Like many kids from my generation, I grew up with the glory that is the movie Space Jam. For the uninitiated (and honestly, it’s quite sad if you have not seen this movie), Space Jam is a movie where tiny aliens from the Looney Tunes’ universe steal the talent of many of the famous NBA greats of the time. One moment, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and Larry Johnson were playing like future Hall of Famers. In the next moment, they were playing like shells of their former selves.
Maybe you can see where I am going with this.