Celtics fans might be getting know to their new point guard Kyrie Irving, but they also have to meet Irving’s alter ego: Uncle Drew.
A character developed by Irving’s commercials for Pepsi, Uncle Drew is a septuagenarian with under-the-radar basketball skills. Throughout the series, he unassumingly joins pickup basketball games in various neighborhoods and then unleashes his talent for all to see.
In February, Pepsi announced that the company would be partnering with Irving to produce a movie in which Uncle Drew goes on a road trip to collect a group of friends to compete with him in a tournament hosted at Harlem’s Rucker Park.