I have to admire how full of crap you try to be. How many times have the players you just listed been listed as on the team in this thread...10? 15? If the above is what you are trying to argue then you may be in the wrong thread muchacho.
Who would win between 2012 USA Men's Basketball & the original Dream Team 1992
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I have to admire how full of crap you try to be. How many times have the players you just listed been listed as on the team in this thread...10? 15? If the above is what you are trying to argue then you may be in the wrong thread muchacho.
If you were compiling a best of team I think you'd get something like:
PG: Magic, Stockton, Paul
SG: Jordan, Wade
F: James, Bird, Pippen
PF: Malone, Barkley
C: Robinson, Howard
I think the only guys that would get replaced on the 92 team are Drexler, Mullin, Laettner, and Ewing.
Laettner I think we can all agree on. It's possible I'm underrating Mullin. If I recall correctly the guy was drilling insane 40 footers in 92.
Really, only Lebron makes it seem close in any real way. If you think of it as Lebron and Jordan effectively cancelling each other out then I think the marginal advantages for the 92 team are simply too overwhelming for the 2012 team to be reasonably competitive absent some intangible differences we're not accounting for.
Beyond the 92 team, I don't think the 2012 team could even take the 96 Olympic team largely because the 96 frontcourt was so dominating.
The 96 Team was:
PG: Stockton, Payton, Penny Hardaway (I know right, it's almost impossible to remember he was really good once)
SG: Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond
SF: Grant Hill (in his beast mode days),Pippen
PF: Karl Malone, Barkley
C: Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq
Yes, Shaq was the third string Center
PG: Magic, Stockton, Paul
SG: Jordan, Wade
F: James, Bird, Pippen
PF: Malone, Barkley
C: Robinson, Howard
I think the only guys that would get replaced on the 92 team are Drexler, Mullin, Laettner, and Ewing.
Laettner I think we can all agree on. It's possible I'm underrating Mullin. If I recall correctly the guy was drilling insane 40 footers in 92.
Really, only Lebron makes it seem close in any real way. If you think of it as Lebron and Jordan effectively cancelling each other out then I think the marginal advantages for the 92 team are simply too overwhelming for the 2012 team to be reasonably competitive absent some intangible differences we're not accounting for.
Beyond the 92 team, I don't think the 2012 team could even take the 96 Olympic team largely because the 96 frontcourt was so dominating.
The 96 Team was:
PG: Stockton, Payton, Penny Hardaway (I know right, it's almost impossible to remember he was really good once)
SG: Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond
SF: Grant Hill (in his beast mode days),Pippen
PF: Karl Malone, Barkley
C: Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq
Yes, Shaq was the third string Center
Actually, 1992 Larry Bird was replaceable, especially with Durant there to take his place. I still put Kobe on the team instead of Wade, too. I'm not sure I'd put Dwight Howard on the team over Patrick Ewing, either.
I'd agree with that. Durant would keep up that shooting in Birds abscence. Bird was limited with back injuries then anyways. Kobe seems much more durable than Wade. I'd take Ewing over Howard but that may just be nostalgia.
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Just as many times as it has been refuted that those players aren't even playing.
Don't blame your own ignorance of Rose's injury on me.
Hartsock
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dude, why are you being a bitch for no reason?
Apparently you've never met O-Gatintufftiger.
By idiots like you trying to make this topic about something else. Fail Sir, Fail! I am aware of his injury as he missed the playoffs...not my fault you want to act like a complete tool and I am not going for it. If you want to start a different topic then make a scenario that is exactly what you want to talk about. Until then i will continue to show that you are being a tool.
Using your logic the 2012 team (even after injuries) would dominate the 1992 team because as Bird said they are all old and haven't played in 20 years...
carolinajazz
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....heck, our 1998/99 Utah Jazz team with Stockton and Malone in their prime could beat this current dream team! More and better brains!
Hartsock
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Well this is a retarded post.
carolinajazz
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...I think team USA called 3 time outs in the first quarter of the Brazil game!!!
carolinajazz
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..then how about this: your momma!