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Josh Smith ’s new Adidas spot is sweet, comes with poetry

Kurt Helin

Oct 4, 2011, 1:44 PM EDT

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Josh Smith of the is in a sweet new Adidas commercial for the adiZero Ghost. Josh Smith in an ad I like is in and of itself is a bit of a surprise, but there you go.

What really makes this work Shihan , a National Poetry Slam Champion, knocking out the rhymes.

Hat tip to SLAM .

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