Cooper Flagg’s latest ad campaign caught basketball fans’ attention when he teamed up with NBA legend Larry Bird to promote Chime’s new banking app.
The Mavericks rookie looks up to Bird in a big way, as he has previously said Bird was his favorite NBA player despite the fact Bird retired 14 years before Flagg was born. The star from Maine grew up rooting for the Celtics and his parents owned a DVD set featuring Boston games from Bird’s heyday.
It wouldn’t be a commericial involving Bird if it didn’t feature is infamous ability to trash talk. The 12-time All-Star and three-time NBA champion validates his titles because he won them “back when the league was legit.”
When the customer in the commercial shows off that his credit score on the Chime app went up 70 points, Flagg asks Bird if he could put up 70 points in game.
“Not if I’m guarding you,” Bird replied.
Flagg also had a joke of his own for Bird. When the Celtics legend asked Flagg if one of the benefits to the Chime app were for real, Flagg held up an old photo of Bird with his iconic haircut and said, “As real as your mullet in ‘86.”
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