Five fictional teams that could challenge the Brooklyn Nets

1. Miguel and Tulio from Road to El Dorado

Granted the Mesoamerican ball game isn’t the exact same as basketball, but it could certainly be seen as a precursor. A lot of similar muscle groups are involved, I bet. There is also a ball. The ring could be considered a sideways hoop. See? It’s pretty much the exact same. If you’re good at one, you’re good at the other. Period.

That said. two men probably couldn’t take on a team of five. Math has changed a lot since the era of the Spanish conquistadors, but even then two was less than five. In a physical game involving physical men doing physical things, fivesical is more than physicouple. Also period.

So yeah, two men probably isn’t enough. But two gods could could be. I never finished this movie, but I assume that their heavenly roots were established at some point. Gods are good at things. Check it out:

That, my friend, is talent. Sure, there may have been a bit of collusion with a durable armadillo, but a win is a win. If Tulio and Miguel could fool the Nets staff into accepting a ball that doesn’t bounce, then maybe they could get away with it again.

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Much like the Tropics though, there is the question of motivation. In the movie, the two were playing for their own survival and to impress a pretty woman. There’s very little to play for when you’re playing the Nets. But Space Jam taught us that cartoons and basically do whatever they want all the time. If the Doradudes (that’s their name now) channel that capacity, they’ve got this, deities or not.