Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=DirtySanchez]Ha true...
I just love how everybody acts like their opinions are fact.
My opinion on this...I have no clue who would win. I am a product of the 80's and 90's so of course I'm bias to those guys. But to say our current team would have no chance is just nonsense.[/QUOTE]
I'm 100% with you on that Dirty. Hell the only reason why I'm arguing for the 2012 team is because they're the minority lol. I'm going to try and actually compare the teams one of these days lol.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[B]Kobe < MJ Get ****en Real. :rolleyes: :facepalm
-Jordan Was Too Athletic for Kobe. His Potent Driving Blazing Speed and Foot Quickness Is Too Much For Kobe. Kobe Would Just Shoot From the Outside For Poor% Shots
Lebron < Barkley
Lebron Could Only Shoot Far Away Jumpers for Poor % Shots...Barkley Would Destroy and Kill Lebron in the Post: 58.13% FG for 21.6 PPG on 12.9 Two-Point FGAs PG and 55.13% Two-Point FGA for 22.5 PPG on 14.5 Two-Point FGAs PG
Magic > Westbrook...By Miles
Durant = Pippen
Robinson > Tyson
Bench: Malone, Bird, Ewing, Stockton, Mullin, Drexler etc...Much Better Bench[/B]
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=Round Mound]
Lebron < Barkley
Lebron Could Only Shoot Far Away Jumpers for Poor % Shots...Barkley Would Destroy and Kill Lebron in the Post: 58.13% FG for 21.6 PPG on 12.9 Two-Point FGAs PG and 55.13% Two-Point FGA for 22.5 PPG on 14.5 Two-Point FGAs PG
[/QUOTE]
LOL. Barkley's fantastic defense forcing poor LBJ to take long jumpers...
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=brain drain]LOL. Barkley's fantastic defense forcing poor LBJ to take long jumpers...[/QUOTE]
[B]Thats All Lebron would do Because In the Post He Has Nothing On Anyone :confusedshrug: . He Still has a Weak Post Game Fact! and His Shooting Has Gotten Better but Its No Where Near Durant, Kobes or Birds Touch
Plus the Team Would Actually Be Both Malone and Barkley at the PFs
Barkley was THE ZONE BUSTER and THE BEST OLYMPIC PLAYER OF ALL TIME[/B]
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]Thats All Lebron would do Because In the Post He Has Nothing On Anyone :confusedshrug: . He Still has a Weak Post Game Fact! and His Shooting Has Gotten Better but Its No Where Near Durant, Kobes or Birds Touch
Plus the Team Would Actually Be both Malone and Barkley at the PFs[/B][/QUOTE]
Lebron>Barkley deal with it
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
It would definitely be a better game than Jordan thinks. 92 had no bench.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=lilgodfather1]Yeah I mean he never lost in the first round of the playoffs multiple times.[/QUOTE]
You talking about Jordan?
In the 1985 playoffs they lost to the Moncrief/Cummings/Pressey Bucks. Jordan had Orlando Woolridge (nice player but never an All-Star), and Quintin Dailey. Then they lost to the loaded mid-80s Celtics the next two years in the first round. In 1986 all he still had was Woolridge, Dailey, and a 33 year old Gervin. The next year, in 1987, he had a young Oakley and Paxson. Finally got over the hump in 1988 against a pretty talented and deep Cavs team with Mark Price, Larry Nance, Brad Daugherty, Ron Harper, and Hot Rod Williams; no superstars but it was still a deeper team than what Jordan was working with.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=RRR3]Lebron>Barkley deal with it[/QUOTE]
[B]As a SF yes but NOT AS A PF[/B] :no:
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=Shepseskaf]
As a backdrop, I've recently wanted several of the '08 team's games, and all eight of the Dream Team games. When the '92 team got revved up, they would slaughter any team in the history of the game.
its just that simple.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Shepseskaf]
All I can tell you is to get your hands on some of the '92 team games, and everything will become very clear.[/QUOTE]
I saw them live in '92 also and have watched some of their games since then. You cannot make an assessment of how they would handle the '12 team based upon how they performed against what amounted to as a bunch of vastly inferior, undeveloped international fans who were just happy to be on the same court as those NBA stars in '92. I remember there was one international player who had Magic guarding him and actually beckoned to his teammate on the bench to have him take a picture of that moment.
Using how the '92 team manhandled their "competition" as the barometer for how they would play against the '12 team is like saying that since a group of NBA all stars defeated a team full of high schoolers that they would dominate another team of all stars the same way. Even Barkley had to admit that in the very next Olympics in '96 the international players were not as in awe as they were in '92 of the NBA players. While I would expect the '92 team to win primarily due to their frontcourt advantage, I just don't see them totally demolishing the '12 team.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
Magic would have fits with defending Westbrook. Especially the 1992 version of Magic.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE]It would definitely be a better game than Jordan thinks. 92 had no bench.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit.
[QUOTE]You talking about Jordan?
In the 1985 playoffs they lost to the Moncrief/Cummings/Pressey Bucks. Jordan had Orlando Woolridge (nice player but never an All-Star), and Quintin Dailey. Then they lost to the loaded mid-80s Celtics the next two years in the first round. In 1986 all he still had was Woolridge, Dailey, and a 33 year old Gervin. The next year he had a young Oakley and Paxson.[/QUOTE]
Nah, don't use context in your post. :oldlol:
@RRR3, you going pick who's going to win in 7 games and by how many games ?
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=Legends66NBA7]Bullshit.
Nah, don't use context in your post. :oldlol:
@RRR3, you going pick who's going to win in 7 games and by how many games ?[/QUOTE]
No I'm not educated enough about the dream team lol
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=Droid101]It would definitely be a better game than Jordan thinks. 92 had no bench.[/QUOTE]
Say they start this lineup, and keep in mind Magic and Stockton were limited, so they did play this lineup a lot...
PG Pippen
SG Jordan
SF Drexler
PF Barkley
C Robinson
So, having Ewing, Malone, Mullin, Magic, and Stockton means "no bench", but the 2012 team having Deron, Westbrook, Melo, Love, Blake, Iggy, and Harden does?
How about making a lineup of just the benches, and you tell me which one is better...
PG Magic
SG Stockton
SF Mullin
PF Malone
C Ewing
vs.
PG Deron
SG Westbrook
SF Melo
PF Blake
C Love
Or move Melo to PF for Blake and put Iggy in at SF. The 1992 team didn't have a bench? What the hell are you smoking?
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=jlip]I saw them live in '92 also and have watched some of their games since then. You cannot make an assessment of how they would handle the '12 team based upon how they performed against what amounted to as a bunch of vastly inferior, undeveloped international fans who were just happy to be on the same court as those NBA stars in '92. I remember there was one international player who had Magic guarding him and actually beckoned to his teammate on the bench to have him take a picture of that moment.
Using how the '92 team manhandled their "competition" as the barometer for how they would play against the '12 team is like saying that since a group of NBA all stars defeated a team full of high schoolers that they would dominate another team of all stars the same way. Even Barkley had to admit that in the very next Olympics in '96 the international players were not as in awe as they were in '92 of the NBA players. While I would expect the '92 team to win primarily due to their frontcourt advantage, I just don't see them totally demolishing the '12 team.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Just count the number of non-US-NBA players in the competition in 92 and in 2012 and you know what's up, without even considering the fact that the other leagues have improved a LOT since then.
Re: Michael Jordan memo to Kobe Bryant:
[QUOTE=KG215]The 1992 team didn't have a bench? What the hell are you smoking?[/QUOTE]
As I said before, bullshit (of the 92 team not having a bench.)
:cheers: