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DREAM TEAM vs. Team USA!

Let’s settle the score once and for all. This is a super hot topic that everyone seems to have an opinion on. It starts with Kobe’s confidence that today’s team could beat the DREAM TEAM! As Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley adamantly challenge his statements, the media has also jumped on DREAM TEAM band wagon. I honestly feel that this topic is for basketball fans of 28 years of age or older. The 92’ DREAM TEAM 20 years ago electrified, intimidated, dominated, and revolutionized basketball of that era. Does this mean that they would beat Team 2012 by 15 or 20 on a bad day? NO! If we look at the numbers and statistics we might think; the DREAM TEAM obliterated competition winning by an average of 40 plus points a game, USA 2012 only beat Argentina by 6 points. Here is why these points are unfair and unjust. 20 years ago there were only 21 international players in the NBA. Today there are nearly 100! It is safe to say there was no Dirk, Pau, Tony Parker, Manu, NeNe, Ibaka, or other plethora of international talent we have today in 2012 competing against The DREAM TEAM of 92’. Would the DREAM TEAM have won gold? YES! However they may have not dominated by 40 plus points night in and night out. The game has since evolved with the NBA being the home for the best basketball players in the world. So comparing stats from 20 years ago to today is simply an inaccurate measure. In what other ways can we size up the competition, or compare these two elite teams? It’s only fair to use Match-ups! Here is what the sports world is saying when it comes to comparisons; Team 2012 is to small, they lack size, they have no big men! Well we don’t have Dwight Howard, KG, or Tim Duncan suited up, but I still don’t agree with us being too small. Let’s take a look PG (Magic vs. LeBron) We have to give this one to Lebron! SG (Jordan vs. Kobe) I will give that to Jordan obviously lets be fair! This is the only matchup that the DREAM TEAM can say they have youth! (Jordan 29 at time, Kobe 33) SF (Bird vs Durant) Age plays a role here Durant clearly younger and playing at a higher level. PF (Barkley vs. Melo) Clearly Barkley was DREAM TEAM’S best performer avg. 18 pts and shooting ridiculous fg%. I would still say this match-up is a draw! Melo is bigger, with much more of a skill set than Barkley. This could go either way! C (Ewing vs. Tyson) Obviously Patrick gets this match-up, but one thing is guaranteed, Tyson would make him work for every stinking bucket he did get. Let’s be honest, how much of a role would the big men play in this track meet anyways? After looking at these match ups, what about the theory of Team 2012 being too small? Looks to me that Team 2012 is Bigger, Faster, and Stronger top to bottom than that of the DREAM TEAM! Would you disagree? This is how the game has evolved, players are bigger, faster, stronger, and with tremendous skill sets. Of course the same is to say about the DREAM TEAM, but in today’s game we have international players dunking from the free throw line. Now we have addressed all of the jibberish circling the sports world of statistics and match-ups lets look at another key aspect. If you still are not convinced, let’s look at coaching. Coach K vs. Coach Daly! We all say Defense wins championships and it is clear to me that Coach K is one of the best defensive coaches of all time. To me it’s heinous to not consider Team 2012 the clear favorite. Sure we don’t have D. Rose, Dwight Howard, KG, Tim Duncan, or a few others (D. Wade, P. Pierce,) so what. I am with KOBE all day when he challenges the media and players of the past. Sure, the DREAM TEAM could bet Team 2012, but in a best of 7 series you have to put your money on the Young, extra FLY, and Flashy team of today. The team that the DREAM TEAM may have created!

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