Pepsi's Uncle Drew Returns to Shoot Hoops With a New Group of Old Friends

Baller school is now in session

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After more than two years, Pepsi is reprising its Uncle Drew campaign, starring Kyrie Irving. This time, he's schooling younguns and old-timers alike in an intense game of H.O.R.S.E.

The fourth video in the hit series, themed around an NBA point guard dressed up like a cranky old man who plays basketball like the young pro he really is, launched Thursday and has already generated over 1.6 million YouTube views.

The preceding video launched in October 2013, and the first two—including the wildly successful original—rolled out in 2012.

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