Kobe Bryant: "We'd beat the Dream Team"

[doison]

Are you trolling or what? Most of the players on the 1992 team were in their prime, not "old-ass." Jordan Mallone Barkley Ewing Magic. Nuff said. All the players can do now is dunk, nobody can shoot

Dude, re-read my post dog.  I said that Jordan would "will himself to victory." Dude just KNEW how to win....that's what he did.  Magic would have too much "court vision" for Kobe to handle.  Plus the 2012 team has more athleticism....WAY more skillz and shit.  The 1992 had legit centers...those big men make a difference down low, for real.  You can't tell me Jordan ever had to deal with an ATHLETE like LeBron....6'9" 285lbs at 3% body fat and faster than a fucking wide receiver!  LeBron can shut down fools on defense too...he's just too much athlete.  Plus, Jordan didn't win 6 championships by relying on dunking.  He's NEVER afraid to take the last shot and Bird was a VERY good shooter...name one other white guy who could hang with these two teams!?

[Army of One]

The 2012 team is new so they would definitely beat the old-ass 1992 team, except for people who were bigger fans of basketball in '92 than they are today...then the 1992 team would win.  It's so obvious that I can't believe that I have to explain it. 

Lebron would hold Jordan to zero points and Kobe would make Magic look like a sluggish acromegalic.  Unless Jordan found a way to "will himself" to victory and do whatever was needed to win while Magic had too much "court sense" for Kobe to handle.  Plus "real" centers on 1992 team and "athleticism" on the 2012 team.  If you can't see this then you don't understand the game of basketball.

Currently losing to Brazil, ill dissect the rest of your drivel later

[Nails]

It's amazing how deep those espn announcers can put the nba players cocks in their mouths.... They give zero credit to anyone but nba players

"and Kobe with the ball, he is about to school this 20yr old Brazilian player , oh turn over by bryant"

[ChristopherA]

Dude, re-read my post dog.  I said that Jordan would "will himself to victory." Dude just KNEW how to win....that's what he did.  Magic would have too much "court vision" for Kobe to handle.  Plus the 2012 team has more athleticism....WAY more skillz and shit.  The 1992 had legit centers...those big men make a difference down low, for real.  You can't tell me Jordan ever had to deal with an ATHLETE like LeBron....6'9" 285lbs at 3% body fat and faster than a fucking wide receiver!  LeBron can shut down fools on defense too...he's just too much athlete.  Plus, Jordan didn't win 6 championships by relying on dunking.  He's NEVER afraid to take the last shot and Bird was a VERY good shooter...name one other white guy who could hang with these two teams!?

Lebron is barely 10% bf maybe 250lbs

[tu_holmes]

Currently losing to Brazil, ill dissect the rest of your drivel later

Haha... How did that turn out?

[Nails]

Haha... How did that turn out?

the dream team was never down any any exhibition or summer game , i think the kobe team only beat brazil by 12 points


brazil ... dont they specialize only in Thick asses , Steaks, thugs, and soccer

[tu_holmes]

the dream team was never down any any exhibition or summer game , i think the kobe team only beat brazil by 12 points


brazil ... dont they specialize only in Thick asses , Steaks, thugs, and soccer

Obviously you don't take into consideration the fact that no one really cares about exhibitions.

Let's not forget that Basketball around the world is better than it was in '92 and the fact that the "Dream Team" was the first time that Pro players could be in Olympic competition, so they felt they had something to prove.

I doubt there's much to prove here.

I don't understand why everyone refuses to understand how old the Dream Team was at the time... Minus Jordan and a couple of other players, the team was really pretty old.

[JBGRAY]

Remember now, they are playing by international rules.  They wouldn't be able to play that nasty Detroit Pistons Bad Boys style at all.  Also, Bird and Magic were on the verge of retirement and on the ass end of their careers.

The current team would demolish the original Dream Team by at least 20.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Hahaha, Andre Iguodola wouldn't even be good enough to smell the jock strap of a dream teamer.

[Nails]

The only reason Kobe said that , was because Karl Malone said Hi to his Whore wife Vanessa, and she was all over the black Python

[Nails]

[ChristopherA]

Obviously you don't take into consideration the fact that no one really cares about exhibitions.

Let's not forget that Basketball around the world is better than it was in '92 and the fact that the "Dream Team" was the first time that Pro players could be in Olympic competition, so they felt they had something to prove.

I doubt there's much to prove here.

I don't understand why everyone refuses to understand how old the Dream Team was at the time... Minus Jordan and a couple of other players, the team was really pretty old.

Bird and Magic were older, that's it you moron

[tu_holmes]

Bird and Magic were older, that's it you moron

The average age of the team was somewhere around 33

Much older than the average age of todays dream team, Where the average is in the 20s.

[Parker]

The average age of the team was somewhere around 33

Much older than the average age of todays dream team, Where the average is in the 20s.

Skillset vs skillset, the 92 team are better. No, the game wasn't as sped up as today, but thanks to Jordan and others, today's game is fast paced. But, what happens is that the players, don't take the time to set up, think about the play---they just launch. You see too many blown plays. Bird knew the floor like the back of his hand, Magic, would know that today's players are too impatient, wanting to hurry up, playing into his hands---hurry up means "makes mistakes".
Jordan, well that's Jordan. They would control the tempo of the game, make it more defense than run and gun, thus it would be more grinding it out.
The 2012 team has athleticism---but that is moot if you are impatient, and bullheaded.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Kobe was egged on guys.  A reporter asked him if this team would beat the dream team and he responded with a yes they would.  It wasn't like he brought the topic up.

[ChristopherA]

The average age of the team was somewhere around 33

Much older than the average age of todays dream team, Where the average is in the 20s.

In that respect, comparing it to the current team yeah you're are right. They were def older but Jordan, Barkley, Mallone, Ewing, even Robinson were all either close or in their peaks career wise. Of course Jordan is the first player on the team you think of but Barkley was an absolute monster. He would have knocked the shit out of the young bucks playin today.

[tu_holmes]

In that respect, comparing it to the current team yeah you're are right. They were def older but Jordan, Barkley, Mallone, Ewing, even Robinson were all either close or in their peaks career wise. Of course Jordan is the first player on the team you think of but Barkley was an absolute monster. He would have knocked the shit out of the young bucks playin today.

I am not disagreeing that they were all great players... Hell, anyone who would say otherwise is ridiculous.

I'm also not saying that the Dream Team couldn't beat todays team... I'm saying that todays team certainly has the ability to beat the 92 team.

Also, While I'm a Barkley fan, he was in fact, a lazy player... Jordan said his laziness was the reason he never won a ring... I can agree with that.

When Barkley was being beast, he was a beast, but he had a poor work ethic... Of course each class is going to say they can beat the other class... I think they are both right.

Neither team would just bowl over the other.

[hp31]

[G_Thang]

This bitch, Lebron, bailed on Cleveland instead of taking them to glory like Jordan took the Bulls from nothing to two 3-peats.  Now, he will get all-star teams around him in Miami and win championships  .   REally, in the same generation, Jordan would will the Bulls over the Heat in every final, and LB23 wouldn't exist, because Nike would still push Air  , based on "Be Like Mike"'s charisma.   You could see this bullshit coming once he won a championship on Wade's team  .  The bitch don't even have his own team.

Fucking Legendary!!!

Fuck Lebron and Kobe!

[daddy8ball]

Real shit starts at 15 seconds in...

[Ronnie Rep]

This bitch, Lebron, bailed on Cleveland instead of taking them to glory like Jordan took the Bulls from nothing to two 3-peats.  Now, he will get all-star teams around him in Miami and win championships  .   REally, in the same generation, Jordan would will the Bulls over the Heat in every final, and LB23 wouldn't exist, because Nike would still push Air  , based on "Be Like Mike"'s charisma.   You could see this bullshit coming once he won a championship on Wade's team  .  The bitch don't even have his own team.

Fucking Legendary!!!

Fuck Lebron and Kobe!

Boo Fucken Hoo! Get over it!

[manuelsonn]

99-94 with lituania, that was close,, overrpaid douchebags

[tu_holmes]

99-94 with lituania, that was close,, overrpaid douchebags

Whatever... Why didn't you post up when the SHATTERED the olympic record for points with 156?

Dream Team '92 didn't wreck it... 2012 did.

[polychronopolous]

99-94 with lituania, that was close,, overrpaid douchebags

A Lithuania team with an astounding record of 1-3

[King Shizzo]

Whatever... Why didn't you post up when the SHATTERED the olympic record for points with 156?

Dream Team '92 didn't wreck it... 2012 did.

the 92 team would never win by 5.