Ad of the Day: Blake Griffin Is in the Zone as Kia Kicks Off Another NBA Season

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Blake Griffin usually soars over everyone else. But in David&Goliath's latest Kia campaign, the Los Angeles Clippers star ascends to new heights: a dreamworld where only the most effortlessly cool competitors—and car drivers—reside.

The spot below, titled "Next Level," timed to the opening of the NBA season this week, is the first of four that will highlight the next-level performance of the 2016 Kia Optima. Griffin, as usual, doesn't break a sweat in terms of his acting—he really is among the most

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