1992 Dream Team would man handle the "new" Dream Team. The new team may be a little bit more athletic but the old team plays very physical and they have plenty of athleticism themselves. That would not even be a close one.
I dunno. Most NBA players' primes are 27-31ish for reasons of experience and physical development. Pretty much everyone on that Dream Team was in the middle or possibly leaning towards the end of their absolute prime age. Most of most of the 2012 players are just now getting into the prime age range. Kobe's best years were seasons 10 and 11 at ages 27 and 28.
I think I mentioned this last year or the year before. The 2012 team will be awesome and it's a worthy comparison. Any of the PGs + Wade, KD, LeBron and Howard is as good as it gets. We will truly see the best U.S. players on the floor at the same time. The main difference between this summer and 1992 is the level of competition. Unless they totally lose focus, the U.S. should beat down every team they face. I don't expect the semifinal and final to be close. MJ, Magic and Bird (who was slowed at the time) are unique players, but the bottom-tier guys like Laettner and Mullin wouldn't be selected for 2012. The rule changes that were implemented in FIBA will also benefit Team USA this time.
Other than Howard the 2012 team doesn't have much of a post-presence. They'd have a hard time against Robinson and Ewing (two top 10 centers) and Barkley/Malone (top 4 PFs) not to mention magic and bird.
He was not eligible. He had played for Nigeria before becoming a US citizen and had to be cleared. He played for a later team once he was eligible.
Lebron James should just keep his mouth shut. This kid is everything that's wrong with the nba now. true story. Team vs. Team i think the dream team still takes it easy.
God LeBron is making it harder and harder to like him. D.Wade on the otherhand has so much more respect.
WHAT? MAN THE 1992 DREAM TEAM WOULD CRUSH THESE GUYS! HELL, HALF THE TEAM PLAYS FOR THE HEAT AND THEY COULDN'T BEAT THE FRIGGIN MAVS! WHATTA JOKE!
Let's see. 23 rings vs 6 rings? Not even close. well, the word came from LBJ, no suprise. he's the best thing that happened in the NBA. 1992 Charles Barkley Larry Bird ( 3 ) Clyde Drexler (1) Patrick Ewing Magic Johnson (5) Michael Jordan (6) Christian Laettner Karl Malone Chris Mullin Scottie Pippen (6) David Robinson (2) John Stockton 2012 (Not set yet but likely to include according to CBS: ) LeBron James Kobe Bryant - 5 Dwyane Wade - 1 Kevin Durant - 0 Derrick Rose - 0 Blake Griffin - 0 Chris Paul - 0 Deron Williams - 0 Dwight Howard - 0 Kevin Love - 0 Chris Bosh - 0
Charles Barkley Larry Bird ( 3 ) Clyde Drexler Patrick Ewing Magic Johnson (5) Michael Jordan (3) Christian Laettner Karl Malone Chris Mullin Scottie Pippen (3) David Robinson John Stockton fixed.... 14 vs 6. but still, i don't think any of those players in 2012 can get 6 rings.
From a pure basketball standpoint, I agree they need more C depth behind Dwight. My vote would probably be for Tyson Chandler to come back to add more shotblocking, because we all know that group of PF's (Bosh, Love, Griffin) ain't gonna do much on that end. Comparing the two teams...1992 has 2012 at every position except SF, and that's only because Bird was old. Magic/Stockton > Rose/Paul/Williams Jordan > Hahahaha Old Bird < Lebron Barkley, Malone > Bosh, Love, Blake Ewing, Robinson > Dwight, TBA
regarding rings...Magic and Bird would have had 8 rings each if either of them didn't exist to compete. Between the two...they won 8. So total numbers are still the same. But just for the record...MJ never had that level of competition. Magic and Bird would be wearing 8 rings, except they had to share them.
I agree and I'd even say Bird/Pippen>Lebron on a super team like that. They dominated without having to have the ball in their hands. They can be much better complementary players than Lebron can.
