Kyrie Irving is the victim of his own kindness in a new Kids Foot Locker commercial that hit the internet Thursday. In the video, a kid pulls a swap with Irving reminiscent of Space Jam (or maybe Thunderstruck) and walks away in the Cavs point guard's body, to Irving's dismay.
It starts with the three-time All-Star complimenting the kid's "fresh Nike Gear" and saying he looks "just like a pro" (you know, this is an advertisement, after all). When the fresh young blood says he's always wanted to be just like Irving, the 24-year-old Cav says, "Let's try my face-swapping app. You can be me for a second." Foolproof, right?
What happens next is predictable: the app switches their actual faces, and Irving is stuck in the body of a 10-year-old. Though the kid is pumped to have inherited Irving's frame and muscles, Kyrie naturally wants to switch back.
But it's too late. The kid savagely destroys the phone and walks away, and Kyrie is stuck in the boy's body.
Between this and the D'Angelo Russell commercial, Foot Locker has been killing the NBA advertising game this offseason.
Here's the real question: does Kyrie still have his handle? Hey, Earl Boykins made it work at that size.
