re: Kobe says This team could beat the Dream team????????????

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man. thats some strong analysis. you should start a blog.

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That's how simple it is. I can't think of a scenario where the '92 team couldn't name it's score. And when in doubt let MJ start schooling fools.

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That's how simple it is. I can't think of a scenario where the '92 team couldn't name it's score. And when in doubt let MJ start schooling fools.

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One thing that gets over looked is that if there were ever a defender in the history of the NBA to guard Jordan its LBJ. Defensively I think the 12 team would start D Will to guard Magic. LBJ on Jordan. Kobe on Pippen. Carmelo/Love or Barkley and Chandler on the 5. Durant would play the 2 or 3 against dream team.

You are literally making zero points. You are spouting off opinions as facts when they are far from accurate.

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You are literally making zero points. You are spouting off opinions as facts when they are far from accurate.

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We're all just spouting off opinions ahab. None of us know how it would play out. Btw, who on this years roster stops Robinson or Ewing inside?

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Kobe says This team could beat the Dream

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hahahahahaha

This year's team is by no means better than the Dream team or even Dream Team 2, but could they beat them? Sure. shite happens. If they played 50 times, the Dream Team would win 45 under 92 rules and at least 40 under today's rules. Dream Team 2 would be near that as well.

DT and DT2 had stud big men and had guys who could consistently knock down mid to long range jumpshots. That's the biggest difference at first glance. Then you have to contend with the Dream Team having 11 Hall of Famers with 9 of them in their primes and the College Basketball player of the year who held his own against those guys.

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They might could.

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we need to list the rosters, side by side.

something tells me that Larry Bird and M Jordan are better than Durant and Lebron.

Patrick Ewing and David Robinson are going to kill those midgets pretending to be centers for the 2012's. The 2012's would be more competitive with Howard and Rose, but even then, I would bet the house on the 1992's.
The 1992's have Karl Malone and Charles Barkeley coming off the bench at forward.
Who from 2012 is covering Magic Johnson?
Chris Mullen, Scottie Pippen and John Stockton on the bench.

I have to tell Kobe, he is delusional. I cant fault him for saying it.
But its not even close to truth.

I would think in a 7 game series it would be 4-2 at best.
If they played 10 times, I would go 1992 7 times.
And it might be a 4-0 if Howard and Rose dont play.
The power on the boards, and the passing of Magic and Stockton and the outside shooting of Bird and Mullen.
Mighty defense from Clyde Drexler and Scottie Pippen, Magic, Bird and the big men in the middle. Shut them down sometimes.
I dont see the 2012's shutting the 1992's down at all.
I bet the MJ, Bird, Drexler/Pippen Malone/Sir Charles and either Admiral / Ewing, would shut the 2012's down for stretches.

I mean you have to consider it, there were guys that would try and post magic up, and then beg the guys on the bench to snap a pic.

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but today's team is way more athletic top to bottom.

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Lol just because today's athletes have shite skill and have to rely heavily on their athleticism doesn't mean they are more athletic than past generations. Malone, Barkley, Robinson, Ewing, Clyde, Stockton, and Jordan were all great athletes. Magic's athleticism was diminished at that time, but 6'9 235 is 6'9 235 and he still was one of the best passers in the NBA.

The 96 team still had a better inside presence than the '12 team by far and while they didn't have Jordan, they had far better shooters than this year's team. Durant, Love, and maybe Paul are the only guy's I'd really worry about knocking down shots from 15 on out on a consistent basis. 96 had Stockton, Payton, Miller, Richmond, Hill, and Penny to hit the mid-long range shots.

Even if they managed to keep pace with them on the perimeter - and that's a HUGE if - the 96 team would beat the shite out of them down-low with a prime Shaq, Barkley, Robinson, Malone, and The Dream. We're talk about the top 2 power forwards of all-time still at relative peak play and then 3 top 10 centers of all time with one as the second best player in the world at the time (Shaq), another guy who is a top 5 in history that still was probably the most skilled big man to ever play the game (The Dream) and then David Robinson just to top it all off.

10 of those 12 guys are definite HOFers. Hill may be able to squeak out a HOF induction if they factor in his college days, they pity him due to the fact that injuries robbed 4-5 years of his prime, and the fact that he became an effective productive starter well into his late 20s. Penny was a guy who had elite talent, but unlike Grant his injuries got a hold of his career much sooner and he was never able to recover at all.

I'll concede that the 2012 team has a slither of an advantage in terms of overall total team athleticism than the 96 team, but they don't have any advantage over the '92 squad. In terms of overall total team skill, it's 92 by a large margin, then 96 and then 2012 as a distant third.

Magic and Bird would be the weaknesses of the dream team. They were old and slow.