One of the most popular commercials the NBA has ever done is the first rendition of their “Jingle Hoops” ad promoting the annual Christmas Day slate of games. The first one featured Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James with Kevin Durant, Steve Nash, Stephen Curry, James Harden and Derrick Rose shooting and dunking to the tune of jingle bells on five baskets. Nash was a member of the Lakers at that time.
In the 11 years since that ad, two of those players — Rose and Nash — are retired, and three of the remaining four play on very different teams than the jerseys they donned in 2013.