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Biopic (+3)

Oh man, a biopic about Jamal Nightingale would be really easy to make. You could recycle a bunch of jokes from Cool Runnings for a start. Like that bit where they go to different businesses to get funding and get laughed at? Yeah that's Jamal telling people in Jamaica "I want to play ice hockey". Or that scene where the team arrives in Calgary, sees the weather and looks on in shock? Then Sanka puts on literally all of his clothes? That's Jamal walking onto the ice at the rink in Santa Monica for the first time. Then there's the training montage, Jamal practicing with Uncle Mo... all culminating in his triumphant arrival in the SMJHL via the draft. People still don't really rate him though, kind of like how the other bobsled teams looked down on Jamaica. Then he plays a fuckin blinder and everyone's like "holy shit the Jamaican kid is pretty good" and they start buying his merch and whatnot. Then tragedy when the Raptors inexplicably get ganked in the playoffs due to reasons beyond their control, like how Jamaica's old-ass bobsled crashed. So when the Raptors are 3-0 down, Jamal is in the locker room "no mon, we 'ave to finish de series". But of course, they still lose. And Jamal walks off the ice with his head held high, because they "finished the series". Inspirational. Oscars in the bag, mate.

Pills (+3)

For me, the benefits and drawbacks of any pills should be balance, as Thanos once said, "all things should be". So I'd probably go with some reasonably modest effects like maybe a pill that ramps up a team's ability to get takeaways by making them more aggressive and more effective at hitting and checking, but as a result, referees are harsher so they rack up even more PIMs than you'd expect from a more aggressive team. But then I'd also have some more powerful pills like maybe one that gives a player 100% accuracy on all their shots; so they never put a shot off target... but it also makes all their passes completely inaccurate. So you'd have the players who took that pill shooting from ridiculous distance and hoping their teammates get the rebounds or something. Or maybe one that makes a player impossible to dispossess (or whatever the hockey equivalent of tackle is, I guess), but also makes them completely blind while in possession of the puck. I can see teams coming up with wacky strategies to maximise the usefulness of a player like that... if it's even possible haha.

Pulling a Jordan (+3)

Jamal Nightingale is quick, strong, and big. He's a physical guy who gladly puts his body on the line, and doesn't back down from confrontation. With all that in mind, he would probably make a pretty awesome centre back in soccer (specifically in the now-defunct GRSL). If you take his biggest strengths and translate them to the relevant attributes for soccer, you get something like Giorgio Chiellini, one of the best defenders of his generation; a 6'2 defender with excellent tactical awareness (defensive read, positioning), and strong ball-winning ability (hitting, checking, aggression, bravery), who is good in cover (speed, agility), and probably also a decent aerial defender (strength, balance). This is before mentioning his contribution in the attacking phase, where his reasonable eye for a pass and again, decent tactical awareness, mean he could potentially act as a secondary playmaker out of defence (like Leonardo Bonucci, perhaps). In fact, he'd almost definitely be playing for Juventus, thinking about it. Since GRSL is no longer a thing.