Imagine a world where Charles Barkley was the star of Space Jam.

Wonder if you can? Don’t worry. Alistair Norman beat you to it. Sorta.

This bit of reimagined film history comes as the result of the 22-year-old writer from Manchester, England, reimagining a tiny bit of sports history: the winner of the NBA Finals throughout the league’s 65-year history. Norman, who uses the Reddit username ElLuchador, posted his findings in the NBA community.

“I found it really fascinating how one or more minor changes could be the difference between a player being seen as a mid-ranked ‘good, just not good enough to win a championship’ player and a ‘one of the greatest we’ve ever seen’ player,” says Norman, who was inspired to do this “what if” exercise after Bill Simmons’ Big Book of Basketball.

“I started to think, ‘If Barkley won in 1993, where would he ultimately be ranked?’ ‘Where would Bill Russell be in the pyramid if he had only won one championship instead of 11?’ All these questions came running through my head, and I knew I had to jot it all down.”

Upvoted asked Norman—who became a basketball fan thanks to video games like NBA Street—what he thought would be the five biggest changes to the NBA if the “other team” won the Finals.

1. Michael Jordan: No Longer the GOAT

Throughout his career, the Chicago Bulls superstar dominated the regular season—he was a 14-time All-Star, a 10-time scoring leader, and a five-time MVP during the ’80s and ’90s. But it was during the postseason that Jordan reached mythic heights. Remember the “flu game” from the 1997 Finals?

“One of the main reasons MJ has had such an amazing, endearing legacy is because of his stellar finals record: 6-0 …,” Norman shares. “If we switch it around so the results of these finals were reversed, it would paint a really intriguing and, ultimately, quite tragic story. A five-time MVP who willed his teams to three back-to-back Finals appearances, only to be rocked by the death of his father. After his stint with baseball, he’d come back with a new sense of drive and purpose, only to see his team lose in the finals three more times in a row. He’d lose that air of invincibility he has now.”

Who would replace Jordan as Zeus in the new pantheon of NBA gods in this alternate universe? Here are Norman’s five contenders:

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (four championships—two with the Cleveland Cavaliers—and still counting)

Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Jazz forward Elgin Baylor (seven championships and a 7-0 Finals record)

Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and LA Lakers center Wilt Chamberlain (six rings and vying with Jordan at the top of the NBA’s records lists)

76ers forward Julius “Dr. J” Erving (an American Basketball Association superstar, followed by three championships and a 3-1 Finals record)

Another possible wrinkle in alternate timelines: Warner Bros. might drop a “can’t win the big game” Jordan in order to pursue the charismatic and championship-winning Barkley to be the lead in Space Jam and not simply a co-star. Would a ring elevate Barkley past Jordan as a better individual player? No, but it would’ve given him more ammunition when the former friends tried to one-up one another.

2. Your Favorite Team Would Win a Championship

Currently, 18 different NBA franchises have won championships in the league’s history, which includes decadeslong dynasties by the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Bulls. In Norman’s flipped NBA, that changes.

“If you take a look at the table of all the teams who would have at least one championship ring if the finals were reversed, you’ll see 23 different franchises,” Norman says, adding that the NBA would more well-rounded with titles going to championship-less teams like the Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz, and even the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Lakers, however, would still have a dynasty (more on that later).

3. Your Favorite NBA Player Would Have a Ring

One of the greatest tragedies of the NBA is that Kerry Kittles, who played with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers between 1996 to 2005, never won a title. Well, maybe that’s an overstatement. But Kittles would join the list of fan-favorite players without a championship in real life to finally earn a ring thanks to Norman’s script-flipping (Kittles would win back-to-back rings with the Nets in 2002 and 2003). That group also includes: Pacers guard Reggie Miller (2000)

New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing (1994 and 1999)

Seattle Supersonics guard Gary Payton (1996) and the Jazz tandem of guard John Stockton and forward Karl Malone (1997-98), three star players denied a ring by Jordan’s Bulls

current Thunder forward Kevin Durant (2012)

the aforementioned Round Mound of Rebound and Space Jam star Charles Barkley (1993) “All of them and more would have been afforded the eternal glory of being called NBA champions,” Norman says. 4. The NBA Would’ve Been Even Bigger in the 1980s

The things in the 1980s that helped launch the league’s popularity to stratospheric heights in the 1990s would still remain if the other team won the Finals during the Me Decade. The rivalry between Boston Celtics star Larry Bird and Lakers sensation Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the rise of the Bad Boy teams of the Detroit Pistons, and the titanic stage entrance of one Michael Jeffrey Jordan would still remain. But according to Norman, Dr. J’s success in the Finals would have elevated his already legendary status, and a championship win for Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon early in his career would only have widened the appeal of the NBA among fans, new and old.

Whether this means there would’ve been a sequel to Dr. J’s classic sports film, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, is anyone’s guess.

5. All Hail the Lakers

Right now, the Boston Celtics are arguably the best franchise in NBA history, having won 17 championships and winning eight consecutive titles from 1959 to 1966. The other contender would be longtime Boston rival, the LA Lakers, which has 16 titles.