Meet Uncle Drew

Issue: Who is Uncle Drew, and what does he have to do with sports?

Short Answer: Uncle Drew is a playground legend.  Or he will be soon.

Reasoning: As I began writing this post, I was planning on linking the last post I wrote about Uncle Drew.  I went through my entire blog and couldn't find it.  Is it possible I didn't write about Uncle Drew the first time around?  Knowing how dumb I can be sometimes, the answer is positively yes.  It's quite shocking, seeing as how I think this might be the best marketing idea ever.  I will never drink Pepsi MAX, but this video at least makes me respect their marketing team.  Let me post the first video before we continue, so you can get an idea of what I am talking about:

I realize the YouTube title sort of gives the video away, i.e., Uncle Drew is Kyrie Irving of Duke University and the Cleveland Cavaliers.  A couple things jump out at me in this video: 1) Irving does a phenomenal job playing an old guy; 2) Although he is playing against of guys on the playground, it is ridiculous how much better he is than anyone on the court; 3) Everyone is drinking Pepsi MAX, so this had to be set up somehow, someway, and even those watching from the sidelines had to know something crazy was going down; 4) I GET BUCKETS; and 5) They should do many, many, many more of these videos.  I mean, seriously, couldn't Kyrie do this for a living rather than playing in the NBA?  More people would probably see him on YouTube in these videos than playing on TNT versus the Memphis Grizzlies...

Anyway, my wish came true recently when Kyrie Irving and Pepsi MAX released another Uncle Drew video.  This time however, they had Uncle Drew team up with Bill Russell and "Wes", his former teammate from way back in the day.  Since you already know who Uncle Drew is, I challenge you to figure out who "Wes" is.  Since I watch virtually zero NBA basketball, I didn't figure it out until the end, when I felt stupid for not figuring it out sooner.  [Side note: that is the second time I have mentioned how stupid I am in this post alone.  I must be getting old.  Sigh.]  Once again, this video makes me laugh out loud.  I can't wait to see the next one.  I'm still not drinking Pepsi MAX anytime soon though.  That I can promise you.  I GET BUCKETS!!!