NBA: Recasting the Monstars from ‘Space Jam’ as NBA players
By Gaia Rhodes
Blake Griffin as Bupkus
Bupkus is the purple Nerdluck. In the original he stole the abilities of Larry Johnson, who came into the league as an explosive power forward. He added a smooth jump shot to that game and became one of the NBA’s dominant scorers. This is a mold that Blake Griffin fits into perfectly.
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Big BG is also a phenomenal comedic actor. His recent stand-up routine went viral, he’s worked with fellow Monstars and Clippers teammate Chris Paul on BGCP3TV in HD, and his ads are always comedy gold, Jerry. Gold!
The original Space Jam movie was inspired by a series of Nike ads that featured Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny taking on Marvin the Martian and his alien henchman in a game of basketball. Interestingly, Blake Griffin recently starred in his own commercial opposite that same Marvin the Martian.
Griffin has the basketball skills and the comedic delivery to be our Monstars PF.