Let’s pretend for a minute that Nike doesn’t manage to pay its spokespersons more than their sports salaries and spend hundreds of millions because it pays a developing world labor force slave wages, and just enjoy the sheer visual splendor (and, often, musical complexity and sly humor) of their commercials. For instance, before perusing Complex’s listicle of Nike Basketball’s 10 Best TV Commercials, we had never seen this phenomenal Vince Carter spot:

We only wish this was just a listicle about over-produced basketball commercials, because then we could include an amazing Kevin Garnett Gatorade ad.

Amazing, right? It’s like Monty Python by way of Tenacious D.