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your opinion on what Barkley said...

  • MarineMountie said...

    Bird was there for leadership, and the players have said as much. Magic was still great, MJ was in his prime, Pippen was in his prime, Barkley was in his prime, Robinson, Hakeem... The post was way too good for laughable Chandler, Griffin wouldnt have even made the team.

    Lebron, Durant, and Kobe would do enough to make the game entertaining, but the Dream Tean would run away late.

    No one one the 2012 team scores in the post against Robinson/Ewing and Malone/Barkley.

    Jordan and Pippen would shut down Kobe and Lebron. The matchups just aren't there for the 2012 team. The Dream Team just had possibly the 2 best on ball and off the ball defenders of all time. Too many turnovers and easy baskets.

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  • MarineMountie said...

    he laughed at Kobe thinking this team would beat the Dream Team. He said other than James, Bryant and Durant, nobody on this team would have even made the Dream Team.

    Thoughts?

    Agree with Barkley

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  • CRgator1 said...

    No, Im a Laker fan.

    Bosh/Howard/Chandler,imo, would run the floor better than Robinson/Malone/Ewing.

    Just my opinion though, sir.

    Are you kidding?

    Malone was one of the greatest PF of all time as was Robinson at C in transition and I can assure that with Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Stockton, and Drexler, the last thing the new guys would want to do is run the court. Their best hope would be Durant causing a matchup problem somewhere.

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  • CRgator1 said...

    Lol at Bird being mentioned. Dude's back was done for by then.

    His last season in the NBA, with the bad back, Bird still averaged 20 points, 9.8 rebounds and almost 4 assists. Not really a huge weakness.

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  • I think this would be a better game than most think. Love can spread the floor in the post and take one of the '92 big men out of the paint to open lanes for the '12 wing men. I think the '92 team would win it, but it'd be a close one.

    I wish injuries wouldn't have taken some players out, especially Howard and Wade for Griffin and Harden. Also, Rose is out, Im not sure he would be an improvement over the other PGs, though. He would probably replace Westbrook. I might give the edge to the '12 team with Howard, Wade, and Rose on it.

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  • BetterOff said...

    His last season in the NBA, with the bad back, Bird still averaged 20 points, 9.8 rebounds and almost 4 assists. Not really a huge weakness.

    he also only played in 45 of 82 games because his back was so bad. And that was pre-Olympics. He retired before the dream team games. Bird would not have been the factor most think he would have been.

    edit: also only played in 4 of the 10 Celtic playoff games.

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  • Barkley's correct. Pick anyone from this team to make the Dream Team. You also have to replace someone with them. All I see are:

    Lebron instead of Mullin
    Kobe instead of Drexler
    Durant instead of Laettner

    Nobody else would sniff that roster.

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  • JC Shurburtt said...

    Agree with Barkley

    Agree with JC agreeing with Barkley

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  • The '92 guys had a toughness/physicality and heart that the new guys just do not possess. While the '12 guys were whining about not getting a call or busy flopping the '92 team would be destroying them with suffocating defense and physical low post play.

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  • BetterOff said...

    Jordan and Pippen would shut down Kobe and Lebron.

    GTFO. No one is shutting those two down

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  • I really think this years team would get exposed in the paint and I would be a lot more prone to pick 2012 if Howard didn't have to drop out. I really think people tend to underestimate Love because of where he plays, dude is money and a Howard/Love front court would be a nice 1-2. Blake Griffin however is a human highlight reel and thats all. I'm not buying that his game has any real substance to it.

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  • Matt's a good QB but no expert on basketball.

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  • mpcoan said...

    Barkley's correct. Pick anyone from this team to make the Dream Team. You also have to replace someone with them. All I see are:

    Lebron instead of Mullin Kobe instead of Drexler Durant instead of Laettner

    Nobody else would sniff that roster.

    Not sure if Kobe at the end of his career would have replaced Drexler in his prime. Overall, yes Kobe is better, but outside of Bird and maybe Magic, the rest of that team was full of the top 100 players to ever play the game in their prime.

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    GTFO. No one is shutting those two down

    The two greatest on the ball defenders to ever play the game......would shut them down.....and then wouldn't be shut down on the other end.

    The problem with this year's team is that there isn't enough size. Do you play Durant at the PF position so that you can have a true PG or do you go withouth a true PG so that you can still have a front court and have Kobe, Lebron, and Durant on the court. If you go with those 3 in the backcourt, who is the PG? If you put Durant at PF, he isn't hanging with Malone in the post and that's not even mentioning who is going to attempt to guard Robinson or Ewing.

    Either way, this year's team either has a huge matchup problem at PF and C or at C and at one of the backcourt positions.

    Out of Kobe, Lebron, and Durant, Kobe is the only one you could rely on to bring the ball down the court with Jordan or Pippen on them and then you just took away the best SG in the game.

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  • I have to agree with Charles in this one

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  • BetterOff said...

    The problem with this year's team is that there isn't enough size.

    IMO, there is only one big man that actually belongs there, Love.

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  • Too many people are thinking about some of the Dream Team guys towards the end of their careers and not in their prime, as really only Bird was less than great at the time and he still provided shooting, which once again is lacking on team USA. I am not sure if some of you are not old enough to remember them or what, but this wouldn't even be a good matchup.

    The original Dream Team was the best 11 players on the planet at the time, plus Dukie. Half (6) of the players on this year's team may be in the discussion as being one of the top 20 players in basketball.

    2 guys, Lebron and Durant make the Dream Team for sure. Kobe would have for sure in his prime, but I am not sure if he does at the age he is right now, and more importantly with some of the injuries that he is nursing. The overall basketball IQ between these guys and the players on the Dream Team is not there either.

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  • callen05 said...

    IMO, there is only one big man that actually belongs there, Love.

    I agree. The level of American big men has gone downhill since the 90's.

    BetterOff

  • Original Dream Team would own them. Frontcourt. Tyson freakin Chandler and Kevin Love?? DT had 2 of the greatest PF of all time in Malone and Barkley plus a HOF center in Ewing. Plus, no matter how good Kobe/Lebron/Durant are, Jordan was Jordan and Magic could still play.

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  • BetterOff said...

    The two greatest on the ball defenders to ever play the game......would shut them down.....and then wouldn't be shut down on the other end.

    The problem with this year's team is that there isn't enough size. Do you play Durant at the PF position so that you can have a true PG or do you go withouth a true PG so that you can still have a front court and have Kobe, Lebron, and Durant on the court. If you go with those 3 in the backcourt, who is the PG? If you put Durant at PF, he isn't hanging with Malone in the post and that's not even mentioning who is going to attempt to guard Robinson or Ewing.

    Either way, this year's team either has a huge matchup problem at PF and C or at C and at one of the backcourt positions.

    Out of Kobe, Lebron, and Durant, Kobe is the only one you could rely on to bring the ball down the court with Jordan or Pippen on them and then you just took away the best SG in the game.

    Man you are really crazy if think Scottie Pippen would singlehandedly shut down Lebron James, or that MJ would shut down Kobe. Would they D they up hard? Of course, but they are not getting shut down. LeBron has a better chance of shutting down Pippen than Pippen does of shutting down LeBron.

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  • eastcoastghost said...

    Man you are really crazy if think Scottie Pippen would singlehandedly shut down Lebron James, or that MJ would shut down Kobe. Would they D they up hard? Of course, but they are not getting shut down. LeBron has a better chance of shutting down Pippen than Pippen does of shutting down LeBron.

    Lebron is not half the defender Pippen was. Besides Pippen wouldn't have to score with the complete domination that the Dream Team would have in the paint and at the SG/PG position. The only matchup that the Dream Team would even have to think about would be Durant.

    Jordan in his prime would have owned Kobe at the end of his career. This isn't Kobe from 6 or 7 years ago. This is an often injured Kobe that is probably going to be sitting as much as he is playing in these games.

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  • Big A said...

    Original Dream Team would own them. Frontcourt. Tyson freakin Chandler and Kevin Love?? DT had 2 of the greatest PF of all time in Malone and Barkley plus a HOF center in Ewing. Plus, no matter how good Kobe/Lebron/Durant are, Jordan was Jordan and Magic could still play.

    Don't forget about David Robinson at C as well...another HOFer.

    BetterOff

  • BetterOff said...

    Don't forget about David Robinson at C as well...another HOFer.

    Thats right. The frontcourt matchups would just not be fair. Like you said, Durant would be a tough matchup but that's about it. Imagine Chris Paul or Westbrook trying to guard Magic. Lulz.

    Big A

  • Magic barely even played in the 1992 olympics because of his knee plus he was in his 30s

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  • BetterOff said...

    Lebron is not half the defender Pippen was.

    And Pippen isn't half the scorer Lebron is. One of the big problems when comparing eras is how the game and players have changed, it makes it really difficult to compare. For instance, Lebron is a good 30-40 lbs heavier than Pippen.

    And this is coming from a bitter Cavs fan...

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