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Love what Barkley said... cause its the truth
He said no disrespect
He said no disrespect
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[/h1][h1]Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant: ‘No comparison’ between Dream Team and 2012 Olympic squad[/h1][h3]By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, July 12, 11:50 AM[/h3]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan says there’s no way Kobe Bryant and this year’s USA Olympic basketball team could’ve beaten the 1992 Dream Team.
Jordan told The Associated Press Thursday that he laughed, “I absolutely laughed
Originally Posted by solarius49
Originally Posted by DeadsetAce
athletes are faster, stronger, etc etc....it's not crazy to assume that the '12 team would win. the 2024 team will probably be better than the 2012 team. unless there's just a complete drop off in nba talent.
what makes you think this? Barkley, Drexler, Malone, Jordan, Rodman, Robinson and Ewing werent great athletes? Dudes watch a couple Sportscenter Top 10s and go crazy
Originally Posted by cRazy dav0
lmfa0 @ jordan absolutely laughing ...
All of this. No comparisonOriginally Posted by TheWindScar31
I've tried to find words to respond to this and just can't.
I am not mad at Kobe for saying this. But goodness gracious I have yet to see an argument in here that would make me think twice to believe that the '12 would even come close to beating the DREAM TEAM.
Originally Posted by Verdykt
A Malone elbow would fold Durant in half if he came in the paint.
ThrowedInDaGame:
LeBron would mash on those dudes.
On who? Name someone who is known for being physical that Bron has mashed on. Because Chuck, David, Karl, & Ewing were definitely known for being physical. Bron wouldn't know how to handle the constant abuse on every drive. And they would just be fouls, nothing more.
On who? Name someone who is known for being physical that Bron has mashed on. Because Chuck, David, Karl, & Ewing were definitely known for being physical. Bron wouldn't know how to handle the constant abuse on every drive. And they would just be fouls, nothing more.Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
ThrowedInDaGame:
LeBron would mash on those dudes.
Originally Posted by AG 47
Originally Posted by cRazy dav0
lmfa0 @ jordan absolutely laughing ...
Because he was supposed to say they had no chance? Jordan has to say that.
Originally Posted by ThorrocksJs
If you think lebron wouldn't be able to dunk on the dream team your out of line.Imrespect the dream team but I don't revere and hold them above anybodyi take in account they were a great team but you all are being ignorant and biased .Lebron is as fast as mike and as strong as Malone.You take off the limitations the league places on them by calls and refereeing then a lot of these dudes would play drastically tougher ain't nothing soft about these dudes they exploit a system that is meant to force them to play softer .
Originally Posted by AirThompson
That was only Jordan, and what does not having Isiah Thomas on the squad have to do with anything?Originally Posted by ThorrocksJs
Originally Posted by babyface34
The Dream Team did without motivational speeches and empty promises to fans and did work. None of this talk about chemistry and gelling as a unit. They took their enormous egos with em to barcelona and came back with gold. Not sayin theyll blow the '12 team away, but the 92 squad has too many weapons...even without MJ. had to be around back then to really see that
They used their egos to get rid of isiah Thomas and bragged about it
*Sees avy*
Oh Kobe a stan, shouldve known.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Jordan said there's no way Kobe Bryant and this year's USA Olympic basketball team could've beaten the 1992 Dream Team.
Jordan told The Associated Press Thursday that he laughed -- "I absolutely laughed" -- when hearing Bryant's comments that the U.S. squad training in Las Vegas could take Jordan and company.
Jordan said there's "no comparison" which team is better.
"For him to compare those two teams is not one of the smarter things he ever could have done," Jordan said prior to playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Charlotte.
Jordan said the 1992 team, which included 11 future Hall of Famers and won its six Olympic games by an average of more than 43 points en route to capturing the gold medal, was a better overall team largely because of the experience it put on the floor.
"I heard Kobe say we were not athletic," said a smiling Jordan as he sat in a golf cart puffing on his cigar while waiting to tee off. "But we were smart. He said we were too old, but I was 29 and in the prime of my career. Pip (Scottie Pippen) was 26 or 27, (Charles) Barkley was 29, Patrick (Ewing) was 29 and Chris Mullin was 29. Almost everybody was still in their 20s."
Jordan's response came after Bryant told reporters in Las Vegas that this year's team could pull out a win against the Dream Team if they faced each other in their primes. Bryant said this year's team has a "bunch of racehorses, players who are incredibly athletic, while the Dream Team consisted mainly of players at the tail end of their careers."
Bryant's comments received immediate and sharp rebuttal from some members of the Dream Team, including Barkley.
Jordan joined in on Thursday.
"Most of us were in the prime of our careers, at a point where athleticism doesn't really matter," said Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. "You have to know how to play the game."
Jordan shook his head when asked why he thinks Bryant made the comments.
"I imagine he's trying to say it to legitimize his own Dream Team," Jordan said. "But to me it's not even a question what team is better."
Jordan said Bryant is certainly entitled to his opinion -- even though he said it's just plain wrong.
"For him to make that comparison, it's one of those things where it creates conversation," Jordan said. "I guess we'll never know. I'd like to think that we had 11 Hall of Famers on that team, and whenever they get 11 Hall of Famers, you call and ask me who had the better Dream Team. Remember now, they learned from us. We didn't learn from them."
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