-Momentum vet Kevin McNulty, who last we remember served as CMO of the IPG-owned agency’s worldwide operations, has been elevated to the  the newly created position of president, international.

-Not only is he starring in Capital One ads like this and this alongside Alec Baldwin, but NBA hall-of-famer/current TNT analyst Charles Barkley is continuing his pitchman duties for IT solutions provider, CDW (above).

-Following the $500 million acquisition by Avis (and subsequent shifting of agency duties to Campbell-Ewald), Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith has passed the baton to COO, Mark Norman. link

-L.A.-based prodco The Cortez Brothers’ signed filmmaker/visual artist César Pesquera to its roster,

-Hey, here’s who’s speaking at the Long Island Digital Summit come April 9. link

-Well, good on you Comcast? link

-Damn, what took so long? Iron Maiden is finally launching its own beer called Trooper. link

-What is next for SXSW? V2V in Las Vegas mid-August, of course. link

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Kevin Durant used to be nice, but not anymore. At some point this season, the second-best player in the NBA stopped being the silent choirboy fans respected, and Nike and Wieden+Kennedy anticipated the change for their recent “KD Is Not Nice” campaign. Call it truth in advertising, because for whatever reason, Durant has really started to embrace the roll of edgy superstar.

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NBA Hall of Famer, TNT b-ball analyst and our favorite commentator in sports ever, Charles Barkley, takes center stage in the first of two spots from the latest T-Mobile campaign starring him and Dwyane Wade. Directed by Spike Lee, the ad shows how Barkley’s unfiltered diatribes can come back to bite him in the ass. In this case, his simple yet loud plea for “Defense” turns into a hip-hop jam that induces some turrrible dancing, to use a Barkley-ism. Yeah, we feel the same way you do, Chuck. After the jump, check out credits as well as the second spot starring D-Wade, whose simple miscommunication on his T-Mobile device sparks an outcry amongst Heat fans and the NBA world. In essence, it’s like a game of telephone, get it?

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With the Miami Heat set to tip off the NBA season tonight against the Boston Celtics, it’s rather timely that W+K Portland unveils this Nike spot called “Rise” starring Heat forward and two-time reigning MVP LeBron James. Following his less-than-well-received ESPN special, “The Decision,” where James announced he was taking his talents to South Beach, the backlash that ensued was virtually unparalleled.

So, in this spot, James simply asks the viewer, “What should I do?” While not even close to being as creepy as Tiger Woods’ pre-Masters Nike spot, this LeBron clip (directed by Stacy Wall) seems to beg for the audience’s sympathy just as much. Still, it’s not half-bad and way more entertaining than Tiger’s entry, what with its nod to “The Decision,” a shout-out to noted LeBron critic Charles Barkley and even a cameo appearance by Don Johnson. Will it rehabilitate LeBron’s image at all in the eyes of those who loathe him, though? We doubt it. Credits after the jump.

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