Uncle Drew was Local!
The 28 year old 6'2" first round first pick from 2011 NBA draft know as Kyrie Andrew Irving is a NBA superstar. He was named the Rookie of the Year the first year he entered the leauge, he was also named the 2014 All Star game MVP. Kyrie was a superstar ever since he got drafted and with his fame expanding every second companies was booking Kyrie to help make a bigger name for their brand and for himself.
Kyrie is a great basketball player no doubt about it and that's why Pepsi thought he was the perfect person for their new ad in 2012. Kyrie Irving writes, directs, and stars in Pepsi ad. But Kyrie didnt do the ad as himself, he star in the ad as someone better. He star as the soon to be famous Uncle Drew. Uncle Drew took the star role in the Pepsi ad that was flimed in a New Jersey town called Bloomfield at a local basketball court that's located at Clark's Pond. That Pepsi ad was the start of a chapter.