96 Dream team almost lost to college kids..

[apalisoc_9]

In a competitive match :lmao

Talk about lack of talent in the 90s...

[daslicer]

Too bad you are omitting one key fact which is a top 5 all time great player by the name of Tim Duncan was playing on the college team hence the reason for the close game.

[djohn2oo8]

Duncan's team lost to Puerto Rico...

[Caltex2]

Too bad you are omitting one key fact which is a top 5 all time great player by the name of Tim Duncan was playing on the college team hence the reason for the close game.

And that Jordan, among others, did not play. The US National team was an indictment of the idea you could just slop together a few great players and win no matter what. It caught up with them. Other countries had players that had played together for years and more chemistry. The USMNBT only won one international tournament over the next decade and they barely won that in 2000.

[monosylab1k]

92 Dream Team DID lose to college kids :lol

[apalisoc_9]

92 Dream Team DID lose to college kids :lol

:lmao

[Silver&Black]

A lot of ppl speculate that Chuck Daly threw that game on purpose.

[DAF86]

A lot of ppl speculate that Chuck Daly threw that game on purpose.

How do you throw a game on porpuse with that type of squad? Even by playing your worst 5 players should be enough to win by 30.

[Silver&Black]

How do you throw a game on porpuse with that type of squad? Even by playing your worst 5 players should be enough to win by 30.

Don't ask me. Ask Coach K, P.J. Carlesimo, and Lenny Wilkens. They're the ones who said it.

[ambchang]

How do you throw a game on porpuse with that type of squad? Even by playing your worst 5 players should be enough to win by 30.

By putting in lineups that made no sense, call timeouts at the worst possible times, give the ball to the Christian Laettner.

[DAF86]

By putting in lineups that made no sense, call timeouts at the worst possible times, give the ball to the Christian Laettner.

None of thay should matter, tbh. Besides, why did he want to throw a game away?

[ambchang]

None of thay should matter, tbh. Besides, why did he want to throw a game away?

They all matter. Poor coaching can kill a team easily.

He did it to show that the team has to play together and listen to the coach to win.

[DAF86]

They all matter. Poor coaching can kill a team easily.

He did it to show that the team has to play together and listen to the coach to win.

So he tried to get the squad to listen to him, by getting the squad to lose following his orders? Neat 90's logic, tbh.

[ambchang]

So he tried to get the squad to listen to him, by getting the squad to lose following his orders? Neat 90's logic, tbh.

It worked. The idea is to let them freelance and do whatever they please, putting in bad matchups so that they could lose. Driving home the point that they have to play together.

The result is that the 92 Dream Team is, and will likely always will be, the most dominant team that was ever put together. Unlike now where players get their coaches to protect them from cyberbullying by the media, coaches actually coached back in the day.

[DAF86]

It worked. The idea is to let them freelance and do whatever they please, putting in bad matchups so that they could lose. Driving home the point that they have to play together.

The result is that the 92 Dream Team is, and will likely always will be, the most dominant team that was ever put together. Unlike now where players get their coaches to protect them from cyberbullying by the media, coaches actually coached back in the day.

So, was he letting them freelance or asking them to give the ball to Christian Laettner?

[Clipper Nation]

92 Dream Team DID lose to college kids :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCJFI6ycA3k

:lmao Yesterday's NBA fanboys will defend this.

[Clipper Nation]

By putting in lineups that made no sense
It was the fucking Dream Team, the most stacked roster ever assembled, full of grown NBA players in their primes. Any lineup Daly put together should have dominated a team full of college kids.


call timeouts at the worst possible times
Timeout management shouldn't have mattered because the Dream Team shouldn't have even been in a close game with a bunch of college kids.


give the ball to the Christian Laettner.
Bobby Hurley was the go-to guy for the college team :lmao

:lol Yesterday's NBA krew blaming the coach for yesterday's stars getting embarrassed by a young Choke Webber and Bobby Hurley

[ambchang]

So, was he letting them freelance or asking them to give the ball to Christian Laettner?

That's part of freelance.

[ambchang]

It was the fucking Dream Team, the most stacked roster ever assembled, full of grown NBA players in their primes. Any lineup Daly put together should have dominated a team full of college kids.

Not true. This entire idea that talent will destroy everything is incorrect. Many cases were a well coordinate group of old farts will destroy young talented players at the local Y. This is not a 1 on 1 contest. We saw that again in 2000 and 2004.

Besides, it was a scrimmage, not caring is a huge thing, it's like how Lebron got dunked on against some random guy and had to confiscate the tape.


Timeout management shouldn't have mattered because the Dream Team shouldn't have even been in a close game with a bunch of college kids.

Call time out when they were on a run, sub guys out randomly.


Bobby Hurley was the go-to guy for the college team :lmao

:lol Yesterday's NBA krew blaming the coach for yesterday's stars getting embarrassed by a young Choke Webber and Bobby Hurley

:wow yesterday's scrubs knowing how to play the game, not like :lol today's NBA players having no clue what to do and relying on athleticism all day.

[Clipper Nation]

Not true. This entire idea that talent will destroy everything is incorrect. Many cases were a well coordinate group of old farts will destroy young talented players at the local Y. This is not a 1 on 1 contest. We saw that again in 2000 and 2004.
:lol The fact that you're comparing yesterday's NBA to old farts' pick-up games at the Y says it all.


Besides, it was a scrimmage, not caring is a huge thing, it's like how Lebron got dunked on against some random guy and had to confiscate the tape.
:lol The :cry "they didn't care" :cry excuse

A team of professionals with pride should never just roll over and let a bunch of college kids beat them. LeBron was vilified for the Jordan Crawford dunk incident, but yesterday's stars get a free pass for trying to hide their loss to a bunch of college kids from the media.


Call time out when they were on a run
And? That shouldn't have stopped them from skullfucking the college team.


sub guys out randomly.
So? Every single player that got subbed in from the Dream Team roster should have been able to destroy their collegiate counterparts.


:wow yesterday's scrubs knowing how to play the game, not like :lol today's NBA players having no clue what to do and relying on athleticism all day.
Hurley didn't shit all over the Dream Team because he "knew how to play the game" better than they did. He dominated because he was too quick and athletic for them to guard. It was literally the definition of "relying on athleticism all day." :lol

[ambchang]

:lol The fact that you're comparing yesterday's NBA to old farts' pick-up games at the Y says it all.

The old farts won, if you picked up on that. But also :lol Lebron getting dunked on.


:lol The :cry "they didn't care" :cry excuse

You have a point, should have confiscated the tape.


A team of professionals with pride should never just roll over and let a bunch of college kids beat them. LeBron was vilified for the Jordan Crawford dunk incident, but yesterday's stars get a free pass for trying to hide their loss to a bunch of college kids from the media.
a) We are talking about it 25 years after the fact, so I am not sure how that is getting a free pass. They caught plenty of flak
b) They should have confiscated the tape.


And? That shouldn't have stopped them from skullfucking the college team.

Shouldn't but did. As great as :wow yesterday's NBA was, it wasn't perfect.


So? Every single player that got subbed in from the Dream Team roster should have been able to destroy their collegiate counterparts.

Not really, just like Lebron shouldn't have been dunked on by some random guy, or Kobe shouldn't have lost a 1-1 vs. some random Chinese kids.


Hurley didn't shit all over the Dream Team because he "knew how to play the game" better than they did. He dominated because he was too quick and athletic for them to guard. It was literally the definition of "relying on athleticism all day." :lol

:lol no, Hurley wasn't too quick and athletic when he got in the league. Did he have a magic potion for that one game?

And no, it wasn't just Hurley, the team did them in.

[Clipper Nation]

The old farts won, if you picked up on that. But also :lol Lebron getting dunked on.
:lol Yesterday's Dream Team losing to college players


You have a point, should have confiscated the tape.
Chuck Daly made someone erase the scoreboard before the media entered the gym so the players' egos wouldn't get bruised by having to answer any tough questions.

:lol Yesterday's NBA


a) We are talking about it 25 years after the fact, so I am not sure how that is getting a free pass. They caught plenty of flak
What flak did they get?


Shouldn't but did. As great as :wow yesterday's NBA was, it wasn't perfect.
:lol Yesterday's NBA: so "great," even a college team can beat them!


Not really, just like Lebron shouldn't have been dunked on by some random guy, or Kobe shouldn't have lost a 1-1 vs. some random Chinese kids.
Kobe is a product of :lol yesterday's NBA, so it's not a surprise that he got shat on by some random Chinese kids, tbh.


:lol no, Hurley wasn't too quick and athletic when he got in the league.
Hurley actually was known for his speed when he entered the league. Thing is, he got into a severe car accident early on in his rookie season that almost killed him, and he was never the same after that.


Did he have a magic potion for that one game?
No, he just had a favorable matchup against :lol yesterday's NBA stars.

[LkrFan]

Duncan's team lost to Puerto Rico...

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/duncan_bronze.jpg

:lol

[whitemamba]

92 Dream Team DID lose to college kids :lol


http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/duncan_bronze.jpg

:lol

:lol

[apalisoc_9]

:lol Yesterday's Dream Team losing to college players


Chuck Daly made someone erase the scoreboard before the media entered the gym so the players' egos wouldn't get bruised by having to answer any tough questions.

:lol Yesterday's NBA


What flak did they get?


:lol Yesterday's NBA: so "great," even a college team can beat them!


Kobe is a product of :lol yesterday's NBA, so it's not a surprise that he got shat on by some random Chinese kids, tbh.


Hurley actually was known for his speed when he entered the league. Thing is, he got into a severe car accident early on in his rookie season that almost killed him, and he was never the same after that.


No, he just had a favorable matchup against :lol yesterday's NBA stars.

:lmao

[Mitch]

Nothing tops the stank of that 2004 team lead by Dookie Duncan tbh

[ambchang]

:lol Yesterday's Dream Team losing to college players

If I didn't know any better, I would have thought we've been talking about this for a few posts now.


Chuck Daly made someone erase the scoreboard before the media entered the gym so the players' egos wouldn't get bruised by having to answer any tough questions.

Because he got his point across.


:lol Yesterday's NBA

What flak did they get?

What flak did Lebron get?


:lol Yesterday's NBA: so "great," even a college team can beat them!

Missing the point of team work.


Kobe is a product of :lol yesterday's NBA, so it's not a surprise that he got shat on by some random Chinese kids, tbh.

Kobe tried to portray that, but he benefits hugely from the rule changes (see his gigantic jump in stats in 01-02 when the rules changed in favour of perimeter players. he is squarely the product of today's soft NBA. Don't toss this turd over on our side and try to paint him as the old guard when he's squarely in the new guard era.


Hurley actually was known for his speed when he entered the league. Thing is, he got into a severe car accident early on in his rookie season that almost killed him, and he was never the same after that.

Might get HarlemHeat37 here to confirm that we are talking about a White American player getting known for speed.


No, he just had a favorable matchup against :lol yesterday's NBA stars.

Like home Patty Mills scored 30 on the 16 MOBT? jokic putting up 25/6 on them in a close game? How about De Colo and Huertel hanging 18?

[Clipper Nation]

Because he got his point across.
No, because he knew :lol yesterday's NBA stars were pussies and he didn't want them to get their precious fee-fees hurt.


What flak did Lebron get?
He got vilified for that whole episode. The proof is in how you a.) still remembered it years later, and b.) awkwardly tried to force it into this conversation just to get a dig in at LeBron.


Missing the point of team work.
Missing the point of NBA players vs. college kids.


Kobe tried to portray that, but he benefits hugely from the rule changes (see his gigantic jump in stats in 01-02 when the rules changed in favour of perimeter players. he is squarely the product of today's soft NBA. Don't toss this turd over on our side and try to paint him as the old guard when he's squarely in the new guard era.
Kobe entered the league in 1996 and played in the '90s NBA. He was the typical fake-tough, selfish isoball chucker that :lol yesterday's NBA fans love. That turd belongs on your sidePERIOD


Might get HarlemHeat37 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11597) here to confirm that we are talking about a White American player getting known for speed.
He was the rare white American player with non-white American skills. Kind of like Jason Williams in his prime.


Like home Patty Mills scored 30 on the 16 MOBT? jokic putting up 25/6 on them in a close game? How about De Colo and Huertel hanging 18?
Those are professional players and grown-ass men, not college players. MVPatty has been a key cog on a championship team and Jokić is a budding star in the NBA. And they all come from Australia or Europe, where the level of play and instruction has improved by leaps and bounds since the '90s.

What Bobby Hurley did to the '92 Dream Team is more like if someone along the lines of Frank Mason or Aaron Craft took a wet shit all over the '08 Redeem Team.

[spurraider21]

why did bobby hurley not last in the NBA?

[Clipper Nation]

why did bobby hurley not last in the NBA?

I already explained earlier in the thread, tbh. He got in a gruesome car crash early on in his rookie year that almost killed him. His lungs were punctured, five of his ribs were broken, he had a small fracture in his back, and tore his ACL as a result of the crash. He tried to make a comeback and played for a few more years, but he was never the same.

http://www.espn.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7582301/daniel-wieland-apologizes-nearly-killing-former-duke-blue-devils-sacramento-kings-player-bobby-hurley

[lefty]

http://www.nba.com/media/spurs/duncan_bronze.jpg

:lol
:lol

[UZER]

As much as I'm an old school NBA guy, that whole Daly threw the game thing is ridiculous. They say that because the dude is dead and want to make him look like a genius.

[Clipper Nation]

As much as I'm an old school NBA guy, that whole Daly threw the game thing is ridiculous. They say that because the dude is dead and want to make him look like a genius.
It's a line of bullshit that Rat Face Krzyzewski made up to make himself look better than Daly. The players themselves admitted they couldn't guard Hurley or Webber and that they were overpassing and afraid to shoot.

[ambchang]

No, because he knew :lol yesterday's NBA stars were pussies and he didn't want them to get their precious fee-fees hurt.

I guess he should have sent his agent or marketing agency to erase the board. Then it would be considered an alpha move by you.


He got vilified for that whole episode. The proof is in how you a.) still remembered it years later, and b.) awkwardly tried to force it into this conversation just to get a dig in at LeBron.

Wow, I had that much sway? I guess you and the entire :lol Today's NBA krew remembering the Dream Team thing, with a book mentioning the incident, isn't really flak by your standards then?


Missing the point of NBA players vs. college kids.

Yeah, college kids actually knew how to play the game back then because they go through a program, not like how #1 picks like KAT, Simmons are considered projects when entering the league in :lol Today's NBA.


Kobe entered the league in 1996 and played in the '90s NBA. He was the typical fake-tough, selfish isoball chucker that :lol yesterday's NBA fans love. That turd belongs on your sidePERIOD

I am not taking this turd. He rose to prominence in the 00s and was still winning championships as a coattail rider in the 10s, all BECAUSE he played in :lol today's NBA. Duncan though is :wow yesterday's NBA. He dominated from the get go, and was still contributing immensely in :today's NBA.

Summary, Kobe was a nobody in the 90s because he couldn't hang, and can only play in the 00s
Duncan dominated end to end.


He was the rare white American player with non-white American skills. Kind of like Jason Williams in his prime.

:lol Jason Williams :lol The guy sucked, was all showboating, and is a product of :lol today's NBA. All flash and no skill


Those are professional players and grown-ass men, not college players. MVPatty has been a key cog on a championship team and Jokić is a budding star in the NBA. And they all come from Australia or Europe, where the level of play and instruction has improved by leaps and bounds since the '90s.

What Bobby Hurley did to the '92 Dream Team is more like if someone along the lines of Frank Mason or Aaron Craft took a wet shit all over the '08 Redeem Team.

Incorrect, Bobby Hurley, unhurt, and Chris Webber would have been MVP in :lol today's NBA.