Is it really that hard to field a dominant Olympic BBall team?

[FKAri]

Pay the players to play based on performance indicators.

Watch them torch everyone. Simple. Cash rules.

What a genius idea to do away with hero ball

[SamuraiSWISH]

They would beat the Dream Team under the Current FIBA Rules.

Cmon man.

It took rigged refereeing in the gold medal game, and Team USA still won by double digits.

The only reason Spain gave them trouble was because of their twin tower Gasol brothers with their size, skill and physicality down low. Howard could only do so much. Bosh, and Boozer were negated.

The Dream Team? Have every bit of the perimeter star power and shooting (better actually) but they have size the Redeem Team, and 2012 squad simply don't have.

David Robinson, Ewing, Barkley, and Karl Malone are just too physical down in the post to match up with them.

Dream Team would have no issues. That team and the 96 squad had too much size, and talent down low. With a plethora of wing players, athleticism, and guys that can move the ball. Or play without it.

[fourkicks44]

What a genius idea to do away with hero ball

Gotta be smart about it. Obviously you wouldn't pay every player a bonus if they scored over 30.

[andgar923]

Cmon man.

It took rigged refereeing in the gold medal game, and Team USA still won by double digits.

The only reason Spain gave them trouble was because of their twin tower Gasol brothers with their size, skill and physicality down low. Howard could only do so much. Bosh, and Boozer were negated.

The Dream Team? Have every bit of the perimeter star power and shooting (better actually) but they have size the Redeem Team, and 2012 squad simply don't have.

David Robinson, Ewing, Barkley, and Karl Malone are just too physical down in the post to match up with them.

Dream Team would have no issues. That team and the 96 squad had too much size, and talent down low. With a plethora of wing players, athleticism, and guys that can move the ball. Or play without it.

Speaking of Dream Team, not only were they stacked in the paint, their attitude was utterly different.

The Dream Team's bigs PLAYED like bigs and acted like they gave no shits. They banged inside, threw bows, they were simply tougher... much much tougher than anything the 2k era has given us.

People are seriously using Bogut as a reason for the USA Team to struggle?

Bogut would've been taken out by Chuck himself.
The Gasol brothers, Pau and the fat one would've been clamped down by Ewing and Malone. The modern USA teams have nobody that could compete with the Dream Team's bigs.

Does anyone remember when Dwight was hailed as an all time great?

People were actually claiming he was an all time great, that the USA Team with him on the floor would beat the Dream Team. They had a hard time beating the Gasol brothers and they expected him to compete vs Malone, Ewing and Chuck?

LOLS

[Euroleague]

Lol at Euroleague acting like that fluke Greece win over USA in 2006 was Paul's fault.

It was. It was the fault of Paul and Kirk Hinrich. They let Spanoulis destroy them.