Kia making commercial out of Blake Griffin's weak sauce dunk [w/video]
 

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Blake Griffin posterizes the 2011 Kia Optima - Click above to watch video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w//#continued">after the jump</a></div>
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nba">NBA</a> All-Star Weekend has come and gone. As usual, the big story from basketball's all-star break comes from the dunk contest. Depending on who you talk to, it was either a showcase of creative new stuff or an overload of weak-sauce prop dunks. Regardless, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/kia/">Kia</a> is surely thrilled with the attention it's own all-star Optima received. In fact, the automaker is so thrilled that footage of the dunk will be used in an upcoming commercial.<br />
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For those readers not following the NBA, Blake Griffin, LA Clipper and jumper extraordinaire, pulled a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/optima">2011 Kia Optima</a> on to the court for his final dunk. Hiding in the cabin was Baron Davis, who provided an alley-oop pass through the open sunroof. Griffin lept over the hood, caught the ball and brought the already-standing crowd to a new level of excitement.<br />
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Upon intial viewing of the dunk, it seemed pretty amazing. However, upon subsequent review, we find the dunk to be fairly tame. We have a clip of the dunk for you to examine <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w//#continued">after the jump</a>; sound off on its merits in the Comments.<br />
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[Sources: Kia, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe dded&v=W2Qy21LLhP8">YouTu be</a> | Image: Noel Vasquez/Getty]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Kia making commercial out of Blake Griffin's weak sauce dunk [w/video]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w/">Kia making commercial out of Blake Griffin's weak sauce dunk [w/video]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:32:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe dded&v=W2Qy21LLhP8>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19859111/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/25/kia-making-commercial-out-of-blake-griffins-weak-sauce-dunk-w/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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