Can you imagine the looks Mullin was getting with those guys on the team, not to mention Magic?

People aren't running faster nowadays?

yeah because that team was full of stiffs like penny hardaway, chris webber, bobby hurley, and grant hill. i mean honestly how many guys on the current team are even as talented as penny, hill, and webber? not many.

and there's also the fact that jordan hardly played in that game.

I think the centers are really the biggest difference talent wise.

I think the 1992 team seems so much better because the country was far more in love with the NBA in the Jordan/Bird/Magic days than it is now. The 2012 team would likely be far more athletic overall.

anyone ever see the video of them going at it in practice? Jordan leading one squad and Magic the other?

It isn't even close. Only Kobe, KD, Lebron and CP3 would have a chance of getting on that team. And the front court comparison isn't even close.

Absolutely.
Or even 4-1.

2012 vs. The Dream Team
 

I laughed watching Kobe trying to make a case yesterday.

Ill be brief... I have my concerns about this years team beating Spain let alone being an imaginary match for a game that will never take place..

Smart basketball fans know what would happen..

thats great if we are talking about offensive lineman, power lifters or plow horses, but we arent. none of those necessarily makes you a better basketball player.

The current roster could definitely give them a run for their money -- but I don't think they'd win.

Still, you put Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Blake Griffin on a court together, they're going to be tough to beat just based on pure athleticism.

And shoot, I left Kevin Durant off that list.

Tyson Chandler and who else?

Whatever site I'm looking at must not have been the final roster. I thought it looked like way too many players. And yeah, none of those guys really mattered -- except maybe Bosh.

Durant.

Because of advancements in technology, nutrition, etc., athletes are faster and stronger in general as time goes by. There are some guys from 1992 who are going to be as athletic as the best from 2012, but 20 years of advancement is going to make a difference. Same as the NBA players from 1992 are going to be bigger, faster, and stronger as a whole than the guys from 1972.

I laughed like Jordan.

LeBron, Durant, Kobe, and Paul--more talented.
Deron Williams, Carmelo, and Love- as talented.

The current team is not full of stiffs, either, ashey. One game could come down to approach and how the teams were used. If the Dream Team wanted to play Bird and Magic for serious minutes, I think the current squad could take advantage.

I think the real question, though...Who wins between the Dream Team and Dream Team II? http://www.sports-boards.net/forums/...ilies/wink.png

Kwame Brown was really athletic too...

Most of these ballers today dont have the mental game or the off court drive. But whatever, I can see where youre going.

Jordan pretty much called Kobe a dumbass now, I love it.

what do all of these hypotheticals of alternative players have to do with the fact that Kobe's statement is still ridiculous? well, not if x, y, and z were there. not if kobe was 8 years younger, not if...

but hey maybe if they play a short scrimmage, because that's the same as a game. well, they're coming back knew it was going to happen, 'alright that's all for today' Daly.