[verizon]

Oh come on, Youre gonna go there?

Me? Nope. I was just following where he was going, like you.

Must've seen different destinations.

[Byxtysaaqwuz]

Yeah, it was pretty ludicrous.

Now, if the current team was made up of college aged guys like Bobby Hurley and Penny Hardaway, then they'd have a shot....

there are 2 guys from the current team who would make the 92 team. maybe 3. and the current team would get absolutely killed inside.

[standaman]

Paul would have some opportunities to gamble and get steals, I would think. Even in a halfcourt set, having Durant or LeBron run Malone or Barkley around without the ball would be an advantage.

But yes, they would struggle defensively against the '92 team. A high scoring shoot out.

And really, if someone on the current team got really hot while someone on the old team was cold...In one game, anything could happen.

goes to another unsaid point, the lack of egos the 92 team had playing together.

[Hrennilasi]

goes to another unsaid point, the lack of egos the 92 team had playing together.

There were no egos on the 92 team?

[S.T.D.]

I think the nostalgia of the glory days of the NBA really distorts things a lot. Not to mention how bad the competition was for team USA back then.

[Byxtysaaqwuz]

The 12 best players in the NBA today could not hang with that team....

lebron could, that's about it. durant in a few years would be able to as well.

[Goseciwx]

I don' think there will ever be another team as good as the Dream Team. Any team that starts with Jordan, Magic, Bird will be tough to beat. Then you throw in Malone, Stockton, Barkley, Pippen, Ewing, Robinson, Drexler, Mullin. All 11 of them Hall of Famers. Laettner probably never should have been on the team but I think they felt the need to have one college player. I don't even really know who is on the team this year but I would bet by the time they all finish their carreers there will not be 11 Hall or Famers.

[Hrennilasi]

Please. I'm talking Pippen and Jordan here.

Oh, you're talking about Pippen and Jordan? Silly me.

LeBron, Chandler, Iguodala, Paul, among others, are all great defenders.

[verizon]

And Arvydas Sabonis.

Croatia had Kukoc AND Petrovic. Well, one of those two was really good. Lithuania had Sarunas Marciulonis. Those were the Silver and Bronze teams.

Wow...looking at the stats, I see another weak spot for the 92 team. Stockton was hurt. Played in 4 games, averaged less than 4 points, had 8 total assists.
Just think if Jordan would've let Thomas play...

[Byxtysaaqwuz]

"If Not For Injury"

it's not even whatever injury he has now. he's old. not to mention the 92 team had jordan, pippen, barkley, malone, robinson, ewing, and stockton in their prime years. what does this team have lebron, melo, and maybe paul.

[nAKMzyBN]

Probably straight to Don Hutson.

Oh come on, Youre gonna go there?

[Hrennilasi]

I laughed like Jordan.

they aren't pippen and jordan. they may be "great" defenders today, compared MJ and Scottie? not great.

I'm willing to accept that current players are capable of reaching the same level of greatness as older players.

[verizon]

I think the nostalgia of the glory days of the NBA really distorts things a lot. Not to mention how bad the competition was for team USA back then.

Toni Kukoc was the "threat", wasn't he?

[chujwduperjadzi]

In that scenario, I would thinking of keeping Iguodala/Griffin and dropping Westbrook or Williams. How many PGs does the team need, especially since LeBron can also bring the ball up.

Probably Griffin, considering AI plays the same position as KD and Lebron. And frankly, I'd replace Williams or Westbrook with Rose.

[chujwduperjadzi]

If his team included Howard, Wade, Bynum and Aldridge in place of Griffin, AI, Chandler and Harden, the discussion is more valid.

[Byxtysaaqwuz]

not that it matters, but bosh, davis and gay aren't on the team.

[verizon]

'92-93 charles was the best charles we ever saw.

Agreed. But that Charles was one who made a living in the paint, and making excellent passes out of double teams. He wasn't exactly a shutdown defender at that point, though.

[Hrennilasi]

If his team included Howard, Wade, Bynum and Aldridge in place of Griffin, AI, Chandler and Harden, the discussion is more valid.

In that scenario, I would thinking of keeping Iguodala/Griffin and dropping Westbrook or Williams. How many PGs does the team need, especially since LeBron can also bring the ball up.

[verizon]

anything they would get in transition they would give right back in the halfcourt to barkley, malone, robinson, and ewing. not to mention in order to get out in transition you genreally need to come up with steals or force contested missed shots. outside of lebron and maybe kobe, there's not too many guys on the current team who are defensive stalwarts, chandler excluded of course because that's the only reason he's on the team. but really, he's not stopping robinson or ewing.

Paul would have some opportunities to gamble and get steals, I would think. Even in a halfcourt set, having Durant or LeBron run Malone or Barkley around without the ball would be an advantage.

But yes, they would struggle defensively against the '92 team. A high scoring shoot out.

And really, if someone on the current team got really hot while someone on the old team was cold...In one game, anything could happen.

[verizon]

LOL!! I saw Charles play at least 40 times live and one of the great joys of watching Charles in his prime was him in transition. Seriously, he would kill those guys on both ends of the court on the fly.

Transition defense? Against a guy faster, taller, and more skilled? I'm not seeing it, man. At least not from '92 Charles.



Unless we are talking about the EA Dream Team version of him, where he can dunk from the top of the key no matter who is in front of him.