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  • BetterOff said...

    The NBA is so watered down these days, these players seem much better than they are.

    If you think Carmelo Anthony is better than Chris Mullin, you are just proving my point. Mullin was a 3-time Big East player of the year. Shot over 50% from the field and over 40% from 3 for his career. Carmelo is a cancer and wouldn't have even been close to making the '92 team.

    Westbrook vs. Stockton?? No contest. Give me the all time assists leader that led the league 9 consecutive seasons in the category and shot over 50% from the field for his career vs the guy that's 43% from the field and less than 30% from 3.

    You guys obviously aren't old enough to have watched basketball in the 80s and 90s. No one ran the court better as a PF than Malone and if this team wanted to run with THE creator of Showtime with Jordan, Pippen, and Malone to dish to, it would over very quickly.

    The best athletes in the US in the 70s and 80s grew up playing basketball. These days, they are playing football. That's the difference.

    There are players left off the Dream Team that are better than guys on this team. Isiah Thomas, Reggie Lewis, Domonique Wilkins, Hakeem Olajujwon, Larry Johnson, Larry Nance, Shawn Kemp, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton, Mitch Ricmond, Kevin Johnson, and Reggie Miller.

    John Stockton would have a lot of trouble guarding Russell Westbrook. Just sayin. Chris Mullins college exploits are great, but Melo led his college team to a title in his lone college season. People always remember their generation as the best, its just the way it is.

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  • BetterOff said...

    The NBA is so watered down these days, these players seem much better than they are.

    If you think Carmelo Anthony is better than Chris Mullin, you are just proving my point. Mullin was a 3-time Big East player of the year. Shot over 50% from the field and over 40% from 3 for his career. Carmelo is a cancer and wouldn't have even been close to making the '92 team.

    Westbrook vs. Stockton?? No contest. Give me the all time assists leader that led the league 9 consecutive seasons in the category and shot over 50% from the field for his career vs the guy that's 43% from the field and less than 30% from 3.

    You guys obviously aren't old enough to have watched basketball in the 80s and 90s. No one ran the court better as a PF than Malone and if this team wanted to run with THE creator of Showtime with Jordan, Pippen, and Malone to dish to, it would over very quickly.

    The best athletes in the US in the 70s and 80s grew up playing basketball. These days, they are playing football. That's the difference.

    There are players left off the Dream Team that are better than guys on this team. Isiah Thomas, Reggie Lewis, Domonique Wilkins, Hakeem Olajujwon, Larry Johnson, Larry Nance, Shawn Kemp, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton, Mitch Ricmond, Kevin Johnson, and Reggie Miller.

    The guy you are debating with also said 33 year old Kobe is better than prime Jordan. Said that Chandler and Davis(never played a game in the NBA yet) are better than Ewing and Robinson.

    Lol at thinking Westbrook is even in the same league as Stockton.

    '92 would rock this team by rebounding and basketball IQ. Basketball just isn't as good these days. Its ruled by great athletes instead of great basketball players.

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  • It'd be a competitive game but the 92 Dream Team would win by double figures. The 2012 guards would really go to work on Team USA. If they were susceptible to anything it was fast, penetrating guards. But Ewing, Robinson, Ewing and Malone would absolutely feast down low. Those are four of the best big men to ever play. Believe me they were every bit as athletic than guys in this era and had incredible skill. It was only 20 years ago. And if at any point the Dream Team did struggle to score inside (which wouldn't happen), they had Magic Johnson to run the offense in transition and Michael Jordan in his prime to rely on. If the game was anywhere close late it would be take over time.

    2012 could technically win, it could happen. But to think that 2012 would absolutely 100% win is just incorrect.

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  • Honestly this debate is so funny.... Whoever thinks this team can beat the Dream team more than likely has never watched basketball.. Or just started watching it.... Jordan>.>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kobe by far.... Who is going to guard Magic? Lebron? Ok then who is going to guard Pippen? Honestly Pippen is the perfect person to put on Lebron/Carmello/Durant... Barkely is the best undersized player of all time... and top 3 all time PF and you can argue for him being the best all time and not many people would disagree...

    Greatest PG all time-Magic Johnson
    Greatest SG all time and Player to most- Michael Jordan
    Best SF Lineup goes to this team but-Pippen can guard any of them... Top 5 defender all time...
    PF- Not one PF on this team outside of Kevin Love would be able to do anything... and I mean anything.. they would be completely shut down...most you can hope to do is put in an athletic SF...
    C-No chance....

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  • MarineMountie said...

    The guy you are debating with also said 33 year old Kobe is better than prime Jordan. Said that Chandler and Davis(never played a game in the NBA yet) are better than Ewing and Robinson.

    Lol at thinking Westbrook is even in the same league as Stockton.

    '92 would rock this team by rebounding and basketball IQ. Basketball just isn't as good these days. Its ruled by great athletes instead of great basketball players.

    +1, agreed.

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  • L_Himmler said...

    lol at people who think that this team wouldn't comically annihilate the 92 team.

    Lulz, you are a moron

    The 92' team would beat this team down

    Mainly from being mentally stronger

    But also cause down low they would own

    The only thing comical would be watching a nobody like Chandler or puss twat like Howard trying to guard D Rob and Ewing

    No contest down low and certainly not when it comes to team defense

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    John Stockton would have a lot of trouble guarding Russell Westbrook. Just sayin. Chris Mullins college exploits are great, but Melo led his college team to a title in his lone college season. People always remember their generation as the best, its just the way it is.

    Lulz at the idea that Stockton would guard him

    Pippen or Jordan would, that or you run a zone if their happens to be a matchup problem

    And if by some random occurance Stockton did have to guard him i doubt it would last longer than a few possesions before a sub or change was made

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  • LSU-NoVa said...

    Lulz at the idea that Stockton would guard him

    Pippen or Jordan would, that or you run a zone if their happens to be a matchup problem

    And if by some random occurance Stockton did have to guard him i doubt it would last longer than a few possesions before a sub or change was made

    Ok, so your saying stockton would never play then. Because he has to play defense, and I really doubt that team would play zone considering it was illegal in 92' and isnt really the defensive style of the NBA at all. I havent seen the 12' team play zone at all.

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  • Are people seriously using Magic Johnson as evidence that the 92 team had a great PG? Magic was WELL past his prime, and he barely was an athlete anymore by 1992. And John Stockton? A freaking short white guy? You are DELUSIONAL if you don't think that Westbrook and Paul would run circles around him.

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. To say that he would create problems for Melo, Lebron, and Durant...it just bottles the mind.

    L_Himmler

  • L_Himmler said...

    Are people seriously using Magic Johnson as evidence that the 92 team had a great PG? Magic was WELL past his prime, and he barely was an athlete anymore by 1992. And John Stockton? A freaking short white guy? You are DELUSIONAL if you don't think that Westbrook and Paul would run circles around him.

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. To say that he would create problems for Melo, Lebron, and Durant...it just bottles the mind.

    Holy censored

    Big A

  • eastcoastghost said...

    Ok, so your saying stockton would never play then. Because he has to play defense, and I really doubt that team would play zone considering it was illegal in 92' and isnt really the defensive style of the NBA at all. I havent seen the 12' team play zone at all.

    John Stockton is the NBA's all time leader in steals.

    Big A

  • L_Himmler said...

    Are people seriously using Magic Johnson as evidence that the 92 team had a great PG? Magic was WELL past his prime, and he barely was an athlete anymore by 1992. And John Stockton? A freaking short white guy? You are DELUSIONAL if you don't think that Westbrook and Paul would run circles around him.

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. To say that he would create problems for Melo, Lebron, and Durant...it just bottles the mind.

    Yea but Magic's game was never based on athleticism. He's probably the best and definitely the most creative passer ever and ran the fast break to perfection yes even in 1992. Considering he had the greatest players in the world around him it wasn't too hard for Magic to run the break even as an, "old man." You just don't understand how good these guys really were. You're still not taking into account whatsoever that if this game were close at all there's no one that could shut down MJ in his prime. The more you post the more you show you really don't know much at all about the 1992 team and just think athletes have evolved way more than they actually have in 20 years.

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  • Big A said...

    John Stockton is the NBA's all time leader in steals.

    Doesnt really say anything about on the ball defense

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    Doesnt really say anything about on the ball defense

    I just think inferring that the NBAs all time steals leader (by a wide margin) is a defensive liability is a bad argument. And if people think Stockton was slow because he is white, you are wrong. He wasn't.

    Also, Westbrook is a great talent but he is a turnover machine at this point in his career. Both Paul and Williams are better true PGs for the sake of this argument, IMO. And that's OK because Westbrook isn't really a true PG.

    The biggest (and maybe only) advantage that the current team would have is their athleticism. I would imagine in the olympics teams will play zone against us and try to limit penetration make us beat them from the outside. Will be up to Kobe and Durant to hit from the outside.

    Big A

  • L_Himmler said...

    Are people seriously using Magic Johnson as evidence that the 92 team had a great PG? Magic was WELL past his prime, and he barely was an athlete anymore by 1992. And John Stockton? A freaking short white guy? You are DELUSIONAL if you don't think that Westbrook and Paul would run circles around him.

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. To say that he would create problems for Melo, Lebron, and Durant...it just bottles the mind.


    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. roflmao

    brem22

  • rolBAMAballs said...

    exactly. if you debate that this team could beat the dream team then you just need to kill yourself, plain and simple

    Youre a fucking dope if you think this team could never beat the dream team. Stick to Alabama foosball

    This post was edited by eastcoastghost on 7/25/2012 at 9:32 AM

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  • brem22 said...

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. roflmao

    That was a pretty good one. In the Olympics, Mullin only shot 15-30 on three pointers

    VTSmitty

  • eastcoastghost said...

    Ok, so your saying stockton would never play then. Because he has to play defense, and I really doubt that team would play zone considering it was illegal in 92' and isnt really the defensive style of the NBA at all. I havent seen the 12' team play zone at all.

    Are you stupid ? You act like him and Westbrook would be on the floor for 48 mins

    Why can't stockton play when Paul is in the game and guard him ?

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    Youre a fucking dope if you think this team could never beat the dream team. Stick to Alabama foosball

    Maybe 2 or 3 times out of 20, maybe

    Yeah they could win, but in a series they would lose

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    Doesnt really say anything about on the ball defense

    Ugh, yes it does lol

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  • L_Himmler said...

    Are people seriously using Magic Johnson as evidence that the 92 team had a great PG? Magic was WELL past his prime, and he barely was an athlete anymore by 1992. And John Stockton? A freaking short white guy? You are DELUSIONAL if you don't think that Westbrook and Paul would run circles around him.

    Chris Mullin would not start in the NBA today. To say that he would create problems for Melo, Lebron, and Durant...it just bottles the mind.

    Yeah Westbrook was so dominate in the finals, against a PG i can't even name

    His team did great too, true sign of a great PG no doubt

    Westbrook fuggin sucks and the fact you youngsters think he matches up with Stockton shows how terrible the future of this country looks thanks to the retardation of americas youth

    This post was edited by LSUNoVa97443 on 7/25/2012 at 11:36 AM

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  • If i had a choice to lead my team

    1- the young flashy asshole who dresses like a fasionista version of martha stewart

    Or

    2- the guy who shows up to work everyday, a guy who's teammates love playing with him cause he actually shares the ball on his way to being named one of the 50 best players in NBA history as an undersized white dude

    Real tough choice

    Youths rebuttle ? But NoVa, you are stupid cause Westbrook is black and much more athletic...... Derp!

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  • Mullin can play in the NBA today, but there are alot of SF, after him, that are better than him.

    This match wouldnt come down to him, anyway, its all about the post.

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  • CRgator1 said...

    This match wouldnt come down to him, anyway, its all about the post.

    Exactly

    Barkley, Malone and the centers are all better than anybody downlow on this current team

    Its not even close

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  • There is only 1 dream team, hands down the best USA team EVER

    Nothing more to see... Move on.... coffee

    This post was edited by hurricanes01 on 7/25/2012 at 11:55 AM

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