In Space Jam, the Nerdlucks steal the talents of five star NBA players (Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson and Muggsy Bogues) to become the powerful Monstars.
This causes a worldwide panic that results in the suspension of the NBA season.
Yes, for those of you who haven’t seen Space Jam in a while and have yet to pull it up on Netflix, the current scenario with the NBA and the Coronavirus bears some striking parallels to the events of Joe Pytka’s film.