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Kobe and LeBron are both full of .'92 team would murder this 2012 team. Real talk.
At least he got some ballzzz.
Kobe and LeBron are both full of .
Try beating Dream Team II and III which they wouldn't be able to do either.
This seems to be a thinly veiled LeBron vs GOAT discussion.
but Bird had the best response of all
Bird's comments are gold
Real talk though, the 1992 squad would have a clear advantage in the frontcourt which I think propels them forward. The talk that the 1992 team would dismantle this year's team though is pretty stupid. One has to especially consider the athletic and skill improvement in NBA athletes for the ongoing 20 years. This isn't 1992 were the rest of the world is made up of nonathletic half-skilled players.
There were plenty of athletes on that '92 team, too. The tipping factor, though, would be the bigs. The 92 team would have scored at will in the paint, and stopped paint scoring by the 2012 team. Chandler just couldn't handle all of the size on that team by himself.Bird's comments are gold
Real talk though, the 1992 squad would have a clear advantage in the frontcourt which I think propels them forward. The talk that the 1992 team would dismantle this year's team though is pretty stupid. One has to especially consider the athletic and skill improvement in NBA athletes for the ongoing 20 years. This isn't 1992 were the rest of the world is made up of nonathletic half-skilled players.
lol chandler would get butt ed by multiple hall of fame bigs
Laettner vs Davis would be the deciding factor
bird trolling
Please explain why he's wrong.
Obviously the 92 Dream Team was amazing. But I feel like they are overrated a bit. Sure they demolished teams like Angola, Lithuania and Purto Rico to name a few. But the international compe ion then sucks.
Their biggest compe ion was Croatia and that team was considered a "threat" because back then they featured 3 NBA caliber players that were no more than role players in the league tbh (Kukoc, Petrovic, Radja). They neutralized a young Kukoc who never saw that kind of compe ion to begin with so that team wasn't really hard to beat in the first place. I mean, , I think the 2004 olympic Team that won Bronze will have a cake walk against those 92 International Teams.
Nowadays you guys have players like the Gasol, Ginobili, Ibaka, etc playing for their National Teams, I mean one of these players can easily qualify a spot fot that 92 Dream Team if they have American Citizenship. I'm just poiniting out that the quality of players has tremendously increased since then.
Also, that 92 Dream Team was pretty old and slow tbh. Pippen, Jordan, Barkley, Malone, Robinson and Ewing were all obviously in their prime. But guys like Chris Mullin, Larry Bird, Christian Laettner were pretty horrible back ups.
Put it this way. No one can stop Lebron. Not even Skinny Pippen and not Jordan ROFL. Malone can body him up, sure, but Bron is too quick for him. Barkley? Forget it, he doesn't play defense. Westbrook is way too quick for any players in that team. Westbrook can score at ease. Add scorers like Durant and Melo and you'll get the picture of this team easily scoring at will. Magic Johnson and Stockton or any of their guards not named Jordan won;t be able to handle the trio of CP3, Deron and Westbrook
Defensively, the 2012 team is pretty good. Lebron and Iguodala are outstanding defensive players. Kobe can lock Magic Johnson real good. Lebron would totally make it harder for Jordan.
The biggest concern of course is the 2012's lack of size. But in FIBA rules and the way the OG Dream Team played (which was more transitional and up tempo) they really negate the use of their big men. Patrick Ewing was actually used as a spot up shooter at the left wing and Robinson was used as a cut and drive player on the offensive end. To be honest, that team didn't had any offense for their big men.
The 2012 Dream Team lacked size, true, but what they lack for it, they more than make up with their speed and a healthy mix of unstoppable offensive weapons. With one game on the line, its not crazy to think that Kobe and Lebron could lift this team to victory
Truth is Jordan nor Pippen had faced a guy like Lebron. Lebron's the perfect basketball player and I'm confident that in ateam full of great players, Lebron at his best is far more vaulable and better than Jordan at his best.
Another advantage dream team has over these posers, is that back then they were more compe ive and took basketball more serious. These days players are all about getting indorsements and patting each other on the bum to keep that gravy train going. Its more about money, dream team would absolutelly destroy psychologically this team led by lebron, who'm every one was calling the biggest choker ever just a few months ago.
I didn't realize Nas released a new album. I guess I gotta get that. No doubt, it won't be as good as his old ones, but out of respect...
And baseline although you prefer the late 80's hip hop, you gotta agree the 90's were far better than todays "rap".
so much fail in this
not even going to bother
You're not going to bother something that's hard to dispute tbh. We know that. I can see who grew up in the "Space Jam" age. These people are so high on nostalgic weed, they're all willing to overlook reality
Again, Pippen and Jordan wouldn't handle Lebron. The 2012 secondary unit would run all over Larry Bird, Chris Mullin, Robinson, Drexler, and Stockton lol.
Winning games in basketball is all about the team who can get hot and put more buckets. 2012 Dream Team is comprised of more talented scorers, they are faster and they have more play makers than the original one. Guys like Melo, Durant, Lebron, CP3 and even Kobe would have a feast on the very anemic defensive presence of the OG team. The OG's brightest spot in the perimeter are MJ and Pip after that its downhill.
You're not going to bother something that's hard to dispute tbh. We know that. I can see who grew up in the "Space Jam" age. These people are so high on nostalgic weed, they're all willing to overlook reality
Again, Pippen and Jordan wouldn't handle Lebron. The 2012 secondary unit would run all over Larry Bird, Chris Mullin, Robinson, Drexler, and Stockton lol.
Winning games in basketball is all about the team who can get hot and put more buckets. 2012 Dream Team is comprised of more talented scorers, they are faster and they have more play makers than the original one. Guys like Melo, Durant, Lebron, CP3 and even Kobe would have a feast on the very anemic defensive presence of the OG team. The OG's brightest spot in the perimeter are MJ and Pip after that its downhill.
you're grasping at straws, which is a dead giveaway you either dumb or trolling, so why bother?
You haven't posted something of substance, for example "These days players are all about getting indorsements and patting each other on the bum to keep that gravy train going. Its more about money"
I mean, seriously brah. Step your game up. Tell us why the OG dream team would beat this generations olympic team, because players getting endorsements has nothing to do with it.
James Harden alone would own Larry Bird and Chris Mullin in this game tbh
OG's brightest spot are their big men but Coach Daly has always been a transition, perimeter orented coach. Mike K would totally own him since he has always advocated a much more balanced offense/defense than Daly who simply relied on the weak compe ion to win the Gold Medal.
has nothing to do with their compe ion, and more to do with the players involved, like jordan said when you get 11 future hall of famers playing on the same team, get back to me, until then continue talking about the impact of coaches, lol
See thats your problem brah. You listenin to what Mike said. That proves you're from the Space Jam generation.
That being said, that team did have 11 HOF'ers but it has nothing to do with the game on the line. Bird was useless, Chris Mullin was useless, Laettner was useless, Jordan would get owned by Lebron, Skinny Pippen would never stop Lebron CROFL. I have so much ammo but I'm not even going to load anymore.
Sir Charles: "We Would Have Whooped LeBron's Butt"
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...ron-dream-team
That's coming from a guy who doesn't have a championship
Actually, the 2012 Dream Team are 3 players away from actually guaranteeing a win against that 92 team. If Griffin, Howard and Wade were not injured, I have them winning by 16.
See thats your problem brah. You listenin to what Mike said. That proves you're from the Space Jam generation.
That being said, that team did have 11 HOF'ers but it has nothing to do with the game on the line. Bird was useless, Chris Mullin was useless, Laettner was useless, Jordan would get owned by Lebron, Skinny Pippen would never stop Lebron CROFL. I have so much ammo but I'm not even going to load anymore.
Jordans failure as gm is irrelevant, to his abilities as a basketball player. Jordan would get owned by lebron? lol you're re ed, pippen wouldn't be the only one trying to slow down lebron, it would be jordan pippen and all the bigs inside, what will lebron do if he can't penetrate, he doesn't even have a perimeter game
They wouldn't be playing 12 deep either.
top 8 players on each team
jordan
pippen
magic
robinson
barkley
malone
ewing
stockton
will get beat by???
lebron
durant
kobe
paul
d will
westbrook
chandler
love
you have got to be kidding me
kill yourself immediatelly!!!
Lebron is a better ball player than Jordan. No shame in that.
Brah, you act like this is Lebron vs 5 players on the court. Ever heard of the word "pass"
what will lebron do if he can't penetrate, he doesn't even have a perimeter game
Again, the word "pass" comes to mind. The 2012 team have far more shooters than the 92 version.
They wouldn't be playing 12 deep either.
top 8 players on each team
jordan- Their only bright spot as the 2012 team don't have an aswer for this.
pippen-Skinny Pippen would get owned by Lebron. Dude can't even check Anthony Mason
magic-CP3 and Deron Williams would run circles on him.
robinson-Tyson Chandler can check this cat
barkley-Lol
malone- They'll put Love away on the perimeter lane, further opening up the lane for the slashers.
ewing- Pat was useless in that team. He won't be much use in this game either.
stockton-Lol. Westbrook can check Stockton but Stockton can't check Westbrook
will get beat by???
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