Given the star power in the league at that time, I'm kind of puzzled by the choices the producers made in casting of the NBA players that their talent to the creatures from Moron Mountain. Granted, they needed people that spoke fluently and would be great on screen, so though Olajuwon was hot coming off two NBA titles, he wouldn't have been a great pick for this movie. I wonder who turned down the chance to be in Space Jam. Seems to me that Clyde Drexler would have been a natural since he was both a great player and had a personality that would have translated well for a movie role as himself. Shaq was doing a ton of movies at that time, so I'm really curious as to whether or not he turned it down because he definitely would be great as himself in a movie. And they weren't wholly accurate in how they portrayed the Monstars and the talents taken away from each player used by them. For example, we all know Shawn Bradley would have been dunked on hard by every member of the Looney Tunes squad, most especially by Tweety Bird and that mouse character.
Hakeem The Glove Shawn Kemp Mail Man The Admiral Will Smith 2.0 Deke ET to name a few Schrempf, Sabonis....
Karl Malone would have been sterile as himself in the movie but I would have been interesting to see how they would have incorporated his flopping as a Monstar.
Pretty sure Bradley and Muggsy were there because of their respective sizes... A super tall skinny dude and a very short basketball player are probably more interesting to a kid than Stockton and Malone's pick and roll. It's a kids' movie, not the Hall of Fame
Scoring: Hakeem Olajuwon Rebounding: Dennis Rodman Passing: John Stockton Stealing: Gary Payton Blocking: Dikembe Mutombo Each Monstar would represent each player's abilities. So I'm sure we'd of seen the Dream Shake in animated form, haha. Space Jam 2 (Starring LeBron James) Kevin Durant Dwight Howard Rajon Rondo Chris Paul Tim Duncan
If they did a remake of the monstars for this year: CP3 Kobe/Harden LeBron/KD Blake Griffin Dwight Howard
I feel like it'd be Nate Robinson instead of CP3, just for the height. And probably Harden for sure instead of Kobe, imagine that beard on a Monstar.
Space jam original remake Magic Johnson Brett Barry Scottie Pippen Dennis Rodman Shaquille Oneal Space jam 2 Nate Robinson James harden Lebron Kevin Garnett Dwight Howard Starring Kevin Durant Special guest starring Brian scalabrine
Chris Paul is pretty short. Nash is listed 6'3 but I am sure he's 5'10 or so. I would imagine CP3 not being any taller than that.
