Nike MVP Puppets Kobe Bryant and LeBron James

Nike took two of the NBA's biggest names in Kobe Bryant and Lebron James to create the MVPuppets Nike commercial campaign. Nike presents to you the MVPs (Most Valuable Puppets). The roommate puppet versions of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant get competitive in this campaign for the NBA Playoffs the first titled "Chalk" and the second ad is "Mrs. Lewis". Brilliant work from Wieden + Kennedy, the puppets in the spots are by Legacy Effects, and the voices are not Kobe or Lebron, the voices are actually David Allen Grier, Kenan Thompson.

Nike MVP Puppets "Puppet Chalk"
Nike MVP Puppets "Mrs Lewis"
Credits:
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Creative Directors: Jeff Williams, Alberto Ponte
Copywriter: Edward Harrison
Art Directors: Sasha Swetschinski, Matt Murphy
Head of Production: Ben Grylewicz
Senior Agency Producer: Matt Hunnicutt
Agency Producer: Jessica Staples
Production Company: Imperial Woodpecker, New York
Director: Stacy Wall
Executive Producer: Doug Halbert
Producer: Jeff McDougall
DP: Emmanuel Lubezki
Puppets: Legacy Effects
Editorial: Rock Paper Scissors
Editor: Biff Butler
Post Producer: Tricia Sanzaro
Post Executive Producer: Carol Lynn Weaver
Assistant Editors: Anton Capaldo-Smith, Aaron Morris
Telecine Artist: Angus Wall
VFX: A52
Flame Artists: Patrick Murphy, Chris DeCristo, Joanna Cruz, Michael Bliss,
George Cuddy
Smoke Artist: Paul Yacono
VFX Producer: Megan Meloth
VFX Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
Mix: Lime
Mixer: Rohan Young
Mix: Producer Jessica Locke
Music: "Sandstorm" by Darude
Voice Over: David Allen Grier, Kenan Thompson