebody else's refreshing cola? Pure evil.

anonymous #1 -- Damn, I looked for that one and couldn't find it.

stephanie g -- My very bad. Fixed.

Blogger Basketbawful said...
optimus -- Shades of things to come, to be sure...swooping in like a thief in the night to slurp down somebody else's refreshing cola? Pure evil.

anonymous #1 -- Damn, I looked for that one and couldn't find it.

stephanie g -- My very bad. Fixed.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
You know, 'Nique has half a chance to get Isiah, but the only way Ewing's catching him is if he does what he did in the paint - packs his bags and travels.

Isiah is many uncomplimentary things, but when he was a player, he was freakin fast. That skill will be useful in New York sometime in the near future.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Isiah Thomas is a fuck...And to steal a soft drink from two players that deserve it way more (Perhaps the Minute Maid represents a championship allegorically), just proves how much of a fuck he is.

Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is much better than the video with Isiah and the Fresh Prince playing basketball. What was the name of those shoes? Air Fresh?

Anyways, good find on this video. Maybe next time we can see AC Green and Magic Johnson in the Trojan condoms commercial.