Trust me on this, I have a finely tuned sense of the absurd, and by that standard Hercules (1983) is the greatest movie of all time. Even better then New York. Skeleton Man. Not trying so hard like the Sharknados. My only disappointment is in missing it for so many years before discovering it. When I clued my brother in on it he brought it in from netflix on dvd and kept it a whole week to revel in its ridiculousness.
You should make your classes watch it. It would do them some good. Teach them some, er, mythology and life lessons and stuff.
For some reason I don't recall him leaving. I do remember a somewhat awkward play that reminded me of when he got injured last year. I was thinking I hope he's ok. And he was fine looking the rest of the way. I think they really are just surrendering this game and hoping to beat the Spurs with a fully healthy squad.