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Pete Schwadel/Bleacher Report Media Team

Is it the shoes?

Nah, it's just time to configure NBA Jam lineups for every NBA team.

It's also the shoes.

First released in 1993, NBA Jam is a video game icon that continues to stand the test of time. The initial arcade game was amazing, and every updated version since has been similarly awesome in its continued emphasis on impractical basketball.

Gravity-defying slams. Flame-throwing three-pointers. Illegal-turned-legal defense. It all was and remains wonderfully unreasonable, and it's only right we commemorate its nostalgic swag with a present-day spin.

Three active players will be selected from every squad as we journey deeper down our NBA Jam rabbit hole. The process behind their inclusion is super scientific and crazy complicated.

In other words, these combinations are based exclusively on the Fun Factor.

We're not after the three best players from every organization. Sometimes, we'll end up picking the top-three talents. But the objective at hand demands we come up with the most entertaining aggregates possible. Those don't always include the biggest names.

We've provided cheat codes and their effects for every team, because why not? They'll range from historical cameos to outrageous advantages to obscure happenings.

Above all else, we'll be embracing the absurdity of NBA Jam—the video game not bound by the shackles of real-life logic.