Maverick and Iceman Reunite?!

Just read Bill Simmons’ latest mailbag and found out that Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise were featured on the jumbtoron at Game 2 of the Lakers-Nuggets playoff game, with Kenny Loggins’ immortal “Danger Zone” playing in the background. Word?! After all these years, Maverick and Iceman reunite:

"You believe in extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions." "Uh, you smell."

Bill Simmons:

As far as I was concerned, this was the most emotional reunion in Lakers history. Cruise kept laughing; Kilmer looked mildly perturbed. (After all, he’s an actor, dammit! That was 23 years ago! He’s made a lot of movies since then!) At this point, I was praying they’d cut to Anthony Edwards in Section 312 but he wasn’t there. Still, I couldn’t have enjoyed the sequence any more, and it dwarfed the remainder of the game for me.

If only Mr. Miyagi were still alive, a Daniel-Mr. Miyagi reunion would also be possible.