@@eamorrison859 the style of the sport has definitely changed. i personally think basketball was covered better back then, and if they played agaisnt nobodies? didnt matter, they showed why they were paid well to be good at their sport. the current roster is molded by the current rules and regulations.... and they dont look like they are worth a half a billion dollar roster
@vissermatt1058 I honestly don't understand that statement. You agreed that the sport has changed. Then that the roster doesn't seem like they're playing like a billion dollar roster.
@@eamorrison859 the "concept" of the Dream team and why it was called that, it was the best. period. they were elite beyond all measure. and to have the retarded media trying to claim modern teams are their equal or even better? thats inconsistent with reality. then you see the actual current team, thats supposed to be their better? and how do they perform agaisnt their peers? they barely win.... yup totally the same or better then the best there ever was.
They didn't play anyone- except for the entire world. They dominated everyone because they were much, much better than the rest of the basketball world.
The world is 10x better than it was in the 90s lets just be hones...and these dudes were tall asf... the guys Jordan was playing were short construction workers..
@@EnterTheTwinswhat a wild take… they barely won against a team from one of the poorest countries in the world struggling with an ongoing war. tall as fuck wtf 😂 what an excuse…
@@EnterTheTwins😂😂 here the excuses come for only beating FUCKING SOUTH SUDAN by 1 pt lmao just admit that this team isn't as good and that 92 is better just admit it man never too late to know when your wrong
Makes you wonder why the NBA is allowing these kinds of people to almost every night disrespect the great players who helped made the game on what it is today.
Because the league is in on it as well. They want to promote their current best players. They literally don’t ever drug test LeBalco even though it’s obvious he uses PEDs. Certain players get better treatment than others.
@@chipferguson5129 Then stop watching. Why do you guys watch every uncut hoop video just to whine about a game that you say you "don't even watch". But seem to can't resist following by watching a channel covering it all the time. Ya'll are like those ex pyscho GFs that say they hate and are done with their former lover, but pschotically won't stop following them around with that hate-obessed crazed look. It's weird. All ya'll need to get some help.
Probably because like most industries, the people that made them great and had actually care for whatever they are doing were replaced by profit suits, business people that are more like robots than people and do whatever needs to be done to make more money
@@damianpresha9833 Gee, the narative that Bron is the Goat, or that Miami didn't have a superteam for 4 years, or that Bron won the hardest finals when COVID and Draymond suspension clearly helped in those cases, or that false narrative that he came back 3-1 against the "greatest team ever assembled", when clearly the KD led warriors were much better otherwise he would've beat them too. Klutch is a BS organization.
@@Arctanis-vt3hl Miami wasn't a superteam they was looking for a big man every year. The 2020 was more difficult then any championship Jordan ever won. Draymond got himself suspended with all his technical fouls. The league supposed to look past that I suppose.The Warriors was best team assembled 73 wins league record that beat KD. Y'all got nothing to stand on.
@@PoppaTheeGoat2 Kerr's rotation are trash is the problem. Jrue and Booker needs to come off the bench. Jrue is old, and should not be playing with an old centric starting line-up. Ant needs to start. But Kerr has bi-polarism when dealing with Ant... and will find any excuse to bench him. I guess MJ punch to his noggin still is wringing, and so he takes out his pettyness on Antman. Smh. Start Ant...Start Tatum. Bring Holiday and Booker off the 2nd unit!
I think we just learned a valuable lesson. South Sudan is Wakanda! No other way they could have nearly beaten the LeAvengers. No way a team of college players and NBA bench riders almost beat the "best team in history".
The world is 10x better than it was in the 90s lets just be hones...and these dudes were tall asf... the guys Jordan was playing were short construction workers..
They also didn't have to play against other nba players every night. Regardless, the dream team clears this old team by far. When your best player is 40 year old, idk how good you can be
And they STILL needed to offensive foul, carry the ball, travel, and have refs bailouts even with the paint area basically open for a Layup & a win 😂 smh 🤦♂️ Even the Olympics are compromised for LeBALCO smh
You are so right the media today is the worst not like the days of old the stew scotts,marv an the rest these 90s baby don't know basketball all they do is shoot's 3s that wouldn't have lasted straight blow outs no more big men in the game all these new rules!!! Like that side step crap was traveling back then
An bol bol didn't even play USA is trouble they must have forgotten Kobe helped win gold last time they were there he is not here to save le media this time
The truth is, this 2024 team is old. Steph, LeBron, Durant, all ready to retire. Magic was 32 in 92, he was still great and just went to the Finals the year before. He only retired due to HIV dx. Bird is broken, but he’s still averaging 21 ppg in the regular season. The rest of the team, MJ, Pippen, Barkley, Ewing, David Robinson etc are all on their 20s and prime.
It's really not fair LeBron didn't get to play with jokic, giannis, and wemby, they should change the rules from countries to LeBrons team and then everyone else gets their guys once LeBron builds out his roster.
These "analysts" never take into consideration the mental aspect, toughness and competitive drive of these players. The original dream team would destroy the usa team just in these areas, alongisde pure skills and talent.
This crop of people on team USA all proclaim the country is so horrible and racist, why would they play hard for it? They have no pride in America or what it stands for; majority of these guys wouldn't play in the FIBA championships, and then just got handed a jersey for the Olympics. They can't fathom they would lose, they are not playing for any type of pride, just their own personal glory and more sponsorships.
💯. No idea how that part is so ignored. And by mental it's how guys like Jordan wanted you to lose BEFORE tip off. He reveled in making a player believe he couldn't be beat. That doesn't exist with these guys. They weren't killers like that. James has a little of it but not to that degree.
It keeps being said the world has caught up. However , it’s not mentioned the United States has regressed. It just shoots 3 pointers, drives, and dunks and not much else. Players don’t go to college for 3 to 4years anymore and learn basic skills and fundamentals and it has finally caught up to them
Haven't seen the games, but are there movement without the ball? Back screens for cutters, and so on, or just screen and roll on top and the rest hovers around the 3-point line and call it a play?
The 2024 team just barely scraped by a team who described themselves as "A bunch of refugees who have never played on an indoor court." They won by a single point...
@@calebwilliams790by one point. A single possession. But yes, our USA squad won. Give them credit for that. I'm not a hater... and actually I get tired of all the hating on players, whether from this era or former eras. But still, I really figured they'd win by 25+ easily. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come. It's just their first game. We shall see...
@AnHebrewChild you think USA woke up with South sedan on their mind? South sedan woke up looking for blood. And still lost to a usa team still figuring things out
@@calebwilliams790 figuring it out? They are arguably the best players in the world individually. Maybe if they had any national pride and played together as a team in the FIBA championships, they wouldn't still have to "figure it out". Bro that's like saying Team Canada needs a few games to figure out how to play hockey together for the winter Olympics. Go back to bed.
There's only one DREAM TEAM, and no other TEAM USA can ever duplicate nor surpass it's accomplishments, which is the 92 DREAM TEAM. The 92 DREAM TEAM was the MOST DOMINANT and the 1st in OLYMPIC HISTORY to score 100pts in every GAME and won an average of 43.8pts. The DREAM TEAM was so much better than the competition that COACH CHUCK DALY didn't call a SINGLE TIMEOUT during the TOURNAMENT. ALL the PLAYERS were in their PRIME except CHRISTIAN LAETTNER (92 COLLEGE PLAYER of the YEAR) and LARRY BIRD (35yrs old w/ BACK PROBLEMS; he was selected due to the TEAM'S HISTORIC NATURE). They are widely considered the BEST COLLECTION of BASKETBALL TALENT to share the court, which produced 11 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS. They were dubbed the GREATEST SPORTS TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED. The 92 DREAM TEAM created a MASSIVE IMPACT as they won the hearts and minds of NBA ENTHUSIASTS ALL OVER the WORLD. Because of 92 DREAM TEAM'S participation in the BARCELONA OLYMPICS, the NBA became a GLOBAL PHENOMENON, as it attracted, influenced, and inspired FOREIGN BALLERS to be future NBA PLAYERS 🏀🥇🌎🇺🇸
@@user-dn3fn3bg4lwow you were so clearly born 15 years ago. This has to be a joke I mean embid or Barkley is insane, and I’m not even gonna say nothing about picking ant man over Jordan, assclown
@@user-dn3fn3bg4l Antman proved in the playoffs that he's not close to MJ. Too passive. Prime MJ is the greatest ever. I like how you didnt' compare Lebron to Jordan. Even you knew that was fair to Lebron.
Kobe ran through Pau's chest. Jordan pressed Puerto Rico's PG full court. 2024 Team went on run vs South Sudan when Lebron was on the BENCH, Carlik Jones should have been locked, not drop a triple-double.
"Basketball is so much better now than it was." Oh yeah? How come the ratings are so low? In a age where technology to watch games are better than ever, where social media creates virality in a short amount of time? Please, someone explain this to me...
Because there was 8 channels back then. No internet content or video gaming... All anyone had to do was watch whatever was on the TV Box. Stop being so wilfully ignorant.
NBA ratings have declined 45 pct, while NFL games have virtually remained the same. In the 90s NBA games with MJ matched NFL games.lebron gets booed at super bowl and Cleveland wasn't in it. So why did lebron get booed?😮 Because he acts like a "Mitch"😂 You can figure out what that means
@hugoallendeys that literally doesn't make any sense. The internet is supposed to increase exposure, not the other way around. People back then actually went outside and did things instead of what we have now being glued to our phones and iPads. You actually had to make the effort and sit and watch the game. You can watch the NBA on 1 network back then, NBC, and then on TNT after MJs time. Now, they have an app, a streaming service, cable deals, and bootleg. Players are getting paid more money on average. Why are the ratings so low? Also, people today have multiple monitors running, I personally play video games while watching TV shows, so don't pretend like we only have time for one form of entertainment. That's a load of bull, like your low IQ comment suggests. People don't watch it today because everyone just shoots 3s. They got rid of the strategic balance between player archetypes, and now everyone is just doing hero ball, 3s, and some non physical, lateral defense. Wooo. So much fun...
You got it right about that 92 team. They weren't just expected to win. They weren't supposed to let anybody get close. If they didn't win a game by significant double digits, it would have been considered an embarrassment. I think you also have to look at the history of Olympic basketball. The US sent college players and won gold every time until the shenanigans of the '72 games and then boycotted 1980. Then they took bronze in 1988 and decided it was time to let pros play and the Dream Team was put together with a purpose to remind the world who was the best at basketball.
@@nydibstrue. College basketball was better in the 80s and 90s for the simple reason you state: even the stars stuck around for 3-4 years. Ewing, 4 years Robinson, 4 years Magic, 2 years Bird, 4years Pippen 4 years Jordan, 3 years Drexler, 3 years Malone, 3 years Stockton, 4 years Mullin, 4 years Barkley, 3 years Laettner, 4 years This gave college teams a chance to really gel together and create chemistry.
The biggest reason would be because of coaching. Kerr is washed. The dude rotations are abslutley whack. Starting line-up should be consistent: PG: Curry SG: Antman SF: Lebron PF: Tatum C: Embiid Rotation off the bench: PG: Jrue Holiday SG: White SF: Booker PF: Bam C: Davis When KD comes back, swap out white for KD. Run the 1st team around Ant and Tatum who are the best and youngest. That'll likely get embiid going as well. Curry has more of a prime Kyle Korver role. Bron has more of a Magic/Bird dream team role. Off the bench, great chemistry fit. Booker has more green light to score. Great defense in backcourt and front court. While Booker lights it up offensivly off the 2nd unit, while bam and AD dominate the paint. Holiday and White run the offense, and spot up for cuts and 3 point shots. How am I out-smarting Steve Kerr? Cmon man.
South Sudan didn't even make it out of group play in last year's FIBA World Cup. All I kept hearing were lame duck excuses for barely beating a team that doesn't even have an INDOOR basketball court [apparently]. We even have clowns thinking this South Sudan team can beat the '92 Dream Team. These folks are DELUSIONAL!
@@demodiums7216 the '92 Croatia team would beat this South Sudan team. There isn't a single player on South Sudan better than Drazen Petrovic or Toni Kukoc. You guys are so ignorant of basketball history that it is RIDICULOUS. Don't reply to this comment.
@atlien1988 - thank you, there isn’t a player on South Sudan that is even as good as Croatias 4th best player in Komazec. He was signed by the Grizzlies but opted to stay in Europe instead
In all of the LeBalco puff pieces slobbering all over his knob for hitting the game-winning layup against a 43 point underdog, they don't mention how he stupidly left 8 seconds on the clock. His mismanagement of end game situations has never improved, especially for "the smartest player in league history".
@csurampower - you have to leave time in case you miss, let’s you foul and get another chance, you take the last shot when it’s a tie game, not when you’re down by 1
And if he missed the layup, you'd be saying how he couldn't make a game winning layup against a 43 point underdog.... If it wasn't for LeBron their not even up 1 with 8 seconds to go... Ppl like you help prove why LeBron is the goat and you don't even realize it,... And clearly the only thing that comes to youre mind is performing sexual acts in Lebron smh...
And if he missed the layup, you'd be saying how he couldn't make a game winning layup against a 43 point underdog.... If it wasn't for LeBron their not even up 1 with 8 seconds to go... Ppl like you help prove why LeBron is the goat and you don't even realize it,... And clearly the only thing that comes to youre mind is performing sexual acts in Lebron smh...
Uhhh🤔hhhh.....Let's be honest, the current NBA doesn't even resemble the NBA from 32 years ago. This game is waaay more like a long range/ 3 point competition than an old school bang, squabble, and pick n roll game
That's because this new generation doesn't care about winning as that's a 'team' achievement,....winning isn't important anymore just individual stats........
@@anthonystevenson830 yeah man... I love the sport of basketball. It's my favorite all time, and there are still players who inspire me... but (while I'm not a hater) I just have grown tired of the prima Donna attitude of many (tho not all) MANY of the nba players the past 10 years or so
@@anthonystevenson830 dude, I couldn't agree more. I'm not a Lebron hater... tho I've never considered him a Rushmore player, I actually tried for a long time to appreciate his game and would defend him against people who'd incessantly call him by all the Le_____ epithets, "LeBroom," "LeRevlon," etc (that stuff still bugs me just because it's somewhat tired now) BUT it reached a certain point a few years ago where I just couldn't defend his self-centered antics and his self-promotion anymore. I'm not saying this as a hater, but honestly he's REALLY hurt the sport of basketball and athletics in general. If anybody reading this wishes to argue or debate, sorry not interested. I know what I know. I used to doggedly defend him, but I just can't anymore.
The fun part is that those media clowns would change their narratives if they came back home with a Bronze to this team wasn't good enough, it was built with minimum players 😂
you guys change the narrative too. When they look like the best team in the world you guys say nothing. When something goes wrong you guys say they suck., and won't win gold.
This current team almost lost to South Sudan, and then all the Stanzboys came out of the woodwork and attempted to say that Sudan is "better than people think", and we know that is ALL cap. The cognitive dissonance is off the chain with these people.
@@TheCook43 they shot "lights out" because no one was playing that Kobe style Redeem Team defense. These dudes think they can just turn it on whenever they want, and cruise to a victory. They can't think that way and win a Gold. This was an exhibition, that they should have won handily, and all the Stanzboys are making hollow excuses that no one but people riddled with cognitive dissonance will ever believe. To actual fans of the game of basketball, there was nothing to be proud of here. Embarrassing.
Being 9 years old in 1992 and having been infected by the best disease there is (Basketball nerd syndrome ;)) a year prior, that Olympics with the Dream Team was nothing short of a dream itself. Everybody loved them. The whole world! Even FRANCE!!
😂 the dream teams opponents were asking for autographs pre game. The collection of that team would be like Michael Jackson, Elvis, and the Beatles coming together for a concert in the same night.
The problem with 1992 and now is that the old eastern bloc teams that would challenge the us in all sports in the olympics have disbanded. I remember as I kid in 1988, I was 15 when the 88 olympics happen the US was tested by Yugoslavia and the old USSR. Those countries disbanded in 1991. So, the US should always dominate the medal count in the olympics. I don't buy the argument that the NBA is better today than in 92. A lot of players from those old eastern bloc countries were not allowed to leave their communists countries. They may have been good enough to play in the NBA back then but did not have the opportunity.
Those South Sudan boys showed tons of heart, definitely gained a new fan out of me. Also heard Luol Deng will be building them an indoor basketball facility.
The key is that USA is worse. It shouldn’t matter if foreign players are better, which is arguable since that 92 Croatia team was an all time great team. Also, the Dream Team benefitted from the collapse of USSR and Yugoslavia
@@nydibs more teams in the world have NBA/NBA Caliber players now. So yes, they got a lot better and are on if not close to the same lvl as an average NBA player
@@legendoda5218 when Germany won Gold at the WC Team USA was much better on paper. Germany only has a couple of average NBA Players. USA had Brunson and Edwars and above average NBA Players.
@@legendoda5218just because there's NBA players on other teams does not make them any better. Compare all these other players to that of team USA then tell me which 1 really has a legit chance. Team USA should be blowing these others teams out by 30-40. Period.
@mawler79 30 years of training, pf stufying, of practicing, of learning. If the world has definitely gotten better. We are still best. We undefeated and just bodied Serbia
How can someone say that players are better now when literally no one plays defense in the NBA today? They can’t even switch properly, don’t communicate and can’t contest shots. It’s a farce.
I’m tired of the disrespect these so-called sports analysts and media heads have for the Dream Team. You pay respect to those who have gone on before you and paved the way. Not all, but a good portion of NBA players today don’t play defense and are soft, both physically and mentally. “The world has caught up to American basketball!” No knuckleheads, y’all put the car on cruise control at 55 while the rest of the world is running 70!
Completely true. If theres was any hype or prestige in the world cup of basket ball im sure the current US team would have realised earlier. Like NBA games now look dull, and low energy compared to the 80's, 90's, 00' and maybe even the 10's. I dont know what happened to the effort.
They keep on saying that the world has caught up. But that's the problem actually. Does that mean team USA has not moved the game forward, or either they have regressed? Because if they are still moving upward and at pace with the world, then they should still have been lightyears better than the rest of the world. Just my cents.
@@ryanr20091 - or maybe you dont, I played basketball, I even played with guys that were in the gold medal games at the Olympics. Pretty sure I know more about ball than you do
It starts with MJ picking up the opposing team‘s point guard full court like a maniac. That‘s right after winning back to back titles and before going for that three peat.
THANK YOU for making this video!!!! I watched the highlights from that South Sudan game and couldn’t stop laughing! USA was down 16 at one point!!! 16!!!!! To a roster with 2 pros? And a couple college commits… we have “the best talent” in the league, and Derrick white, on our team! Are we REALLY supposed to believe that South Sudan’s success is simply because “the world caught up”? That’s insanity!!! The Dream Team’s closest game was a 32 pt win!! The shills for this team are ridiculous.. if this is “the best team ever”, the games shouldn’t be close!!! Especially with “the goat”… I used small letters on purpose.. he roams the floor like a goat does the field… not like THE GOAT Michael Jordan…
@franklynmaldonadogor2 lebron James has over 1000, clutch shots in NBA history combining the regular season and playoffs, that is the MOST clutch shots made of all time by over 200+. LeBron also is the best elimination game player, game 7 player, most buzzer beaters in the playoffs. The greatest finals comeback of all time down 3-1 against a 73-9 team.
@@sentinalostill not the goat. He’s number 2 without a doubt but bron fans won’t accept him being the second greatest player to ever walk the earth. He just has to be first, but he’s not
Nope the US has just gotten much much softer than the rest of the world. Thats why europeans like luka, giannis and joker found it easy to adapt to the nba. The nba rules made it easier for them to score even though the players are more talented. They made it more easy because it draws money. But that shit dont work in the olympics agaisnt the rest of the world. They play different in other countries and more physical. Especially in europe where they only get 20 secs on the shotclock. Only lebron was able to adapt since he has been in the olypmics multiple times.
International competition wasn’t bums at all back then. Quite the opposite. Up until 1992 the pros weren't allowed in the Olympics, only amateurs. In the World Cup, where the pros were allowed, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia kept winning, that's why the Dream Team was such a surprise to the whole world, especially because they beat everyone easily. The USA didn't have a strangle hold on Basketball, the Soviets and Yugoslavians were better. The US only kept winning the Olympics because of their collegiate system, the other countries' best players were already pros at that age, while the US college players would compete as amateurs, giving the US an unfair advantage in the Olympics and the Russians and Yugoslavia started winning there as well, while winning most of the World Cups(Pro Events) already. 1970 WC Yugoslavia 1972 OP Soviet Union 1974 WC Soviet Union 1976 OP USA 1978 WC Yugoslavia 1980 OP Yugoslavia 1982 WC Soviet Union 1984 OP USA 1986 WC USA 1988 OP Soviet Union 1990 WC Yugoslavia
These analysts can't comprehend that the game is more than stats/numbers, and that the cultural impact of the actual dream team will NEVER be matched by another USA team
These Klutch media purposely left it was nearly the entire Dream Team especially Magic not wanting Isiah because of his antics. Even Chuck Daly did not selected him.
It's funny seeing people making a big deal about Isiah being left off the Dream Team when they clearly didn't need him while Jaylen Brown (the literal reigning finals MVP) and Kyrie (who made the finals) are being left off the team even though the US can't take winning gold for granted.
@GermanicusCaesar117 because of how the team itself is constructed jaylen brown nor Kyrie Irving fit. If either one of them really feel a way about it they should complain to LeBron since he out here personally calling guys to join
@Tippotipo that's what I've saying for years, it makes no sense that Jordan, if we believe this story, would play for Chuck Daly and not make team USA pick his head coach who is coming off back to back championships
Man todays nba is so bad. Lebum so happy to not lose to one of the worst teams in the world rofl. Man this guy is just hateable with all his antics such a shame terrible
US fans just in denial that other countries are getting better at basketball despite the fact that these guys are in the latter end of their careers and are less effective
@@tw3314 clearly not in these comments .I just scrolled past about 20 comments, all top comments, saying that its excuses, media is defending them, dont compare them to the Dream Team, or saying South Sudan isnt a good team. So no, everyone does not know that. In fact, a lot of those comments are saying that the US got worse at basketball. It's mindboggling that they believe the talent in Europe was better back then than now. I look at footage when i make comparisons, and the "2nd rate" teams like Lithuania would run 92 Croatia out the gym. I'm not disrespecting Drazen or Kukoc. They didn't have the depth, size or athleticism to deal with that back then, and that's' what they struggled with against us. Our team wasn't full of a bunch of Jordan's. We had plenty of guys you'd consider to have standard athleticism for their positions and were skilled. But that amount of athleticism was already too much, so imagine how it'd be against a 2024 Greece or France? They were having trouble guarding the athleticism of an old an injured Larry
Keep in mind the league is more international now compared to the 90s. The level of competition for the 2024 team is way harder than the DREAM team. I still think DREAM TEAM is better, but ppl saying the 2024 team wouldn’t stand a chance is Blasphemy!
@YahEL_Vegeta777 Pippen on KD Jordan on Curry. Those 2 are all-time defensive players. Not sure about that one. Plus 8 players in 92 in their prime. Not a old LeBron KD curry. 92 has too much depth of talent for 24.
Totally agree!!.....and....I was honestly not even aware that South Sudan had a team! Props for taking team USA to the wire guys, perhaps it'll be a wake up call for them!
PSA to Bronse*uals and Bron-Stans: LeBron is overrated and has always been overrated. The 92 Dream would mop the floor vs this team. This team almost lost, and should have lost had they not been BAILED OUT by favorable refereeing (probably to preserve TV ratings), by...South SUDAN hahaha. South Sudan were 43 point betting UNDERDOGS and still almost won. 43 POINTS! MJ = Undefeated for Team USA. Kobe = Undefeated for Team USA. LeBron at NO point in his entire career has he EVER been better than Prime Kobe let alone the GOAT MJ. ALL of his teammates have stated, on the record, that Kobe was/is better: Kyrie Irving Chris Bosh Dwayne Wade Kevin Love Carlos Boozer Shaq Antwuan Jameson MJ is the universal GOAT, every other narrative is just Klutch Sports bribing analysts to prop up Bron just like they tried to coerce Ric Bucher into voting Bron for the MVP when he wasn't even the best player on his own team (that would be AD). "Prime" Lebron scored 8 points in a Finals game and was getting COOKED by JJ Barea in 2011 lol. "Prime" Lebron finished like 5th in total scoring in the 2011 Finals behind: Dirk, Wade, Bosh, Terry. What? LOL. "Prime" Lebron suffered the worst finals defeat by average margin of victory in NBA HISTORY (2014 Finals). "Prime" Lebron directly guarded 4 FInals MVPS: Kawhi, Iguodala, KD, KD. "Prime" LeBron won ONE game in 2 years worth of playoffs games vs the KD warriors while James stripklub Harden took the KD Warriors to 7 games basically by himself (CP3 had a hamstring injury). "Prime" LeBron was the first player EVER to suffer the ignominy of not one but TWO Bronze Medals...TWO. Before Kobe showed him how to win in the 2008 Redeem Team. Kobe's work ethic changed the entire culture of an otherwise LAZY team USA that got beat by 20 points by Puerto Rico (LOL) and lost to Lithuania and lost to Argentina lol. Couldn't even get Silver lol. And "Prime" LeBron suffered the biggest playoff upset by Vegas betting odds of the past 24 years (2009 vs Orlando, his Cavs were +550 Favorites and lost in 6 games to an Orlando team without Jameer Nelson, their best perimeter player). I could go on and on and on about how overrated this guy is. He's got two rings in normal 82 Game Seasons. Two rings. Both on Super Teams. "Prime" LeBron got Swept (4-0 in 2007) and Gentleman Swept (4-1 in 2014) by San Antonio LOL. I'd just like to remind you that Kobe in the 2008 Western Conference Finals, beat the same Spurs team that SWEPT Lebron the year prior with his best teammate, Pau Gasol, averaging 13 ppg on 43% shooting and he still Gentleman Swept the Spurs 4-1 without much help from his supporting cast. 2009 LeBron was supposed to meet Kobe in the Finals, Won 60 games in a very weak Eastern Conference, got bounced by Orlando 4-2. Kobe Gentleman Swept the same Orlando team 4-1 in 2009 Finals. 2010 LeBron was supposed to meet Kobe in the Finals AGAIN, Nike even ran puppet commercials foreshadowing it. What happned? He got bounced 4-2 by Boston. The same Boston team Kobe beat 4-3 after coming back down 3-2. Wade, by his own admission, was so fearful of Kobe's dominance (3 straight finals in the toughest western conference in NBA history, while winning back to back rings without another top 75 player, the only player in NBA history to ever do that), that he called Lebron to team up in Miami to stop Kobe. RUclips highlights don't constitute reality, just cherry picked moments that celebrate a given player. Watch the full games. Lebron is, and has always been, criminally overrated. Sigh. Carry on.
@@PabloAsu-MboroValencia You hit right on the dot 🎯 imagine having all this hate in ur heart when neither lebron or Jordan gonna pay him attention. Man wrote a whole book, trying to stir the pot smh. Some people ain’t got shit to do 😂
1992 Dream team could play D. That is most important part. Look at their first outing with Croatia. MJ and Pippen defending Kukoc. + remember that Redeem team would be called Redeemed if it wasn't for Kobe. I am sick of slackers like Lebron, Durrant etc... Only person which I grew to like is Curry... cos he sticks with his team, ups and lows ... he is there. It will be rough Paris experience for Steph.
So glad he addressed this. Tired of people who are younger than 30, or even 40... because even many of my peers were not respectful historians of the game like I was, talking about "GOAT", and "best ever" and "the most ____ ever" when they have a very limited frame of reference! 1:36.
For the young guys that aren't sure if the older guys just say "everything" was better back then, think about how things have gone since 2020. Things have been getting worse since way before then.
Think about the fact that in 1992 the World only had a handful of players in the NBA. This South Sudan team not only has NBA talent, but they are also coached by Luol Deng a former pretty good NBA player that played against a few of USA players.
This dude is going straight off of emotions and nostalgia, and I'm not even the type of guy who believes newer is better being old school. Objectively, playing by international rule, this team would defeat the Dream Team with no problem. Nearly all guys can stretch the floor. They are faster, stronger, quicker, more agile, etc. Dream Teams bigs were way too slow. Bird and Magic were ceremonial, especially Bird. Plus, it is a fact that international ball is light years better than back. If both teams switched places the scores would be even wider for this team, and the Dream Team would have a tougher time. It's called the evolution of the game. A mid level football team from this era would most likely defeat the Cowboys and 49ers of the 90s. Some of those guys on the Dream Team were my all time favorites, but let's be honest, breaking these teams down it wouldn't be a contest.
What you are saying is utter BS. Ewing, Robinson, Barkley and Malone would've been too much There's nobody to really guard MJ and Magic is a PG magician that would pick apart the defense. Bird and Mullin can shoot 3s. The Dream Team might not blow 2024 team USA out but Dream Team can definitely beat 2024 team USA.
@@5274100 Bird barely played. You guys let y'all fandom block your logic. That's like saying the best 12 players in the NBA in 1964 would beat the Dream Team.
@@strawberryblender mate I'm a warriors fun and my favorite player is Curry but I do know before him was Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and even eariler Drazen Petrovic. Go watch Reggie Miller talk about Drazen, or Vernom Maxwell. You can find comments of Jordan of how much he respected him. You should already know Tony Kukoc from MJ's Bulls. 6 ft 11, agile who can shoot the three. Dino Rađja is a power forward with a similar game to Jokic. A multi european champion and a Celtic for 3-4 years. These three hall of famers are mentioned in the video but Lithuania was another powerhouse in the 92 Olympics with Arvydas Sabonis (if you know his son in Sacramento, Arvydas played in Portland when he was old and is considered the greatest european center of all time and another hall of famer) and Sarunas Marciulionis, a hall of famer small forward and great all around player and scorer. The european talent pool was Greater back then than it is now. The only difference is the NBA was not open minded about foreign players, they were mostly discriminated. The "modern" basketball with three point shooting is the yogoslavian basketball school from the 80ies. They were the first to emphasize on shooting. That's why Drazen was shooting 44% on threes back then. The reason the original dream team was assembled IS because the US lost in previous tournaments to other national teams.
this is the problem with our great country. We are soo conceited to believe that just because we invented the sport that we Should always be the Best. What no one pays attention to is that fact that the rest of the world is getting better and can compete with us. WAKE UP... because the rest of the world has and have been working really hard to catch up with us.
Am from Jordan era, our times, for sure we are fans of Jordan. What I can say is, during those time, opponent are not as skilled compare to the current players. People will say last time they allow rougher plays, but it also allow you to be rough on rough on opponent. Current games, more players are skilled and so its not possible for current team to beat other team with an average of 30 to 40 points.
Y’all do realize South Sudan wasn’t even a country until 2010…these countries have evolved over the last decade. It would makes sense if there basketball players would too.
bro you should know damn well these oldheads dont know what evolution is😂if they do the whole goat debate between jordan and lebron or which era is better wouldnt even be a thing. they refuse to accept that the old era was trash compare to today
The Dream Team hands down was the best! Ain’t going to be anything that will come close, EVER! It’s not whether they’d win, it’s how much they’re going to win by…
The original Dream Team had crazy size that I don't think most other teams could compete with. 2 Hall of Fame Centers in Ewing and David Robinson, huge 6'8" PG in Magic, long limbed Scottie Pippen as a wing defender, Karl Malone and Barkley at PF.
I am not fan of lebron but u gotta admit that the 90’s dream team probably had weaker competition than compared to now, but just not to get hate mj my goat 🐐 still.
When people say that the world is better, I always wonder that if the rest of the world got better, then we should have gotten better as well. Better enough to go undefeated and win gold every Olympics.
While it's true that the world's players are head and shoulders better than they were back then....The Dream Team had all-time greats and legends. MJ, Bird, Magic, Barkley, Mailman, Admiral, Pippin, Ewing. A combination of not just offense, but some of the best and smartest hard working defenders.
The obvious thing wrong with the 92 dream team narrative margin of defeat is that the world didn't know what hit them. That's not to say that the team talent wasn't great, I'd line them up Prime to prime against any team thereafter.
1992 team face 9 nba players and the 2024 team will face 61 nba players. That is clear proof that the talent around the world now is much more higher than it was in 1992.
“I don’t know anything about Angola, but they in trouble”
-Charles Barkley, ‘92 Olympics
Good point! They didn't play anyone. So, of course, they'd dominate. Today's game isn't 1992. That's like comparing a TV from 92 to 2024.
@@eamorrison859 the style of the sport has definitely changed. i personally think basketball was covered better back then, and if they played agaisnt nobodies? didnt matter, they showed why they were paid well to be good at their sport. the current roster is molded by the current rules and regulations.... and they dont look like they are worth a half a billion dollar roster
@vissermatt1058 I honestly don't understand that statement. You agreed that the sport has changed. Then that the roster doesn't seem like they're playing like a billion dollar roster.
@@eamorrison859 the "concept" of the Dream team and why it was called that, it was the best. period. they were elite beyond all measure. and to have the retarded media trying to claim modern teams are their equal or even better? thats inconsistent with reality. then you see the actual current team, thats supposed to be their better? and how do they perform agaisnt their peers? they barely win.... yup totally the same or better then the best there ever was.
They didn't play anyone- except for the entire world. They dominated everyone because they were much, much better than the rest of the basketball world.
lebum fans have to act like south sudan is secretly one of the best teams in the world now
The world is 10x better than it was in the 90s lets just be hones...and these dudes were tall asf... the guys Jordan was playing were short construction workers..
@@EnterTheTwinswhat a wild take… they barely won against a team from one of the poorest countries in the world struggling with an ongoing war. tall as fuck wtf 😂 what an excuse…
@@EnterTheTwins😂😂 here the excuses come for only beating FUCKING SOUTH SUDAN by 1 pt lmao just admit that this team isn't as good and that 92 is better just admit it man never too late to know when your wrong
@@EnterTheTwins No it's not, the NBA still has the best players in the world, the difference is, this eras best players are not that good
@@EnterTheTwins stop capping, South Sudan only have one guy taller than 7 feet, and two guy taller than 6'10.
Makes you wonder why the NBA is allowing these kinds of people to almost every night disrespect the great players who helped made the game on what it is today.
They are all Klutch clients. All of them are places throughout the media to push narratives. Only the truly slow fall for it
Because the league is in on it as well. They want to promote their current best players. They literally don’t ever drug test LeBalco even though it’s obvious he uses PEDs. Certain players get better treatment than others.
It is really disgusting...today's game is more boring than watching grass grow.
@@chipferguson5129 Then stop watching. Why do you guys watch every uncut hoop video just to whine about a game that you say you "don't even watch". But seem to can't resist following by watching a channel covering it all the time.
Ya'll are like those ex pyscho GFs that say they hate and are done with their former lover, but pschotically won't stop following them around with that hate-obessed crazed look.
It's weird. All ya'll need to get some help.
Probably because like most industries, the people that made them great and had actually care for whatever they are doing were replaced by profit suits, business people that are more like robots than people and do whatever needs to be done to make more money
They call themselves "The Avengers"? Yall ain't even the Teen Titans🤣💀
They the Mystery Men! 😂😂
😅😅😂. Thats funny Icl
@@tasan215 🤣🤣💀
😂😂😂😂😂
But they still going TO WIN GOLD
“The avengers“ allowed 100 points in 40 minutes. Sports media, don’t ever mention the dream team ever again
With how much faster the modern game is 40 minutes to score 100 isn't as short as you think it is
@@toxic0470They were 43.5 point favorites how do you give up 100 points to South Sudan?
@@user-lt1fx2he5s oh I misread it lmao. I read it the dream team scored 100 points in 40 minutes not allowed, my fault
Avengers looking like Phase 4 MCU
@@user-lt1fx2he5s Bruh the South Sudan +9.5 cash must've hit so different. That Alt spread
So tired of klutch sports. Trying forever to keep control of the narrative.
God yes I know
What narrative y'all create narratives every day then change them after everyday/game. Need to get a life.
@@damianpresha9833 Gee, the narative that Bron is the Goat, or that Miami didn't have a superteam for 4 years, or that Bron won the hardest finals when COVID and Draymond suspension clearly helped in those cases, or that false narrative that he came back 3-1 against the "greatest team ever assembled", when clearly the KD led warriors were much better otherwise he would've beat them too.
Klutch is a BS organization.
@@Arctanis-vt3hl Miami wasn't a superteam they was looking for a big man every year. The 2020 was more difficult then any championship Jordan ever won. Draymond got himself suspended with all his technical fouls. The league supposed to look past that I suppose.The Warriors was best team assembled 73 wins league record that beat KD. Y'all got nothing to stand on.
@@damianpresha9833found the LeBum jock sniffer
Dream Team actually played defense. When Pippen, Stockton, Jordan are up in your shit the entire game, it is over.
So bam , ant, ad, jrue , white don’t?
@@PoppaTheeGoat2 Kerr's rotation are trash is the problem.
Jrue and Booker needs to come off the bench. Jrue is old, and should not be playing with an old centric starting line-up.
Ant needs to start. But Kerr has bi-polarism when dealing with Ant... and will find any excuse to bench him. I guess MJ punch to his noggin still is wringing, and so he takes out his pettyness on Antman. Smh.
Start Ant...Start Tatum. Bring Holiday and Booker off the 2nd unit!
@@user-dn3fn3bg4lMJ punch to the noggin had me dead
So true.
It’s not just the coaching, these are all ‘stars’
Shouldn’t matter much who is out there.
But they did not play no body
@@user-dn3fn3bg4lremember when The dream team lost to Chris Webber and his college roomates
Almost got washed by South Sudan.
But didn't 😂
They did well today.
The dream never played no comp
I think we just learned a valuable lesson. South Sudan is Wakanda! No other way they could have nearly beaten the LeAvengers. No way a team of college players and NBA bench riders almost beat the "best team in history".
92 prime Dream team would mop the floor with the 2024 Olympic team
92 team played janitors and Toni Kukoc nobody cares about that weak era 😂😂😂😂😂
@@MDsCalisthenics literally everybody would disagree with that take but okay lol. Casual.
@MDsCalisthenics Thank you. These players now are more talented and skilled worldwide 🌐 👏
@@Airestotle09 No you’re the casual. Angola and Toni Kukoc is not even better than the worse international team in current time, Puerto Rico.
@MDsCalisthenics you are obviously clueless.
Wow. Dream team never had to rely on a last second shot.
The world is 10x better than it was in the 90s lets just be hones...and these dudes were tall asf... the guys Jordan was playing were short construction workers..
They also didn't have to play against other nba players every night. Regardless, the dream team clears this old team by far. When your best player is 40 year old, idk how good you can be
@@EnterTheTwinsbro copied and pasted his comment lmao
@MrE_ lebron isn't even top 5 on this team wdym tatum embiid AD ant and curry are all better
@@adriannguyen5885 if not for Lebron they lose. 😂😂😂
Let’s roll!!! They trying to lower the standard of USA basketball!! Great work!! 🤝🏾
And they STILL needed to offensive foul, carry the ball, travel, and have refs bailouts even with the paint area basically open for a Layup & a win 😂 smh 🤦♂️
Even the Olympics are compromised for LeBALCO smh
“ It’s much harder to score in Europe than it is the NBA “ - Luka, Giannis and Jokic.. USA bball is the lower standard😂
Choice of players for the team was disappointing
News media on all levels is the worst it has ever been.
You are so right the media today is the worst not like the days of old the stew scotts,marv an the rest these 90s baby don't know basketball all they do is shoot's 3s that wouldn't have lasted straight blow outs no more big men in the game all these new rules!!! Like that side step crap was traveling back then
An bol bol didn't even play USA is trouble they must have forgotten Kobe helped win gold last time they were there he is not here to save le media this time
It ain't the '90s no more. Why don't other countries suck so much?
@@georgeprchal3924Foreign teams from the 90’s would destroy team USA of today by 20plus pts EASILY
@@Iceman24424 no they wouldn't.
The truth is, this 2024 team is old. Steph, LeBron, Durant, all ready to retire. Magic was 32 in 92, he was still great and just went to the Finals the year before. He only retired due to HIV dx. Bird is broken, but he’s still averaging 21 ppg in the regular season. The rest of the team, MJ, Pippen, Barkley, Ewing, David Robinson etc are all on their 20s and prime.
Thank You, that's what they keep forgetting about that 92 Dream Team. They was toying with teams.
It's not Lebrons fault that he's playing with a bunch of minimum guys. He should trade them for more help. 😂
If you ask Lebums nuthugger, they'll blame his teammates for being subpar 😂🤣😜
Choke on his nuts LeStans 😜
😂😂
LeHelp need more help 😂
It's really not fair LeBron didn't get to play with jokic, giannis, and wemby, they should change the rules from countries to LeBrons team and then everyone else gets their guys once LeBron builds out his roster.
He doesn't have enough help
These "analysts" never take into consideration the mental aspect, toughness and competitive drive of these players. The original dream team would destroy the usa team just in these areas, alongisde pure skills and talent.
Agree. Who do you rank as the second best USA team all time?
@@AnHebrewChild There's only one, and will never be an other one 🙃
This crop of people on team USA all proclaim the country is so horrible and racist, why would they play hard for it? They have no pride in America or what it stands for; majority of these guys wouldn't play in the FIBA championships, and then just got handed a jersey for the Olympics. They can't fathom they would lose, they are not playing for any type of pride, just their own personal glory and more sponsorships.
💯. No idea how that part is so ignored. And by mental it's how guys like Jordan wanted you to lose BEFORE tip off. He reveled in making a player believe he couldn't be beat. That doesn't exist with these guys. They weren't killers like that. James has a little of it but not to that degree.
@@AnHebrewChild I really like the dream team 3 which is very underrated
It keeps being said the world has caught up. However , it’s not mentioned the United States has regressed. It just shoots 3 pointers, drives, and dunks and not much else. Players don’t go to college for 3 to 4years anymore and learn basic skills and fundamentals and it has finally caught up to them
Exactly
The USA has regressed ALOT!
What else is there that the current team doesn’t do exactly?
@tindoreco4785 - we can start with boxing out, they don’t do that
Haven't seen the games, but are there movement without the ball? Back screens for cutters, and so on, or just screen and roll on top and the rest hovers around the 3-point line and call it a play?
92 was the best team ever! Defense wins games and this 24 team has no clue how to play defense!
Give me 5 names they had to defend against
Can you name 5 they had to defend against for Sudan??
even more so on how to respond to tough physical defense. Avengers are big men with small hearts. this is why if they play 92 they would be crushed.
@@karabomafa5609Nah they shouldn’t have given up 100 points
@@ircleofwinners7365😂👍
'92 Dream Team = The Avengers
'24 Dream Team = Power Puff Girls
Don't insult the Powerpuff Girls, dude.
Led by Princess Lebroom😂😂😂
@@KennethArriolaLmao Facts
Atleast the Power puff girls got more heart and bring more heat to their fights than These 2024 Scrubs
yeah, usa basketball went from the dream team to the cream puff team.
The Woodland Fairies lmao
Tyrese Haliburton wearing MJ's Olympic jersey number tells me all I need to know.
😂
The 2024 team just barely scraped by a team who described themselves as "A bunch of refugees who have never played on an indoor court." They won by a single point...
it’s 2024 there’s no way you actually believe that racist ass shit
Lol ok and?? They still won😂😂
@@calebwilliams790by one point. A single possession.
But yes, our USA squad won. Give them credit for that. I'm not a hater... and actually I get tired of all the hating on players, whether from this era or former eras.
But still, I really figured they'd win by 25+ easily. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come. It's just their first game. We shall see...
@AnHebrewChild you think USA woke up with South sedan on their mind?
South sedan woke up looking for blood.
And still lost to a usa team still figuring things out
@@calebwilliams790 figuring it out? They are arguably the best players in the world individually. Maybe if they had any national pride and played together as a team in the FIBA championships, they wouldn't still have to "figure it out". Bro that's like saying Team Canada needs a few games to figure out how to play hockey together for the winter Olympics. Go back to bed.
There's only one DREAM TEAM, and no other TEAM USA can ever duplicate nor surpass it's accomplishments, which is the 92 DREAM TEAM. The 92 DREAM TEAM was the MOST DOMINANT and the 1st in OLYMPIC HISTORY to score 100pts in every GAME and won an average of 43.8pts. The DREAM TEAM was so much better than the competition that COACH CHUCK DALY didn't call a SINGLE TIMEOUT during the TOURNAMENT. ALL the PLAYERS were in their PRIME except CHRISTIAN LAETTNER (92 COLLEGE PLAYER of the YEAR) and LARRY BIRD (35yrs old w/ BACK PROBLEMS; he was selected due to the TEAM'S HISTORIC NATURE). They are widely considered the BEST COLLECTION of BASKETBALL TALENT to share the court, which produced 11 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS. They were dubbed the GREATEST SPORTS TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED. The 92 DREAM TEAM created a MASSIVE IMPACT as they won the hearts and minds of NBA ENTHUSIASTS ALL OVER the WORLD. Because of 92 DREAM TEAM'S participation in the BARCELONA OLYMPICS, the NBA became a GLOBAL PHENOMENON, as it attracted, influenced, and inspired FOREIGN BALLERS to be future NBA PLAYERS 🏀🥇🌎🇺🇸
Curry (now) > retired Magic
Antman > MJ
Lebron > Bird
Tatum (has a ring) > Barkley
Embiid > Ewing or Robinson
What kind of drugs are you on??@@user-dn3fn3bg4l
@@user-dn3fn3bg4lwow you were so clearly born 15 years ago. This has to be a joke I mean embid or Barkley is insane, and I’m not even gonna say nothing about picking ant man over Jordan, assclown
@@user-dn3fn3bg4l Antman proved in the playoffs that he's not close to MJ. Too passive. Prime MJ is the greatest ever. I like how you didnt' compare Lebron to Jordan. Even you knew that was fair to Lebron.
And more, all around the world, we supported and admired them.. It was so spectacular and beautiful, even if they beated our teams.
What a team ! ❤❤🇫🇷
Kobe ran through Pau's chest. Jordan pressed Puerto Rico's PG full court. 2024 Team went on run vs South Sudan when Lebron was on the BENCH, Carlik Jones should have been locked, not drop a triple-double.
LeBum doesnt know anything about winning basketball. Thats why he needed Dwyane, Bosh, Ray, Kyrie, Love and AD.
I think it was Brazils pg, not Puerto Rico but I could be wrong
@@fenixchief7🤡🤡
@@fenixchief7Jorbald doesn't know anything about winning. That's he's 1-9 without Pippen and 0-2 on his handpicked Wizards.
Ok troll. MJ made Pippen. Lebron is a great player, but nowhere near Jordan. @@hitek9too255
"Basketball is so much better now than it was." Oh yeah? How come the ratings are so low? In a age where technology to watch games are better than ever, where social media creates virality in a short amount of time? Please, someone explain this to me...
Because there was 8 channels back then. No internet content or video gaming... All anyone had to do was watch whatever was on the TV Box. Stop being so wilfully ignorant.
NBA ratings have declined 45 pct, while NFL games have virtually remained the same. In the 90s NBA games with MJ matched NFL games.lebron gets booed at super bowl and Cleveland wasn't in it. So why did lebron get booed?😮 Because he acts like a "Mitch"😂 You can figure out what that means
@@user-xm5du8hu1q lol, Mitch ase.
@hugoallendeys that literally doesn't make any sense. The internet is supposed to increase exposure, not the other way around. People back then actually went outside and did things instead of what we have now being glued to our phones and iPads. You actually had to make the effort and sit and watch the game. You can watch the NBA on 1 network back then, NBC, and then on TNT after MJs time.
Now, they have an app, a streaming service, cable deals, and bootleg. Players are getting paid more money on average. Why are the ratings so low? Also, people today have multiple monitors running, I personally play video games while watching TV shows, so don't pretend like we only have time for one form of entertainment. That's a load of bull, like your low IQ comment suggests.
People don't watch it today because everyone just shoots 3s. They got rid of the strategic balance between player archetypes, and now everyone is just doing hero ball, 3s, and some non physical, lateral defense. Wooo. So much fun...
They look better beause its open wide.NBA todays is like friendly exhibition game
Comparing a 39 years old LeBron to 32 years old MJ is laughable
Exactly one accomplishes much of nothing
Comparing lebanon to Michael Jordan in ANY WAY is laughable.
@@TheEsquireOfSports Makes no sense
@@TheEsquireOfSportsright cause BRON IS BETTER
@@tw3314 lay off the crack
You got it right about that 92 team. They weren't just expected to win. They weren't supposed to let anybody get close. If they didn't win a game by significant double digits, it would have been considered an embarrassment.
I think you also have to look at the history of Olympic basketball. The US sent college players and won gold every time until the shenanigans of the '72 games and then boycotted 1980. Then they took bronze in 1988 and decided it was time to let pros play and the Dream Team was put together with a purpose to remind the world who was the best at basketball.
Jordan took gold in 84.
Yeah, but that’s when college ball was actually good. It’s all one and dones now
@@nydibstrue. College basketball was better in the 80s and 90s for the simple reason you state: even the stars stuck around for 3-4 years.
Ewing, 4 years
Robinson, 4 years
Magic, 2 years
Bird, 4years
Pippen 4 years
Jordan, 3 years
Drexler, 3 years
Malone, 3 years
Stockton, 4 years
Mullin, 4 years
Barkley, 3 years
Laettner, 4 years
This gave college teams a chance to really gel together and create chemistry.
Then they started sending LBJ and they kept loosing until they added Kobe… what an embarrassment
They lost one time in 2004 with Lebron barely even playing. Stop this idiotic narrative. Once the US sent their best with Lebron they never lost.
I would not be surprised if the This 2024 team would not walk away with a gold medal
That will add to the list of accomplishment of a narcissistic clown. @MannyMensah94
The biggest reason would be because of coaching.
Kerr is washed. The dude rotations are abslutley whack. Starting line-up should be consistent:
PG: Curry
SG: Antman
SF: Lebron
PF: Tatum
C: Embiid
Rotation off the bench:
PG: Jrue Holiday
SG: White
SF: Booker
PF: Bam
C: Davis
When KD comes back, swap out white for KD.
Run the 1st team around Ant and Tatum who are the best and youngest. That'll likely get embiid going as well. Curry has more of a prime Kyle Korver role. Bron has more of a Magic/Bird dream team role.
Off the bench, great chemistry fit. Booker has more green light to score. Great defense in backcourt and front court. While Booker lights it up offensivly off the 2nd unit, while bam and AD dominate the paint. Holiday and White run the offense, and spot up for cuts and 3 point shots.
How am I out-smarting Steve Kerr? Cmon man.
As much as I want to pull for team USA , wouldn't bother me if this group walked away with no medals
@@dangreene3895 I'm ngl I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't win gold but no medals is crazy asf
@@user-dn3fn3bg4l Embiid should be coming off the bench. Let AD [or Bam] start.
The South Sudan game should be an embarrassment. All those players on USA should be replaced.
Your A Clown ! Jus SAY U Don't Kno BasketBall ! THE Game Itself Was Great Whiteboy Alex
The new team is clearly the best in the National Senior Games Association.
It amazes me how so many people who say lebron is better never saw Jordan play.
South Sudan didn't even make it out of group play in last year's FIBA World Cup.
All I kept hearing were lame duck excuses for barely beating a team that doesn't even have an INDOOR basketball court [apparently].
We even have clowns thinking this South Sudan team can beat the '92 Dream Team. These folks are DELUSIONAL!
They wouldnt beat the dream team....but they would be every team the drem team played lol
@@demodiums7216 the '92 Croatia team would beat this South Sudan team. There isn't a single player on South Sudan better than Drazen Petrovic or Toni Kukoc.
You guys are so ignorant of basketball history that it is RIDICULOUS. Don't reply to this comment.
@atlien1988 - thank you, there isn’t a player on South Sudan that is even as good as Croatias 4th best player in Komazec. He was signed by the Grizzlies but opted to stay in Europe instead
Ya'll gotta stop bringing up the dream team smh the 2012 Olympic team would beat them lol the game has evolved globally, deal with it.
@@devrayne6770nope😂
In all of the LeBalco puff pieces slobbering all over his knob for hitting the game-winning layup against a 43 point underdog, they don't mention how he stupidly left 8 seconds on the clock. His mismanagement of end game situations has never improved, especially for "the smartest player in league history".
@csurampower - you have to leave time in case you miss, let’s you foul and get another chance, you take the last shot when it’s a tie game, not when you’re down by 1
@@nydibsNot if you are extremely confident, and the best. MJ and Kobe wouldn’t leave that much left.
And if he missed the layup, you'd be saying how he couldn't make a game winning layup against a 43 point underdog.... If it wasn't for LeBron their not even up 1 with 8 seconds to go... Ppl like you help prove why LeBron is the goat and you don't even realize it,... And clearly the only thing that comes to youre mind is performing sexual acts in Lebron smh...
@@AirCoded1523 - in a regular season NBA game, sure, but not in a game that counts
And if he missed the layup, you'd be saying how he couldn't make a game winning layup against a 43 point underdog.... If it wasn't for LeBron their not even up 1 with 8 seconds to go... Ppl like you help prove why LeBron is the goat and you don't even realize it,... And clearly the only thing that comes to youre mind is performing sexual acts in Lebron smh...
Uhhh🤔hhhh.....Let's be honest, the current NBA doesn't even resemble the NBA from 32 years ago. This game is waaay more like a long range/ 3 point competition than an old school bang, squabble, and pick n roll game
Only those people living in lefraud's fantasy land believe 2 bronze medal and 6 finals loss is the barometer for being the greatest 😂
That's because this new generation doesn't care about winning as that's a 'team' achievement,....winning isn't important anymore just individual stats........
@@mikebird5148 Like having the most turnovers, and soon to be most missed shots?
Yep
You’re just going to Ignore the 4 Gold Medals??
ok wency
One team had the fundamentals mastered, the other team rarely executes the fundamentals. No discussion here. Dream Team all day.
Steve Kerr sat LeBron down to start the 3rd because he wanted people who actually play defense to help them catch up.
Yea that’s why🤡🤡
The dream team was literally blowing out other teams by 20 points minimum, no other team before and after was not dominating like that.
30 points minimum actually. Their closest game was 32 points IIRC
@@AnHebrewChild makes the 2024 even more irrelevant
@@anthonystevenson830 yeah man... I love the sport of basketball. It's my favorite all time, and there are still players who inspire me... but (while I'm not a hater) I just have grown tired of the prima Donna attitude of many (tho not all) MANY of the nba players the past 10 years or so
@AnHebrewChild I love the game too but unless lebron retires and we get more competitive players I don't the nba is gonna recover from this
@@anthonystevenson830 dude, I couldn't agree more.
I'm not a Lebron hater... tho I've never considered him a Rushmore player, I actually tried for a long time to appreciate his game and would defend him against people who'd incessantly call him by all the Le_____ epithets, "LeBroom," "LeRevlon," etc (that stuff still bugs me just because it's somewhat tired now) BUT it reached a certain point a few years ago where I just couldn't defend his self-centered antics and his self-promotion anymore.
I'm not saying this as a hater, but honestly he's REALLY hurt the sport of basketball and athletics in general.
If anybody reading this wishes to argue or debate, sorry not interested. I know what I know. I used to doggedly defend him, but I just can't anymore.
This US team isn’t even going to win gold…to compare them to the 92 team is insulting to basketball fans
The fun part is that those media clowns would change their narratives if they came back home with a Bronze to this team wasn't good enough, it was built with minimum players 😂
you guys change the narrative too. When they look like the best team in the world you guys say nothing. When something goes wrong you guys say they suck., and won't win gold.
@kylelaforest9919 This whole discussion only came up when TV sports urinalysts said this is better than the dream team. Pretty much LeBum fans.
I'd take fundamental basketball with great defense over nondefensive, hop, skip and a jump 3 pt shootouts anyday!
This current team almost lost to South Sudan, and then all the Stanzboys came out of the woodwork and attempted to say that Sudan is "better than people think", and we know that is ALL cap.
The cognitive dissonance is off the chain with these people.
Sudan just shot lights out and even if you have great defense there is nothing you can do about it
@@TheCook43 they shot "lights out" because no one was playing that Kobe style Redeem Team defense.
These dudes think they can just turn it on whenever they want, and cruise to a victory. They can't think that way and win a Gold.
This was an exhibition, that they should have won handily, and all the Stanzboys are making hollow excuses that no one but people riddled with cognitive dissonance will ever believe.
To actual fans of the game of basketball, there was nothing to be proud of here. Embarrassing.
@@bswizzle5227 True a wins a win but Team USA has to play with intensity and cut the turnovers
@@TheCook43 yup.
Cognitive dissonance goes with being a LeBronze stan.
Shaq Hakeem Robinson dream team 2 was stacked but THE DREAM TEAM GREATEST EVER
I think DT from 1996 beats 1994 one :)
Refs won the game yesterday. Double the free throws for USA
Stop it. South Sudan went on an 8-0 run in the last 3 minutes to bring it down to the wire. The refs had no bearing on that.
@urbaindelva7869 put down the Honey 🍯 and watch the game double the free throws for USA
@@urbaindelva7869 the refs literally blew an obvious call late in the game that should have sent South Sudan to the line.
@@michaelgill5135are you a Benedict Arnold
Being 9 years old in 1992 and having been infected by the best disease there is (Basketball nerd syndrome ;)) a year prior, that Olympics with the Dream Team was nothing short of a dream itself. Everybody loved them. The whole world! Even FRANCE!!
Heh, every game was a home game for the Dream Team!
😂 the dream teams opponents were asking for autographs pre game. The collection of that team would be like Michael Jackson, Elvis, and the Beatles coming together for a concert in the same night.
The problem with 1992 and now is that the old eastern bloc teams that would challenge the us in all sports in the olympics have disbanded. I remember as I kid in 1988, I was 15 when the 88 olympics happen the US was tested by Yugoslavia and the old USSR. Those countries disbanded in 1991. So, the US should always dominate the medal count in the olympics. I don't buy the argument that the NBA is better today than in 92. A lot of players from those old eastern bloc countries were not allowed to leave their communists countries. They may have been good enough to play in the NBA back then but did not have the opportunity.
Those South Sudan boys showed tons of heart, definitely gained a new fan out of me. Also heard Luol Deng will be building them an indoor basketball facility.
Foreign players are better now and the US team is worse
The key is that USA is worse. It shouldn’t matter if foreign players are better, which is arguable since that 92 Croatia team was an all time great team. Also, the Dream Team benefitted from the collapse of USSR and Yugoslavia
@@nydibs more teams in the world have NBA/NBA Caliber players now. So yes, they got a lot better and are on if not close to the same lvl as an average NBA player
@@legendoda5218 when Germany won Gold at the WC Team USA was much better on paper.
Germany only has a couple of average NBA Players.
USA had Brunson and Edwars and above average NBA Players.
@@legendoda5218just because there's NBA players on other teams does not make them any better. Compare all these other players to that of team USA then tell me which 1 really has a legit chance. Team USA should be blowing these others teams out by 30-40. Period.
@mawler79 30 years of training, pf stufying, of practicing, of learning. If the world has definitely gotten better.
We are still best. We undefeated and just bodied Serbia
Some people knows nothing about basketball at all...
What tf you gonna do against Robinson, Malone and Ewing rotating on the block? Wtf?
They gonna cry to the refs lol
92 Dream Team- Justice League and Avengers combined.
24 - Teletubbies and the Rug Rats. 🤣🤣🤣
How can someone say that players are better now when literally no one plays defense in the NBA today? They can’t even switch properly, don’t communicate and can’t contest shots. It’s a farce.
I’m tired of the disrespect these so-called sports analysts and media heads have for the Dream Team. You pay respect to those who have gone on before you and paved the way. Not all, but a good portion of NBA players today don’t play defense and are soft, both physically and mentally. “The world has caught up to American basketball!” No knuckleheads, y’all put the car on cruise control at 55 while the rest of the world is running 70!
Completely true. If theres was any hype or prestige in the world cup of basket ball im sure the current US team would have realised earlier.
Like NBA games now look dull, and low energy compared to the 80's, 90's, 00' and maybe even the 10's. I dont know what happened to the effort.
They keep on saying that the world has caught up. But that's the problem actually. Does that mean team USA has not moved the game forward, or either they have regressed? Because if they are still moving upward and at pace with the world, then they should still have been lightyears better than the rest of the world. Just my cents.
USA has regressed, no defense, can’t even box out. But they can shoot 3s, or maybe they can’t even do that considering they were awful from 3 as well
@@nydibs maybe you dont know what you are talkin about
@@ryanr20091 - or maybe you dont, I played basketball, I even played with guys that were in the gold medal games at the Olympics. Pretty sure I know more about ball than you do
@@nydibs you sure haven't proven it
@nydibs Just because you played basketball doesn't automatically mean you know more lmaoo
the only thing this version has over the dream team is overall athleticism. thats it. talent no and it's not even close
This team has infinitely better shooters and floor spacers
Adam Silver's era not allowing NBA players play defense is starting to show in the international level. Team USA's team defense is horrendous.
It starts with the AAU programs. Keep in mind they're all not the same. But a lot of those programs don't teach defense.
It starts with MJ picking up the opposing team‘s point guard full court like a maniac. That‘s right after winning back to back titles and before going for that three peat.
THANK YOU for making this video!!!! I watched the highlights from that South Sudan game and couldn’t stop laughing! USA was down 16 at one point!!! 16!!!!! To a roster with 2 pros? And a couple college commits… we have “the best talent” in the league, and Derrick white, on our team! Are we REALLY supposed to believe that South Sudan’s success is simply because “the world caught up”? That’s insanity!!! The Dream Team’s closest game was a 32 pt win!! The shills for this team are ridiculous.. if this is “the best team ever”, the games shouldn’t be close!!! Especially with “the goat”… I used small letters on purpose.. he roams the floor like a goat does the field… not like THE GOAT Michael Jordan…
People on their way to act like the international competition was anywhere near as good back then as it is now:
Croatia back then is far better than any current contender.
@@kassiosLOL
It’s not 40 points per game better…. Especially if you think this US team is better than the 92 team.
Lebron got dunked on by a French nobody. Curry ridiculous fire saved their backsides
DREAM TEAM, name says it all
No timeouts during the entire Olympics is crazy
Why isn't Spoelstra the head coach?
Bro could you name 10 international players from the Dream Team Olympics
no. And that’s why all these fools neglect this comment 😂😂😂😂
Say that again bro,how many played then and how many are playing now.
These dweebs celebrating a lebron game winning lay up. Where was all this when it mattered in the playoffs?
Who’s going to tell them that Bron has the most buzzer beaters in playoff history?
@@tinoderico4785 and how many of those helped him in the Finals?
@franklynmaldonadogor2 lebron James has over 1000, clutch shots in NBA history combining the regular season and playoffs, that is the MOST clutch shots made of all time by over 200+. LeBron also is the best elimination game player, game 7 player, most buzzer beaters in the playoffs. The greatest finals comeback of all time down 3-1 against a 73-9 team.
@@sentinalostill not the goat. He’s number 2 without a doubt but bron fans won’t accept him being the second greatest player to ever walk the earth. He just has to be first, but he’s not
@@jesterchesterfield2374 he may be second but definitely not for the reason presented earlier in this thread which is what I'm talking about
Lol the level of competition is way more evolved 32 years later
That being said, nothing beats the OGs
Nope the US has just gotten much much softer than the rest of the world. Thats why europeans like luka, giannis and joker found it easy to adapt to the nba. The nba rules made it easier for them to score even though the players are more talented. They made it more easy because it draws money. But that shit dont work in the olympics agaisnt the rest of the world. They play different in other countries and more physical. Especially in europe where they only get 20 secs on the shotclock. Only lebron was able to adapt since he has been in the olypmics multiple times.
International competition wasn’t bums at all back then. Quite the opposite. Up until 1992 the pros weren't allowed in the Olympics, only amateurs. In the World Cup, where the pros were allowed, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia kept winning, that's why the Dream Team was such a surprise to the whole world, especially because they beat everyone easily. The USA didn't have a strangle hold on Basketball, the Soviets and Yugoslavians were better. The US only kept winning the Olympics because of their collegiate system, the other countries' best players were already pros at that age, while the US college players would compete as amateurs, giving the US an unfair advantage in the Olympics and the Russians and Yugoslavia started winning there as well, while winning most of the World Cups(Pro Events) already.
1970 WC Yugoslavia
1972 OP Soviet Union
1974 WC Soviet Union
1976 OP USA
1978 WC Yugoslavia
1980 OP Yugoslavia
1982 WC Soviet Union
1984 OP USA
1986 WC USA
1988 OP Soviet Union
1990 WC Yugoslavia
These analysts can't comprehend that the game is more than stats/numbers, and that the cultural impact of the actual dream team will NEVER be matched by another USA team
I like how MJ gets blamed for leaving Isiah off the dream team but they don't want to address LeBron actually picked almost everyone on this team
These Klutch media purposely left it was nearly the entire Dream Team especially Magic not wanting Isiah because of his antics. Even Chuck Daly did not selected him.
It's funny seeing people making a big deal about Isiah being left off the Dream Team when they clearly didn't need him while Jaylen Brown (the literal reigning finals MVP) and Kyrie (who made the finals) are being left off the team even though the US can't take winning gold for granted.
@GermanicusCaesar117 because of how the team itself is constructed jaylen brown nor Kyrie Irving fit. If either one of them really feel a way about it they should complain to LeBron since he out here personally calling guys to join
@Tippotipo that's what I've saying for years, it makes no sense that Jordan, if we believe this story, would play for Chuck Daly and not make team USA pick his head coach who is coming off back to back championships
That was Klutch media propaganda too. I remember Booker, Curry, and Davis declaring their spots back in 2023 long before the little social media stunt
They aren't experts, they are entertainers chasing headlines and clicks
Basketball has changed the 90s had the advantage and the sport was still growing globally. But now in 2024 it’s a different game
Man todays nba is so bad. Lebum so happy to not lose to one of the worst teams in the world rofl. Man this guy is just hateable with all his antics such a shame terrible
US fans just in denial that other countries are getting better at basketball despite the fact that these guys are in the latter end of their careers and are less effective
Who’s in denial everyone knows that
@@tw3314 clearly not in these comments .I just scrolled past about 20 comments, all top comments, saying that its excuses, media is defending them, dont compare them to the Dream Team, or saying South Sudan isnt a good team. So no, everyone does not know that. In fact, a lot of those comments are saying that the US got worse at basketball. It's mindboggling that they believe the talent in Europe was better back then than now. I look at footage when i make comparisons, and the "2nd rate" teams like Lithuania would run 92 Croatia out the gym. I'm not disrespecting Drazen or Kukoc. They didn't have the depth, size or athleticism to deal with that back then, and that's' what they struggled with against us. Our team wasn't full of a bunch of Jordan's. We had plenty of guys you'd consider to have standard athleticism for their positions and were skilled. But that amount of athleticism was already too much, so imagine how it'd be against a 2024 Greece or France? They were having trouble guarding the athleticism of an old an injured Larry
@@tw3314 Don't read all of that. I forgot what I was talking about half way through.
@@raddad1464 😂😂
The Avengers? 3:13 The South Sudan team literaly has a player named *"Thor".*
bring it on tough man
Keep in mind the league is more international now compared to the 90s. The level of competition for the 2024 team is way harder than the DREAM team. I still think DREAM TEAM is better, but ppl saying the 2024 team wouldn’t stand a chance is Blasphemy!
But today's players are supposed to be so much better than the 90s?
@YahEL_Vegeta777 Pippen on KD Jordan on Curry. Those 2 are all-time defensive players. Not sure about that one. Plus 8 players in 92 in their prime. Not a old LeBron KD curry. 92 has too much depth of talent for 24.
Totally agree!!.....and....I was honestly not even aware that South Sudan had a team! Props for taking team USA to the wire guys, perhaps it'll be a wake up call for them!
Zero timeouts?!?!? That's bonkers ! Neat fact .
1:08 😂😂😂 wow Colin’s voice wasn’t very convincing . They trying to sell this ish so hard these days cuz the product so bad these days 😂man…
PSA to Bronse*uals and Bron-Stans: LeBron is overrated and has always been overrated. The 92 Dream would mop the floor vs this team. This team almost lost, and should have lost had they not been BAILED OUT by favorable refereeing (probably to preserve TV ratings), by...South SUDAN hahaha. South Sudan were 43 point betting UNDERDOGS and still almost won. 43 POINTS! MJ = Undefeated for Team USA. Kobe = Undefeated for Team USA.
LeBron at NO point in his entire career has he EVER been better than Prime Kobe let alone the GOAT MJ. ALL of his teammates have stated, on the record, that Kobe was/is better:
Kyrie Irving
Chris Bosh
Dwayne Wade
Kevin Love
Carlos Boozer
Shaq
Antwuan Jameson
MJ is the universal GOAT, every other narrative is just Klutch Sports bribing analysts to prop up Bron just like they tried to coerce Ric Bucher into voting Bron for the MVP when he wasn't even the best player on his own team (that would be AD).
"Prime" Lebron scored 8 points in a Finals game and was getting COOKED by JJ Barea in 2011 lol.
"Prime" Lebron finished like 5th in total scoring in the 2011 Finals behind: Dirk, Wade, Bosh, Terry. What? LOL.
"Prime" Lebron suffered the worst finals defeat by average margin of victory in NBA HISTORY (2014 Finals).
"Prime" Lebron directly guarded 4 FInals MVPS: Kawhi, Iguodala, KD, KD.
"Prime" LeBron won ONE game in 2 years worth of playoffs games vs the KD warriors while James stripklub Harden took the KD Warriors to 7 games basically by himself (CP3 had a hamstring injury).
"Prime" LeBron was the first player EVER to suffer the ignominy of not one but TWO Bronze Medals...TWO. Before Kobe showed him how to win in the 2008 Redeem Team. Kobe's work ethic changed the entire culture of an otherwise LAZY team USA that got beat by 20 points by Puerto Rico (LOL) and lost to Lithuania and lost to Argentina lol. Couldn't even get Silver lol.
And "Prime" LeBron suffered the biggest playoff upset by Vegas betting odds of the past 24 years (2009 vs Orlando, his Cavs were +550 Favorites and lost in 6 games to an Orlando team without Jameer Nelson, their best perimeter player).
I could go on and on and on about how overrated this guy is. He's got two rings in normal 82 Game Seasons. Two rings. Both on Super Teams.
"Prime" LeBron got Swept (4-0 in 2007) and Gentleman Swept (4-1 in 2014) by San Antonio LOL.
I'd just like to remind you that Kobe in the 2008 Western Conference Finals, beat the same Spurs team that SWEPT Lebron the year prior with his best teammate, Pau Gasol, averaging 13 ppg on 43% shooting and he still Gentleman Swept the Spurs 4-1 without much help from his supporting cast.
2009 LeBron was supposed to meet Kobe in the Finals, Won 60 games in a very weak Eastern Conference, got bounced by Orlando 4-2.
Kobe Gentleman Swept the same Orlando team 4-1 in 2009 Finals.
2010 LeBron was supposed to meet Kobe in the Finals AGAIN, Nike even ran puppet commercials foreshadowing it. What happned? He got bounced 4-2 by Boston. The same Boston team Kobe beat 4-3 after coming back down 3-2.
Wade, by his own admission, was so fearful of Kobe's dominance (3 straight finals in the toughest western conference in NBA history, while winning back to back rings without another top 75 player, the only player in NBA history to ever do that), that he called Lebron to team up in Miami to stop Kobe.
RUclips highlights don't constitute reality, just cherry picked moments that celebrate a given player. Watch the full games. Lebron is, and has always been, criminally overrated.
Sigh. Carry on.
Fax
Damm bro you had all that in your heart. 😂😂😂
When are you starting a YT channel? Great post
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@@PabloAsu-MboroValencia
You hit right on the dot 🎯
imagine having all this hate in ur heart when neither lebron or Jordan gonna pay him attention. Man wrote a whole book, trying to stir the pot smh. Some people ain’t got shit to do 😂
1992 Dream team could play D. That is most important part. Look at their first outing with Croatia. MJ and Pippen defending Kukoc. + remember that Redeem team would be called Redeemed if it wasn't for Kobe. I am sick of slackers like Lebron, Durrant etc... Only person which I grew to like is Curry... cos he sticks with his team, ups and lows ... he is there. It will be rough Paris experience for Steph.
The 2024 USA men basketball team is not even on the same level as the 92 dream team
So glad he addressed this.
Tired of people who are younger than 30, or even 40... because even many of my peers were not respectful historians of the game like I was, talking about "GOAT", and "best ever" and "the most ____ ever" when they have a very limited frame of reference! 1:36.
For the young guys that aren't sure if the older guys just say "everything" was better back then, think about how things have gone since 2020. Things have been getting worse since way before then.
a lot of countries improved. 😂 haters gonna hate.😢
Exactly, a lot of countries have caught up to the USA!
Uhh basketball is a sport that has evolved all over the world over the last 3 decades ... Not the same competition genius
1:33 Jordan had the perfect head shape to rock the bald look. I'm balding and I'm forced to wear a hat everywhere since my head shape is cooked 🫕
In words of Herb Brooks coach for 1980 Olympics hockey team “Name on the front is more important than the one on the back.”
Think about the fact that in 1992 the World only had a handful of players in the NBA. This South Sudan team not only has NBA talent, but they are also coached by Luol Deng a former pretty good NBA player that played against a few of USA players.
This dude is going straight off of emotions and nostalgia, and I'm not even the type of guy who believes newer is better being old school. Objectively, playing by international rule, this team would defeat the Dream Team with no problem. Nearly all guys can stretch the floor. They are faster, stronger, quicker, more agile, etc. Dream Teams bigs were way too slow. Bird and Magic were ceremonial, especially Bird. Plus, it is a fact that international ball is light years better than back. If both teams switched places the scores would be even wider for this team, and the Dream Team would have a tougher time. It's called the evolution of the game. A mid level football team from this era would most likely defeat the Cowboys and 49ers of the 90s. Some of those guys on the Dream Team were my all time favorites, but let's be honest, breaking these teams down it wouldn't be a contest.
What you are saying is utter BS. Ewing, Robinson, Barkley and Malone would've been too much There's nobody to really guard MJ and Magic is a PG magician that would pick apart the defense. Bird and Mullin can shoot 3s. The Dream Team might not blow 2024 team USA out but Dream Team can definitely beat 2024 team USA.
I like Ewing, Robinson and Malone over Embib, Davis and Bam.
@@5274100 Bird barely played. You guys let y'all fandom block your logic. That's like saying the best 12 players in the NBA in 1964 would beat the Dream Team.
Dream team faced a world where people barely play basketball. In 2024, the talent is stacked in europe, 3/4 latest MVP is not from US
You obviously didn't watch basketball back then.
@@kassios You obviously don't watch basketball right now
@@strawberryblender mate I'm a warriors fun and my favorite player is Curry but I do know before him was Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and even eariler Drazen Petrovic.
Go watch Reggie Miller talk about Drazen, or Vernom Maxwell. You can find comments of Jordan of how much he respected him.
You should already know Tony Kukoc from MJ's Bulls. 6 ft 11, agile who can shoot the three.
Dino Rađja is a power forward with a similar game to Jokic. A multi european champion and a Celtic for 3-4 years.
These three hall of famers are mentioned in the video but Lithuania was another powerhouse in the 92 Olympics with Arvydas Sabonis (if you know his son in Sacramento, Arvydas played in Portland when he was old and is considered the greatest european center of all time and another hall of famer) and Sarunas Marciulionis, a hall of famer small forward and great all around player and scorer.
The european talent pool was Greater back then than it is now. The only difference is the NBA was not open minded about foreign players, they were mostly discriminated. The "modern" basketball with three point shooting is the yogoslavian basketball school from the 80ies. They were the first to emphasize on shooting. That's why Drazen was shooting 44% on threes back then.
The reason the original dream team was assembled IS because the US lost in previous tournaments to other national teams.
@@kassiosbuddy. They played toni Kukoc and Angola with 0 nba players. Stop.
@@strawberryblenderhe really wrote a paragraph to explain to us role players who averaged 9 ppg in the 90s era 😂😂😂😂😂
this is the problem with our great country. We are soo conceited to believe that just because we invented the sport that we Should always be the Best. What no one pays attention to is that fact that the rest of the world is getting better and can compete with us. WAKE UP... because the rest of the world has and have been working really hard to catch up with us.
Am from Jordan era, our times, for sure we are fans of Jordan. What I can say is, during those time, opponent are not as skilled compare to the current players. People will say last time they allow rougher plays, but it also allow you to be rough on rough on opponent. Current games, more players are skilled and so its not possible for current team to beat other team with an average of 30 to 40 points.
Y’all do realize South Sudan wasn’t even a country until 2010…these countries have evolved over the last decade. It would makes sense if there basketball players would too.
bro you should know damn well these oldheads dont know what evolution is😂if they do the whole goat debate between jordan and lebron or which era is better wouldnt even be a thing. they refuse to accept that the old era was trash compare to today
The NBA is not the NFL. The NFL has gotten better in the past 30 years... the NBA weaker.
The Dream Team hands down was the best! Ain’t going to be anything that will come close, EVER! It’s not whether they’d win, it’s how much they’re going to win by…
The original Dream Team had crazy size that I don't think most other teams could compete with. 2 Hall of Fame Centers in Ewing and David Robinson, huge 6'8" PG in Magic, long limbed Scottie Pippen as a wing defender, Karl Malone and Barkley at PF.
I am not fan of lebron but u gotta admit that the 90’s dream team probably had weaker competition than compared to now, but just not to get hate mj my goat 🐐 still.
When people say that the world is better, I always wonder that if the rest of the world got better, then we should have gotten better as well. Better enough to go undefeated and win gold every Olympics.
While it's true that the world's players are head and shoulders better than they were back then....The Dream Team had all-time greats and legends. MJ, Bird, Magic, Barkley, Mailman, Admiral, Pippin, Ewing. A combination of not just offense, but some of the best and smartest hard working defenders.
The obvious thing wrong with the 92 dream team narrative margin of defeat is that the world didn't know what hit them. That's not to say that the team talent wasn't great, I'd line them up Prime to prime against any team thereafter.
1992 team face 9 nba players and the 2024 team will face 61 nba players. That is clear proof that the talent around the world now is much more higher than it was in 1992.
The 1-pt win over SoSudan was a complete joke. 1992 Dream Team >>>>>>>> 2024 AARP Team
I agree the Dream Team were far greater, but that doesn't mean that the current USA team are bums.