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ESPN TV Spot, 'Smaller' Featuring Skee-Lo

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In a neighborhood basketball court setting, ESPN pays homage to the shorter ballers in the game with a re-imagined version of Skee-Lo's famous 90's-era hit "I Wish," featuring NBA Basketball footage of impressive dunks and three-pointers by Steph Curry, Chris Paul, Terry Rozier and Kyle Lowry. Skee-Lo himself also makes an appearance. The well-known line "I wish I was a little bit taller" is altered to "I wish I was a little bit smaller," while "I wish I was like 6-foot-9" is replaced with "I wish I was like 5-foot-9." The extremely tall Skee-Lo stand-in ironically proclaims that "small ballers hit the lottery today," while ESPN suggests that although life measures height, sports measure heart.

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May 10, 2018
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ESPN
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“Life Needs Sports”
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I Wish - Skee-Lo
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Active
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Paul Crawford ... Man rapping, Chris Paul , Kyle Lowry , Nashid Beard ... Guy in blue shirt with white headband, Shree Narkar ... Basketball player in black T-shirt, Skee-Lo , Stephen Curry , Terry Rozier
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Starcom ... Media Agency, WDCW ... Agency, RED Interactive Agency ... Digital Agency
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ESPN
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NBA Basketball

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