By Evan Bleier For people who don’t remember a time when video games were played on consoles and arcade cabinets instead of iPhones, the nonsensical exclamation “boomshakalaka” probably doesn’t mean all that much, if anything. But for anyone who played the iconic video game NBA Jam following its 1993 release, that line from game announcer Tim Kitzrow conjures up images of larger-than-life cartoon basketball players soaring above the court to throw down thunderous dunks, slams and those eponymous jams. That’s true for gamers, but it’s also true for some of the former NBA star players who were r…
