Okay, I know this is a Thunder Blog, but I think something needs to be said about this....

That's right. Devin Hesters commercial. It's an absurd depiction of his day. Lets just break it down step by step:

Scene 1: First of all, he wakes up to see...Under Armour on his TV. I'm sure it's a great program. Then he sees his wife, and completely ignores her for the rest of the day. Yet, he has time to make a Twitter update about waking up. After this, he checks himself out in the mirror (after sleeping in full under armour), and then immediately changes out of it into a tank top and shorts in order to lift weights. Because I guess you can't lift weights in the same under armour that you sleep in.

Scene 2: After showering, he drives a pimpmobile from the 70s to some random "Under Armour" Combines. I've never heard of these combines, and I'm pretty sure they don't exist. While here, he watches other random athletes do sprints and jumps while comparing notes with Deion Sanders. I guess they both are kind enough to take time out of their days to come from completely separate regions of the United States to watch these guys train. Then, Devin Hester decides it's time to leave the combines before he sees anything else. Nice work, Devin.

Scene 3: Then, he's apparently famous enough to have his own billboard and draw huge crowds at a Sports Authority, yet they don't bother him at all when he's walking in and out, only when he's at the autograph table. As evidenced by him putting a bag full of stuff into his car, it's apparent that he has purchased something from this store. But what? I mean, doesn't he have enough Under Armour gear already? I'm assuming a fan stole some.

Scene 4: He's cool enough to knock hands with some random street hot dog vender, and also cool enough to get outside food past stadium security. Then, he throws a pitch at a nameless ballpark (obviuously Under Armour has no MLB copyrights). After throwing a horribly off pitch, the catcher congratulates him by saying, "Good Work, man." Devin Hester then reciprocates the catchers good work in catching his horribly thrown ball by saying, "you too." Apparently, according to several commenters, this was filmed at an actual Cubs game. This makes it worse. Then, he promptly leaves the ballpark through the locker room without bothering to watch the game. Why?

Scene 5: Because, it's immediately impeding that he does some football drills at Soldier Field. (After pausing to look up at another billboard of himself, of course.) I guess the practice field the Bears have just isn't good enough for Devin Hester. Apparently, he's too good for other players and coaches as well, as he is practicing completely alone. Either that, or he is needlessly taking up 20 yards of the playing field. Then he plays Madden with Patrick Willis (a 49ers Linebacker), Eric Ogbogu (Former NFL Player and Under Armour Brand Spokesman), and some guy named qdakid or gdakid who may or may not exist or be a young guyanese soccer player. Either way, I'm glad they could all come together to Chicago the day before a game day to play Madden, especially Patrick Willis, who is completely unconcerned that the rest of his team is half of the United States away and probably preparing for a matchup.

Scene 6: He is in a game, on a mission to get his. His what? What do the Bears possibly have against the Ravens? They play in different conferences, and I can't recall a memorable matchup between them myself. Not to mention that only two other players are seen on camera. One of them wears number 57, which does not currently exist on the Ravens roster. The other guy's number can't be made out. Obviously, this scene was made in a small studio.

So, apparently, this is the typical day in the life of Devin Hester. Great. It mostly consists of incomplete tasks and wearing Under Armour. I think this whole thing is summed up best by YouTube commenter hotwheeljohnny55:

"....this thing is a blur and not in a good Nike or Adidas kinda way. i get you're trying to tell everyone how "cool and hip" Devin Hester's day can be but move the narrative by telling a visual story and not some thoughtless chronological cut fest. Under Armour, you just don't get it!"

Lets hope that no Thunder players ever make a commercial like this. Well, on the other hand, lets hope that they will, because these commercials are pretty hilarious.

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