2024 Team USA ‘beats Dream Team 5 out of 7 games’, Can Serbia cause an upset? | FIRST THINGS FIRST

[@FirstThingsFirst]

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[@jplaya2023]

Broussard acting like a casual. The 08 Spain team is probably the best international team any US has faced. So to downplay 08 because of that is foolish

[@Trackstar159]

I caught that too. Others have pointed it out but he doesn’t like Kobe as a player for whatever reason

[@karimzakaria9621]

The Gasol brothers, Rudy Fernandez, Ricky Rubio, Juan Carlos Navarro, bro that team was insane.

[@tomanguyen]

True. They barely won by 4 points. That should say it all and 08 team was stacked to the dome

[@ScottRachelson777]

Based on what?

[@tolulopefamuyiwa6412]

You know ball. I was looking for this comment, look at these people talking about that Spain team like it was one ordinary team. That Spain 08 basketball team won the FIBA world cup in 2006, silver in 2008 Olympics and Gold in 2009 Euro basket championship. That team was a top team.

[@anonimust8]

i find it HILARIOUS how yall spent a month questioning if they would get it done and now it’s just common knowledge nobody can beat them😂

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

Nobody with common sense who saw this roster before the first exhibition game thought Team USA would lose. If they did, well..

[@anonimust8]

@@pleasedonttemptme5963 i agree. but ik you saw all the antics during those exhibition games😂😂they wasn’t winning every game by 50 and the media was sounding the alarms for weeks

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

@@anonimust8Oh I saw, and I quickly dismissed it. Some of the players hadn’t played in 3 months, so they had to shake the rust off. They have played phenomenal besides just the one game vs South Sudan. Stellar performance

[@joeymorini7685]

Who questioned if they’d get it done?

[@johnnybuchananjr9344]

Good for you

[@Humphking]

Again we haven't even seen the Lebron & KD pick and roll with a shooter sitting in the corner

[@dwayne6781]

Who is the shooter in the corner? If it is not Curry, but then we just seen Curry go 0 for 6 on three's in the Olympics.

[@juanqui2799]

@@dwayne6781D book would like a talk sir

[@plpa8250]

​@@dwayne6781 Booker

[@OOGRebelRu]

@@dwayne6781booker..white..jrue.ant man. AD.. Embiid..Tatum lol… dat was a bad question

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

@@dwayne6781Booker, Ant, Jrue Holiday

[@skubaRu7]

It’s wild how fast people changed their tune after those exhibition games lol

[@Dotalol123]

Dude its Media, they have to rattle the cage and grow suspicion to make it interesting, what are you expecting? Short 30 seconds report "We are the best, thats all folks find some other content" thats not how it works...

[@nathanholmes6893]

The Team USA roster is insane.

[@stephenkennedy8305]

Yes insane to be 16 point favorites and only win in the last 3 minutes.

[@rojeliocastro9733]

@@stephenkennedy8305 Serbia had magnets 💀

[@cljackson512]

Serbia is legit sir. They have current NBA players, one of them being a multiple time MVP in his prime.

[@michaeljames4630]

Maybe, but some of the bigger names are at the tail end of their careers

[@escamunicha4276]

This video didnt age well. Serbia almost did beat USA

[@ricardol5545]

Sure. 😂

[@shauryasati947]

Only way Serbia wins is if Jokic plays all 40 minutes has an absolute masterclass and Bogdanovic gives them 20-25 points and the us goes ice cold from 3, only way I see how Serbia wins

[@WopJr]

what’s funny is all that can happen and USA still win

[@jiggacube0347]

Still not enough

[@OOGRebelRu]

@@WopJrexactly… our interior and mid range scoring won’t be cold our bench play better than our starters and we got embiid and AD

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

Team USA blewout Serbia twice. I’m sorry it’s just not happening, I wish people would not even think it could at this point

[@315giants]

but how bad would it be to guys legacy on the US squad

[@user-lt5dg1ix6u]

Leave these pointless hypothetical debates for first take this show is too good for that

[@MissionMan]

@@user-lt5dg1ix6u Haha. No it isn't. I watch it a lot, and it's not too good for anything.

[@tekitho79]

Canada DID NOT have enough to deal with our team…You can’t have Brooks and Dort in a lineup and think they was going to win gold…I’m sorry but not sorry

[@Elcappgguod064]

😂😂😂

[@williesims3452]

Murray choked

[@mattpassos5689]

​@@williesims3452 he averaged like 6, he didn't choke he drowned 😂

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

@@mattpassos5689Facts lol

[@jobunaga4178]

you mean dillon "the grizzlies are a dynasty" brooks?

[@PepeSifuentes]

They just show a stat that shows the team tied with Serbia when Jokic plays and then move on to say they would beat the dream team 😂😂.

[@skubaRu7]

The scores weren’t tied the scoring was…US was still winning lol.

[@blank003]

​@@skubaRu7 Tied 81-81 can u read?

[@jaylenblount128]

@@blank003he means they were still always up most of the game and blew them them out by 25 points. Team vs team it wasn’t close.

[@adu11]

​@@blank003 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@blank003]

@@jaylenblount128 the point the original commenter is making is against a team with two nba level players ,they were evenly matched when those nba players both played. It's clear that they would lose against the dream team which was filled with generational talent.

[@Ashketchups924]

Jokic is 4th for the most minutes in a playoff game… the first three were from 1953… Jokic endurance is underrated

[@curtiszyr]

When he doesn’t have to play defense on nba . This is different game with different level of physicality

[@eric02156]

Jokic has no chance playing against Embiid, who ALWAYS smokes him when he plays him, as you can see as of yesterday! DO YOUR RESEARCH!

[@Ashketchups924]

@@eric02156 who has a ring and finals mvp?🤣 embid always ducks Jokic💀

[@Chris_H103]

lol Spain didn’t have NBA players? Rubio Pau Gasol Marc Gasol Rudy Fernandez & their domestic league MVP on that team? You could argue that’s the best team any of these US teams ran into

[@gregorydavid4776]

Yea that Spain team was legit

[@student99bg]

Rudy Fernandez and Navarro were mocked by Americans as scrubs in the NBA and so was Sergio Rodriguez who played for Spain in 2012. Miss me with that, these are players that went to the NBA, Americans mocked them for being bad, they couldn't get into the starting 5, their stats were bad and then they came back to Europe. Those are the players that almost beat the team USA in 2008 and 2012, those kinds of players are the ones that played for Serbia and Montenegro in 2002 who beat team US in 2002, that played for Greece in 2006 and for Argentina in 2004 (Serbia beat USA in 2002, Argentina beat USA in 2004, Greece beat USA in 2006). Over and over again players that the NBA sends back as "not good enough" cook the best players in the NBA in FIBA games. Also, Serbian NBA players are: Nikola Jokić, Bogdan Bogdanović, Vasilije Micić and Nikola Jović. That's arguably better than the Spanish ones from the late 2000s and 2010s. Serbia also didn't invite 2 of its NBA players (Pokuševski and Tristan Vukčević) because they viewed their Eurolegue players as BETTER than them (at least better under FIBA rules and better fitting in the team).

[@Chris_H103]

@@student99bg Rudy Fernandez was in an NBA rotation, Ricky Rubio played extremely well & ran the point for that particular Spain team well. That was Prime NBA Finals Pau Gasol. The chemistry between the players on this team is being severely undervalued. A team’s chemistry & cohesion playing together is a very important component.

[@mizzouriv3637]

@@Chris_H103 exactly I liked him a lot with the blazer. Those teams were good, just ask Luka they are responsible for how good he is. Plus all Euros all way more fundamental sound, starting with Kobe.

[@The8310353]

by far not a single international team this year is as good as those spain teams

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Why are these three focusing on Magic and Bird? You had Malone, Robinson, Malone and Barkley as your muscular posts who play at the rim. You had Stockton, Drexler and Mullin as your physical guards. Stockton was sneaky physical and in his younger age.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Well first off Magic & Bird are 2 of the best 3 players historically on that team ... thats why Bahaha guess u forgot Stockton was literally playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) 🤦🏼‍♂️😂 It would be like- - Lebron being retired for a year & a shell of himself like Magic (instead of being arguably the best player on the team..... hes avging al.ost as many assists as he is shots while shooting the best FG% on the team 😂) - KDs back being so bad he could barely run & barely play like Bird (instead of him being arguably the 2nd best on the team) - & Holiday having a broken leg barely playing (when he's been a key piece) Yes if ALL the Dream Team were in their primes & healthy it woukd be an actual debate..... but 2 of the best 3 on the team were shells of themselves & Stockton was on 1 leg

[@ChrisH421]

​​@@jessekittrell2946Why is everyone avoiding the fact that in 92 Michael Jordan was in his prime. Who on this 24 team is supposed to be in the conversation with a prime Jordan? Also Pippen, Drexler, Mullins, Robinson, Ewing, and Barkley where all in their physical prime and healthy. Magic was also only one year removed from leading the Lakers to the finals and finishing 2nd in the mvp race. Even in his injured state Bird averaged 20/9/6 that year in the NBA before the Olympics.

[@lakers24451]

cause they are trying to present a stupid argument to help their point. the dream team would have at least the best 2 or 3 players on the court versus this team. They have more guys int the top 75 in their prime versus this team who is led by a 40 year old not a prime michael jordan. who does steph even guard on the dream team magic or Jordan?

[@tyshawngibson708]

​@@ChrisH421facts

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@ChrisH421u literally responded to me yet didn't go at a single thing I showed. Never said MJ wasn't in his prime lol. And bball isn't a 1 man sport bud

[@steven94116]

Nick Wright is freaking wrong again! Serbia played very well and almost pulled an upset!

[@sirtafelsilber2051]

Jokic is the man. USA got very very lucky.

[@Paulovlyra]

"Absolutely not" from the future is actually hilarious

[@jasonspradling6964]

92’ Has Jordan💪🙌…End of Discussion🤝

[@verybasic9608]

Glaze

[@lolo1973ful]

FYI Barkley was better than Jordan that year as League MVP and that Olympics But BasketBall has evolved you have European MVPs in NBA a very rear event

[@cnelsonlv99]

To be more specific... the 1992 team had '92 Jordan... and there has never been a better basketball player at any time, on any team, in the history of basketball.

[@watchmedicine7747]

They just struggled against Joker and 4 other guys

[@harisbalcinovic5641]

Ummm they almost lost to Serbia...

[@loganford1220]

Who is here after the game 😅😅

[@tonywong8134]

If there is one player who can do it, it's jokic. I don't trust any other player, us or otherwise, to overcome a much superior opponent.

[@crzycolchris]

jokic can do it if he gets his team involved.. if i'm kerr. i play joker how uconn play edey.. let him score everything!

[@skywalker2759]

ONE PLAYER CANT BEAT A WHOLE TEAM stop it

[@tonywong8134]

@@skywalker2759 operative word is "if". Reading comprehension, my friend.

[@ClareAmel]

@@skywalker2759LeBron beat the Celtics by himself both on the Heat and on the Cavs in a couple games

[@skywalker2759]

@@ClareAmel the heat? Lmao stop it

[@12itsmrjt]

Yet again prisoner of the moment. If we all could see the dream live right now we would all be in awe. It's crazy how people forget how good and tough those guys were.

[@skubaRu7]

Prisoner of the moment vs nostalgia glasses… tough battle

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already & was overweight - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@jamesbohm3690]

In awe? Bro... watch 90s tape that's not dunk highlights. It looks like grandpas at the YMCA

[@montalirecords]

​@jessekittrell2946 Magic was a year removed from being SECOND in MVP voting, All Star MVP that year and was still in shape MJs shot 45% for the Olympics but steph is like 5 for 20 something from 3 lol The 92 team was taller and younger and never trailed or called a timeout And just because South Sudan has Wayne Gabriel who played a sneeze in the NBA because the Dream Team made it global doesn't mean that the world has caught up

[@HailKingCeezer]

@@montalirecords every young fan keeps reiterating the amount of NBA players on these international teams and they're mostly guys like Wayne Gabriel on 10 day contracts and end of bench journeymen and role players mostly. It's a joke and a stat used as a ready made excuse just in case Bron loses. Ready made excuses follow his fanbase on any team he plays on...of course along with the insufferable comps and devaluing of anything Jordan was a part of. I have a hard time picking this team over 92, 96,08 or 12.

[@sureshtrumpet]

"I don't think Serbia hits enough threes"...🤣🤣🤣 Watching this video (and other prediction videos from the "experts") AFTER the actual semi-final game has been one of the most hilarious experiences of my life.

[@tylersuggs11]

Cause they get paid to feed fans bs these are not experts they just read what fox want them to

[@davidzuniga2115]

Jokic is the best player in the World. But U.S is the best team.

[@JasonWilliams-um8im]

Nope. That's Bron.

[@brotheris33]

Why does 2012 get no love? I think that’s the best team we rostered and at least by statistics, they were the most dominate team we had.

[@bryanarellano5302]

Yeah, that team was insane

[@michaelgonzalez3237]

2012 > 1992 & 2024

[@dzonikg]

" they were the most dominate team we had." Have you even watched the final with Spain??Spain put 100 point and game was equal until last few minutes

[@TheForkOnTheLeftist]

probably because it followed the legendary redeem team and it wasn't as impressive

[@Undefeatedvs60YearOlds]

@@michaelgonzalez3237agreed

[@BasketballBusinessAndBossMoves]

I wonder who slanders Jordan more: A. Isiah Thomas B. Nick Wright C. Scottie Pippen

[@WaakikiTheGoat]

I’m sorry but no team is good enough to flash forward 30 years and beat the team from that time. That’s just not how sports work

[@jreturns4756]

Sure one could argue the individual top to bottom today's player is more athletic but a group playing well as a team could still beat someone with more athletic players. Also don't forget that 92 team actually played defense. Other than Dru Holiday not sure anyone on this team can play defense for 40 minutes. Everyone talks about how Bird was a shell of himself so what they had several other players that could have matched up just fine against this team. Just like todays prisoner of the moment things the 92 team would have no answer for today's team the 2024 team would have no answer for some of them either.

[@jamesbohm3690]

Either fans don't understand why knowing nothing about 2024 ball might be a problem, or the legend of 92 has grown so out of control they think they'd overcome this 'minor' issue in a matter of minutes. Either way it's ridiculous

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@jreturns4756 well seems ur forgetting - - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already & was overweight - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol) Also imagine overweight retired for a year Magic/bad back Bird/broken leg Stockton/Ewing/Barkley/& Malone trying to guard 5 guys who can all hit 3s & all drive to the hoop. The Dream Team is who would be in foul trouble lol.

[@MrRufusRToyota]

Exactly. Everything is much easier today. With modern training, surgeries, travel, rehab, shoes, etc., Bird would have still been in the prime of his career in 1992. And the rule changes now favor a different body style that couldn’t have banged back then. Times change, and mostly rule changes make different players.

[@HailKingCeezer]

@@jessekittrell2946 I love how you're on every post talking about Jordans 3pt % as if its concrete he will shoot that poorly every time when Curry the goat shooter himself is shooting 25% .....and isnt LeBron like 14% right now?

[@Burger-zm5ze]

This video is funny after that near loss against Serbia

[@mak23997]

Man what happened to Broussard?? He wouldn't have stood for this blasphemy a couple of years ago. Other than Bird, The Dream Team were some of the top talent in the history of the NBA in their primes. And how about the defense?? MJ, Pippen, Ewing, The Admiral. Cmon man. Cashing those Klutch checks...

[@jessekittrell2946]

Shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@jessekittrell2946]

Also imagine overweight retired for a year Magic/bad back Bird/broken leg Stockton/Ewing/Barkley/& Malone trying to guard 5 guys who can all hit 3s & all drive to the hoop. The Dream Team is who would be in foul trouble lol.

[@gumballwaterson1957]

@@jessekittrell2946 This is not hard to analyze. Just look at the actual games '24 has played this year and try to imagine results against the dream team. S. Sudan has kept '24 USA around 100pts each time they played. Is the '92 equal better or worse on defense than '24 S. Sudan? If you're gonna argue it's close, then you're really arguing that G-league players are as good on defense as all-time, DPOY defenders. Is '92 equal/better/worse than '24 Australia on offense? '24 Australia scored 92 on the '24 USA team. The '92 dream team averaged, by FAR, the most of any USA team in history. Joc Landale, Patty Mills, and other players out of the NBA and bench players put up 92, and somehow '92 USA is going to have more trouble scoring?

[@jaden5843]

@@gumballwaterson1957 '92 USA went against 9 NBA players total in their ENTIRE Olympic run. The world has caught up. The best players in the world right now are European. The south sudan team youre ragging on has multiple players that have played in the NBA/G league. 90s USA teams faced nothing like this in terms of competition.

[@sivi9741]

@@jessekittrell2946 1 year retirement for magic is nothing , he was 32 years old lol . All the players except bird were in their prime or entering in it …. I mean the 🇺🇸 literally had all the best players in the world in 1992 while the 2024 🇺🇸 don’t even have the top 4 best players in the world lol … It’s a joke . 92 easy .

[@matthewdigiacomo2580]

I'll just say this ... that 1992 team was SO good even with an injured Bird, a retired Magic and a limping Stockton that they were able to destroy the competition AND take along a waste of space like Christian Laettner for the ride. You also have to remember that the 1992 Dream Team was an advertising roster. They did not take the best team, they took the team that would draw in the most viewers.. If they had, the roster would have been: Jordan, Malone, Wilkins, Ewing, Barkley, Robinson and Pippen. To replace Bird, Magic, Stockton, Mullen and Laettner - Shaquille O'Neal, Joe Dumars, Reggie Miller, Reggie Lewis and Mark Jackson. Admittedly, the team is short on actual point guards other than Jackson. But Dumars, Pippen, Jordan, Miller and Lewis could do the job when needed. That team would have been better, but would it have brought the awe added by having Magic, Bird, Mullen and Stockton? ... Maybe not.

[@kylegardner6272]

FS1 wants Nick Wright as the face. We the people want Wildes!

[@renzgrospe9867]

Serbia with Thanos was the most dangerous team for USA Avengers team.

[@17NateJohnson]

92 v 24. Bird & Magic were old, but Barkley and MJ are in their prime. Dont underestimate Barkley.

[@Mektek19]

Magic was 32 lol. He was the runner up for MVP the season before. He was just retired.

[@17NateJohnson]

@@Mektek19 The disrespect from Nick & Draymond is ridiculous. Just remember, 92 hasn’t said a word. The yapping is a one way street.

[@Mektek19]

@@17NateJohnson Exactly, they just barely beat Serbia today. No way they beat the Dream Team.

[@anthonynguyen2920]

If is funny that these guys have been calling Magic old at 32. How many guys on this 2024 are much older than 32? Let’s see, Curry (36!), Durant (35!), Holiday (34!), and Lebron (39!). Magic was not out of shape at all cuz he was just retired 1 year and was the MVP in 1990-1991 season.

[@Rogue1sme]

I think it’d be the funniest thing if Jokic can pull this off. Edit Post Game: That was wayyy too close lol

[@khoado123]

tbh, if Jokic pulls this off, dude may be top 10 of all time lol

[@Monika77ful]

Would be a small miracle.

[@pavlegrebenarevic382]

It would, but It's not happening. 20 point victory for USA

[@rushbenjamin613]

if there's anyone who could, it really is Jokic with that behind the head flick 3 pointer.

[@Yooshutup]

Communist

[@RyanStoutzenberger]

Let's gooo Nick bayless!!!!

[@MattBeaudett]

@FirstThingsFirst Just wanted to say, y'all are the best sports media show, and it's not even close. I watch every single episode. I never thought I'd love a show this much with a diehard Chiefs fan on it being, I'm a diehard bronco fan, but man, y'all are so d*** funny and great together. Dont break up anytime soon.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Stockton and Drexler would've messed with Curry, Booker and the other guards. The first time Jordan or Malone posted up against Durant, KD would've buckled like a cheap suit.

[@jamesbohm3690]

So despite never defending a 5-out team in their entire careers as it didn't exist, Stockton and Drexler would figure out how to do it on the fly and lock them up. Malone would look at KD like he's an alien, but would instantly lock him up as well. I doubt it

[@jdilla4591]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MissionMan]

​@@jamesbohm3690It would be Pippen on KD, and nobody's locking him up, but Pippen would slow him down. The 92 team would definitely win.

[@sloughcloud7547]

​@@MissionMan 92 is losing they can't shoot 3s like the 24 team

[@nydibs]

@sloughcloud7547 - Bird, Stockton, Mullen were all 38+% shooters from 3

[@luigicantoviani323]

92 squad: 23 chips, 13 MVPs, 11 hall of famers, 3 clearly top 10 all time. Th rest?.... goofy stuff.

[@CAPDCJR]

And still would lose by 20 😅

[@reallife0728]

ITS THE 1992 DREAM TEAM & IT AINT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!🏀🏀🏀💯💯💯

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@patrickphuong2609]

​@@jessekittrell2946Steph Curry wouldn't be greatest shooter ever, if MJ or Gary Payton or even John Starks, guarded him. Today's defenders sit back and watch him launch 3s from the logo. LeBron is less skillful than unguardable MJ. I agree with Chris Broussard, "Dream Team all the way," to wipe the floor off 2O24 Team USA playing Barcelona '92 FIBA old contact basketball.

[@ozyssah]

3:02 this is hilariously ironic in retrospect to hear after seeing how serbia just couldn't miss from 3 today

[@MiloJrt]

Robinson, Ewing and Barkley would get this 2024 team fouled out by halftime

[@lolo1973ful]

Not when they have Bigs with 3 point shooting guards with multiple rolls and Lebron with All round not just Points

[@MiloJrt]

@@lolo1973ful 2024 team might get the math advantage early on, but as the game goes on, I don't see the whole team staying on the floor. Barkley, Ewing, Malone, Robinson are way too good and strong. They will dominate inside and the plush bigs of the 2024 team will have hard time not fouling. After halftime, half of the 2024 team will be in foul trouble. They might lead, but that will change after halftime

[@lolo1973ful]

@@MiloJrt Bam, Embid, KD, Davis and All round Lebron will match up also with 3s And ones. Notice how good They are on the Line. Truth is BasketBall has evolved and when test on a computer simulator it shows New Ball is better especially it's All 5 Not just Big 3. That's my take as veteran Baller and Coach

[@cnelsonlv99]

Don't forget about Malone.

[@tajgibson8776]

@@lolo1973ful If they are playing by 90's rules AD and Joel both would not even get to the rim because of David Robinson and Patrick Ewing and Karl Malone

[@browntown6914]

Wow, this take didn't age well 🤣

[@cyber6sapien]

LAUGHABLE! This team struggled to beat Serbia, a team with ONE NBA superstar on it! But they would beat the 92 Dream Team!? 😂😂😂😂

[@tylersuggs11]

3-4 nba players but yea 24 team has a team full of shooter they can just outshoot them

[@cyber6sapien]

@@tylersuggs11 I HOPE you're being sarcastic.

[@tylersuggs11]

@@cyber6sapien 92 team cants shoot and play defense they never seen a Steph KD or Lebron yes 24 wins

[@roberthall1818]

I get to watch jokic again 🎉🎉

[@FuriousTheGeorge]

Best in the world

[@xuguangyu88]

So, after today's scare, who is beating whom 5 of 7?

[@mattwatts33]

Larry Bird had 19 in one of those Olympic Games

[@jasonjanisewski78]

This team that needed a last second shot to beat South Sudan and barely beat France in warmups would get rolled by the Dream Team. The Croatia Team they crushed by 30+ is better than anyone the current team has played.

[@FaceFamous]

False

[@snoop797]

That South Sudan team could beat the dream team, the length speed and shooting ability of that team would overwhelm a team scoring mostly 2 points!

[@jdilla4591]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@Mikewalk27]

lol it’s warmups and the Dream team lost to a bunch of college kids. And that same team blew out South Sudan…do better

[@JohnnySack16]

Tatum has the fresh champion mentality. Lebron has the the Olympics is only about me mentality

[@PaulStudd-l4x]

Best US Olympic teams since they started sending pros: 1992, 1996, 2012, 2008, 2024, 2016, 2000, 2020, 2004

[@Matt.Savage]

2008>the others for me. And for the record, I genuinely think that the Spain team that they beat in the 2008 gold medal game would beat this years team. I said what I said!🤷‍♂️

[@theblakesterian]

Only someone who has not seen the only DREAM TEAM, can say that today's primadonas stand a chance.

[@drawkcab9731]

Okay grandpa, lets get you back to bed. Fox news starts early in the morning.

[@larrylindgren9484]

3 on paper are worth more. But 2s draw fouls and you hit a higher percentage. Over the course of the game are worth more. The 3 is the worst thing ever in basketball. Watching teams miss 65% of their shots in now good basketball. NBA players should be embarrassed.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@jessekittrell2946]

Also imagine overweight retired for a year Magic/bad back Bird/broken leg Stockton/Ewing/Barkley/& Malone trying to guard 5 guys who can all hit 3s & all drive to the hoop. The Dream Team is who would be in foul trouble lol.

[@highimwolf]

​@@jessekittrell2946your such a casual. And because I said that means I won the argument. Internet rules. Also, get a life and stop copy/pasting. Jordan/pippen in prime and good defensive centers is all that's needed. If south sidan can come within 1 point then 92 team can beat them, just stop, casual is such a casual.

[@valjohnson7112]

Two klutch sports employees discuss how good their boss’s team is

[@ruikage20]

all this talk for the 08 and 12 teams to beat both of these by 30 😂

[@MissionMan]

Haha. No. The 92 team is still clearly the best.

[@daccitv4651]

@@MissionManthe 92 team is getting ran off the floor stop it

[@MissionMan]

@@daccitv4651 By whom? The 1996 team is the only team that may have beaten the 92 team. 92 Jordan was the best player on any olympic basketball team ever, and blows away 08 Kobe. 92 Pippen was better than a 23 year old LeBron James, though it was very close. 92 Drexler and 08 Wade are a wash. After that, you have Magic Johnson over Jason Kidd. Then, as forwards, you had Ewing and Robinson over Bosh and Howard. The 92 and 96 teams were both better at every single position than the 08 team.

[@TheForkOnTheLeftist]

@@MissionMan blows away kobe but a pre-prime kobe competed well against mid 3-peat Jordan? Did you even watch when they both played?

[@Saxandfifths]

​@@TheForkOnTheLeftist that was 97/98 MJ in his 30s not 92 MJ still in his prime?....

[@stephenkennedy8305]

None of the dream team wins were comebacks

[@GeneTurner-gg4yo]

Draymond Green in on (Dogfood)! "5 out of 7 games vs MJ and the Dream Team? Get out of here with this nonsense! The 2024 Team better think about winning Gold!!!!

[@GoodMortySmith]

Did you watch the '92 team? The competition was non-existent and they bullied everyone under the hole. They played against 6 TOTAL NBA PLAYERS... the '24 team plays against 55+. What are you talking about?

[@mikegrizwold2522]

@@GoodMortySmith good point

[@nydibs]

@GoodMortySmith - the path to the nba wasn’t as simple back then, didn’t mean the players weren’t good. That ‘92 Croatia team was stacked in comparison Bruno Caboclo is not in the nba, and he dropped 30 on us

[@HailKingCeezer]

@@mikegrizwold2522 No that's not a good point. It's an overused stat just like all the other meaningless stats thrown around today. The majority of those "nba players" are nobodies, many of which have barely made an appearance in the NBA and journeymen bench players. A team of US best stars of any decade all on one team should steamroll through those role players. Team USA beat Brazil who could only beat Japan. Serbia is Jokic and 1 role player and nobodies. IDC if its prime Mike, prime Bron, prime Shaq, prime Kareem, prime any great leading a team of role players against the USA's best on one team. The US should demolish them. What this stat is-is a ready built excuse. It's exactly what LeBron fans and Nick Wright have done for his entire career and it follows him on any team he plays on.

[@jacadianpro]

Nostalgia is keeping grown men from using critical thinking skills. Listen to the answer the just gave on the show and just use logic. This 24 team would win majority of the time vs 92.

[@markmccreadie6212]

This aged badly. What an awfully played game vs Serbia. 2 players went hero ball and got no one else involved

[@jplaya2023]

Yes magic was slightly passed his prime, bird and lattner were not gonna play. That only leaves 9 players in their primes all.of which were 1st ballot HOFs in the top 50 of all time. Lol yeah Nick is perfect to replace skip.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha guess u forgot Stockton was literally playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) 🤦🏼‍♂️😂 It would be like- - Lebron being retired for a year & a shell of himself like Magic (instead of being arguably the best player on the team..... hes avging al.ost as many assists as he is shots while shooting the best FG% on the team 😂) - KDs back being so bad he could barely run & barely play like Bird (instead of him being arguably the 2nd best on the team) - & Holiday having a broken leg barely playing (when he's been a key piece) Yes if ALL the Dream Team were in their primes & healthy it woukd be an actual debate..... but 2 of the best 3 on the team were shells of themselves & Stockton was on 1 leg

[@jammer9941]

While I think the original dream team was probably better it's hard to say as the players on this team are currently still playing so we can't look back on most of them minus curry, Durant, and LeBron in quite the same way we have the full dream team that we know the whole span of their careers influencing how we look at them.

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@jammer9941 look at this way..... It would be like - - Lebron was retired for a year & out on weight & as outta shape like Magic in '92 ..... instead of being arguably the best player on the team like Lebrons been - KDs back being so bad he could barely run like Birds ..... instead of being arguably the 2nd best on this team - Holidays leg being broke affecting 1 of their best defenders like Stocktons was..... instead of him being a KEY piece like he's been That makes a BIG difference right?

[@jplaya2023]

@@jessekittrell2946 clearly for this "matchup" we assume players are all healthy. Cmon now

[@dominickgalinis3210]

Sure. 9 players in their prime, HOFers cool. Robinson isn’t guarding Embiid on the perimeter. Even if that were somewhat possible, you’re gonna have a Lebron James layup line. The Dream Teams issue in this convo is they all do the same thing. Where this team everyone can do everything. Bam Adebayo is hitting 3s. Dream team would be overwhelmed.

[@benjaminstahl2621]

Americans debating if the best 12 NBA players will win against Serbia and at the same time they don't understand why the NBA Champ can't be World Champions. So funny.

[@bennytakeson]

MJ in his prime... no you lose

[@V1z10n]

Can't shoot 3's.

[@JoshKruger-o4g]

@@V1z10n sure, but he does everything else better than anyone else.

[@johnnythekid4601]

@@V1z10n so why is curry struggling to make his threes???

[@ClareAmel]

@@JoshKruger-o4gDoesn’t playmake the best, doesn’t drive to the rim the best

[@maxmartinez5537]

😂😂😂 easy food for true holiday !

[@amando90]

they humiliate Serbia, but they forgot that it is the only country with 5 gold world champions

[@decepticonleader316]

This 2024 beat the Dream Team of 92 or 96. Really? LMAO!

[@jimmyhyun8546]

The 92 team had a lot more size in their primes though. Ewing, David Robinson, Barkley, Malone. Bird and Magic were not in their primes but still huge players still playing well.

[@cvlastra]

If you say a lie long enough it becomes the truth... Leave the 1992 team alone. I feel sorry for people born after the 2000s and were not able to see the 1992 play.

[@jdilla4591]

😂

[@jessekittrell2946]

I was born in '85..... ur showing ur lack of knowledge on the topic though .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already & was overweight - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@moneyman128]

@@jessekittrell2946facts. Thanks for being smart enough to not be blinded by nostalgia!

[@Righteousgenius]

What about the “competition” they played against. Or the lack thereof

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@moneyman128thanks. Now if all of then are in their primes & healthy it becomes a legit debate for sure. Magics my favorite all time great & penny is my favorite plauer ever (honestly that '96 USA Team was fire.... added Hakeem/Shaq/Penny/etc)

[@Adam-zy9fv]

2012 team is in the convo too but they didn’t bring it up. Late prime Kobe and Wade with peak lebron, CP3, Melo, Dwill, and young KD.

[@sweetpeadaniels1626]

Question is are we playing with the rules from the 90s?... Because this NBA today is soft

[@jessekittrell2946]

Imagine calling guys like Lebron/Holiday/ANT/BAM/etc "soft" 🤦🏼‍♂️😂 Imagine Ewing/Barkley/Malone/bad back Bird/& retired for a year overweight Magic trying to guard the 3 pt line against 5 guys who can hit 3s or drive to the hoop 😂

[@moneyman128]

@@jessekittrell2946the “soft” argument is the biggest sign of a casual basketball fan.

[@TheForkOnTheLeftist]

@@jessekittrell2946 anyone who needs to flop as much as Lebron should be called soft. He gets hit by guards and goes flying and whines on almost every play. Please explain how that isn't soft

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@TheForkOnTheLeftistbahaha not his fault he's so strong his body doesn't react to contact like most so he doesn't get calls u less he exaggerates Magic use to joke if u breathed on MJ it was a foul 😂. Lebrons played 100+ more playoff ganes.... yet MJ had TWICE AS MANY 20+ FT games 🤔😂

[@DarkSamurai9]

IMO the 2012 USA Team was the best. That team was beating everybody by large margins and had a stacked roster

[@student99bg]

107-100 in the final against Spain.

[@StylistecS]

@@student99bgthat Spain team was good. Better than any non USA team in this Olympics. Spain could have won 2 or maybe 3 golds if not for team USA.

[@colinbaird7825]

Serbia DID IN FACT have US on upset alert/

[@RahimHenry]

In the 80s and 90s, they didn't know 3s were worth more than 2s because the teams weren't good at shooting 3s.

[@nydibs]

@RahimHenry - in the 80s and 90s there were no landing space rules and you could hand check

[@JoshKruger-o4g]

You didn't need to shoot 3s because for the most part big men were a thing and could be used for post play, which is much less common now.

[@mikemoney8344]

3s weren't an emphasis back then. Basketball existed before the NBA became a 3 point shooting contest...go learn some history of the game.

[@jimmyjay689]

Chris Mullin, Stockton, and Bird could all hit 3s...add Jordan and Pippen could hit 3s too...Probably more physicality on 92 with Admiral, Barkley and Ewing

[@RahimHenry]

@mikemoney8344 Let's not be meanspirited here. I know the game, play the game, and love the game. In the 80s/90s, the 3 was considered to be a bad shot for most. Which is why guys like Bird, Reggie Miller, Paxton, etc. were considered special. It is why when MJ made 6 3s in a row, he shrugged his shoulders! 🤷🏾 The game was about 2 points, defense and percentages. 2s are easier to make than 3s! Teams back then didn't practice them, so they didn't become good at it.

[@saint14johnson]

Yeah still don’t understand how the 2024 team which is struggling against teams that have some NBA players are supposed to beat the Dream Team. Doesn’t make sense.

[@huejanus1333]

the dream team never had to play against the best player in the world they always had em. Also Serbia played perfect basketball for 35 minutes. 24 washes the dream team

[@saint14johnson]

@@huejanus1333 So this Serbia team would beat the Dream Team then?

[@huejanus1333]

@@saint14johnson no however they undoubtably would have played them as close. Noone on the dream team is defending jokic and they would not be able to keep up from 3. Serbias defense was also top notch and the dream team objectively has worse scorers at every position. (Lebron>MJ, steph>magic, Kd> the entire bench, embid>>> ewing)

[@GunzNbutter]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@huejanus1333such a bad take lol #1 Lebron not over MJ. Curry has played trash up until this point with his head coach coaching the team. You’re bugging if you think the bigs on this team are better than Ewing, let alone David Robinson (who scored 71 before) and was an MVP. Steph over Magic ? Because he shoots the 3 better ? lol smh . Dream team plays way better as a squad .

[@Harun-cd6jz]

​@huejanus1333 Serbia literally has only 4 players in the NBA. There are numerous teams in the Olympics with only 1 or 2 NBA Stars yet people are citing "competition".

[@jannor1]

Team USA will be World Champs 2024 … which means Boston Celtics 2024 were not

[@JMW10o0o]

The NBA had the best collection of basketball talent in the world. So, by the Celtics winning the NBA tournament, it's somewhat like being world champions.

[@FaceFamous]

​@@JMW10o0o I agree and disagree. Because the NBA doesn't team let's Celtics hasn't played the winner of the tournaments in other countries However other players come here but then it's still not called World Basketball Association..it's the NATIONAL Basketball Association

[@jannor1]

I agree, the NBA has the best talent in the world. BUT it is a national competition they are playing in so they are National Champs. It’s simply using the correct title. The Boston Celtics can be the best team in the world right now, but that doesn’t give them the title of World Champs. The same way that Noah Lyles right now is an Olympic Gold Medalist, he won that title although the guy he beat ran a faster time this year in another competition than Noah’s all time personal best. So the Jamaican guy might be the world’s fastest right now, but that doesn’t make him an Olympic Gold Medalist.

[@godsonthepoetgodsonthepoet2591]

It's About Time We get a different Topic!!

[@spoogtastic]

What are we even talking about here, dream team had 11/12 in the hall of fame and this new team has no where close to that. Oh ya and lets not forget the competitiveness of the people on the dream team. Mj, scottie, magic wouldn't allow them to lose because they were psychos where us now arent like that. 24 team would have a chance if steph and durant went bezerk but with the defense on 92 i dont see them both doing it constantly. Its 92, prolly 5 wins to 2.

[@chili015]

The current team has 7 Hall of Fame locks already. For the other 5, Edwards is a very high probability to eventually be there. Booker is already half way to 30,000 points and he's only 27 (and you really only need 25,000 points to be a lock, he'll easily get that). Bam already has enough credentials, but probably needs 4-5 more similar years and he's easily in. Only White and Haliburton are less likely and even so, White could end up having a Ginobili-type of career and get in and Haliburton's upside can get him there, too, if he can stay healthy.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@williemack1245]

Anytime chris has a chance to discredit anything Kobe, he will

[@David-mb9ip]

24 Team would give The Dream Team the works. Non of them could guard and of these SF, PF, SG, or PGs and they can't out shoot them either. The bigs won't be able to stay in the paint because all 24 players' would hover around the 3pt line, so easy 3s or easy drive to the rim. The Dream Team would have an advantage in the post, but as you can see in today's NBA, teams that hit more 3s usually wins and that's what the 24 Team would do.

[@nerdbamarich2063]

The 92 dream team definitely beats the 24 team

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@nerdbamarich2063Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@nerdbamarich2063]

@@jessekittrell2946 bahaha you wrote All that and the dream team would still win. You know why because it's my opinion and this is a HYPOTHETICAL. Shows your lack of knowledge on HYPOTHETICALS 😂😂

[@nerdbamarich2063]

@@jessekittrell2946 just found an old Twitter page of yours and nothing you say is relevant. You were making excuses for the 2011 team saying that Wade didn't want to give up letting the team go through him when in reality LeBron just played horrible and got out played by Jason Terry and was afraid to shoot over JJ Barrera 😂😂. Wade averaged like 27 points in that series and was on his way to becoming the MVP yet you have the audacity to try and blame him. 😆😆 You're a novice. I'm looking at all the old nonsense you were writing and you are nothing more than an MJ hater and a person who lives off of hypotheticals😂😂

[@Roger-do1dy]

Dream team better defenders and would control inside on both ends

[@bryanmahoney3434]

Jokic needs a repeat of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals when he absolutely smoked Gobert like nobody has ever been smoked before to have a chance. Its remarkable Serbia played US even in the Exhibition game when Jokic was in the game. Against this US team. It will be a All Time upset and then the discussion is officially over. Jokic will be the undisputed best player on the planet. Maybe wont be on the best teams but as a Individual team player beating this US team will be all time and all world.

[@aw11348]

It would be one of the biggest upsets in sports history. But it's also literally impossible for 1 star to solo a team of 12. So... yeah

[@Cooe.]

... You mean 2nd round right? That wasn't the WCF...

[@tajgibson8776]

Jokic needs to call up Jason terry for lebum james and Kawhi for KD because we saw how KD struggle against great defensive players

[@bryanmahoney3434]

@@Cooe. Yeah. I was just thinking about that. You are right.

[@eric02156]

@bryanmahoney Embiid always crushes Jokic.. Do your research of the last 3 NBA games when they faced each other.. As you can see in the Olympics game US on the way to the GOLD finals..

[@Quwmae]

Glad to hear them talk basketball again

[@yyyremix]

I have never seen a single minute of 90s basketball but Brou always has arguments that make me kinda side with him

[@aris_mendez]

At least you’re honest

[@steves9964]

92 Dream Team would suffocate this current team defensively. Nothing against the current stars but it's not just about talent. Brou was right with his comment about team play, but even beyond that it's the mentality of those former players. They took every game personally. Every single time they stepped on the floor they wanted to not only beat you, but embarrass you. Jordan gets credited with most of that, but all those guys were insanely competitive.

[@SmokeDog1871]

Sorry but if you think the 24 Team USA is better than the Dream Team you dont understand basketball on a fundamental level

[@guccigucci676]

How u figure?

[@josephsanchez5987]

Facts the dream team played as a unit this team plays one on one period

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

@@josephsanchez5987dream team played a bunch of scrubs. They coulda played with blind folds and won

[@ruikage20]

the wizards would look like an unit playing against those teams they played

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha shows ur lack of knowledge on the topic .... - Birds back was so bad he could barely run (retired in '92) - Magic had literally been retired for a year already - Stockton was playing through a broken fibula & was a shell of himself (look it up) Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games .... against bad competition & surrounded by HOFers .... yet still all blowouts Because foreign talent wasnt close to what it is now (in '92 the NBA had 23 foreign players from 18 countries & no foreign player made a single All NBA Team..... while now there are 125+ from 40 countries & this past season FOUR made the All NBA FIRST Team lol)

[@Kenjayfan55]

Currently watching the US trying to come back vs. Serbia. And praying that you guys pick my Packers to finish 0-17 this season. With your track record, I can buy Superbowl tickets now.

[@rushbenjamin613]

Magic averaged 8, 5 and 3 in the 92 Olympics lmao. Bron in 2024 clears that easily.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Yep. People forget Birds back was so bad he couldn't run & had retired in '92/Magic had been retired for a season/& Stocktons LEG WAS BROKE lol Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of thise games lol

[@whenisdinner2137]

That goes to show that the ball was moving and they were hitting the extra pass...

[@reinisvaza4071]

@@jessekittrell2946 Couldn't run, but averaged 20.2 + 9.6 + 6.8 that season.

[@bigcohiba298]

Barely squeaked past this Serbia answered the question definitely 92 Dream Team at a canter

[@timothylane3196]

I think the 08 and 12 team have a better chance against the 92 team.

[@Vegetado]

No this team do

[@xKingKB7x]

They both beat the Dream Team

[@FaceFamous]

Dream team loses to this team

[@Jkev24]

MJ is the best player, but like 5 of the top 7 players between both teams are from the 2024 team.

[@pleasedonttemptme5963]

All 3 can beat the Dream Team

[@jonthesinner]

2012 team was insane too

[@connorpena373]

Who's guarding MJ on the 2024 team 😭😭😭

[@CR71987]

Jrue holiday or Bam

[@aris_mendez]

@@CR71987lmaooo 😅

[@NNOutBurger_Gaming]

@@aris_mendezwhat funny ? Those players can guard MJ doesn’t mean Jordan won’t score but this team has defenders to throw at MJ

[@jaust9077]

Jrue holiday got destroyed by jimmy butler in the playoffs last year. Not a chance.

[@NNOutBurger_Gaming]

@@jaust9077 what about this year? You talking about last year

[@raymondnyarkoh3502]

Plus in the NBA, they take free throw breaks for every silly thing

[@ngoriiaklcoreyjohnson]

Draymond delusional lol just like those non-flagrant accidental "basketball plays" 🙄

[@MrLaneLife]

They don't have enough talent on any team out there. It should be a World team vs USA team somewhere for a challenge

[@ricardoagostinho1905]

What is this thing of Olympics MVP?? That doesn’t exists! Guys, respect the Olympics. It is not an American event, you can’t create awards just because you want Lebron to win something 😂

[@ClareAmel]

Olympics MVP is an actual thing. It’s awarded by FIBA. KD literally won it in 2020.

[@MrMumblez32]

Tripping if they’d beat that dream team that many games

[@WarAgeTV]

Put this USA team in the 1990s and watch them destroy the Dream Team by 20 points. The talent now is DIFFERENT

[@guccigucci676]

Really is. People Really stuck on old time's. These guys today are far more athletic and conditioned way more than 96. 96 played nobody's while 24 playing real international nba players. 24 line up and bench is at an advantage

[@Royalewithcheese579]

Yeah they are different, they ain't nearly as good!

[@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023]

LOL! Chris Mullin was in his 50s and defeated Kevin Durant in a shooting contest. In addition, he defeated the entire Sacramento Kings team in a shooting contest, while making 14 out of 15 three-pointers with the new, almost perfectly round, computer-made basketballs. Players were shooting basketballs made of yarn and tape in the 1990s. Both videos are available on KZbin channels.

[@tomtalley2192]

Le Fraud would not even make the Dream Team.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Bahaha Bird made it & he could barely run bc of his back (retired in '92 Magic had been retired fir a year focusing on living with HIVQ Stocktons leg was broke Mj shot a combined 15 for 49 (30%) in 3 of their games ..... Lebrons leading team USA shooting 67% while avging almost as many assists as he is shots 😂

[@JoshKruger-o4g]

@@jessekittrell2946 Good points. And then they won by an average of 43 points despite those issues. I think they made better points than you actually ;)

[@tomtalley2192]

@@jessekittrell2946 Bird with a bad back, was ten times better than LeFraud. You know nothing. Basketball was a man’s sport, where you could be aggressively physical to an opponent. Like to see Lefraud go against the likes of Laimbeer, Mahorn, Maurice Lukas. LeFraud would be a bench player in the 80’s or 90’s. Reason players didn’t play 20 years like Lefraud is it was tough. As an example, Kobe and Steph’s fathers were bench players.

[@FavreianVengeance]

This match-up is the NBA equivalent of a 21-29 team playing a 44-9 team. Serbia definitely has a small chance of pulling off the upset.

[@Yon_Jon5715]

Are you from the USA? Because it’s so rare to find people that GET this!

[@FavreianVengeance]

@@Yon_Jon5715 I am from the USA. And yes, our fans are arrogant. But arrogant makes them sound kind of cool when they're not. The truth is most the USA commenters are weak little fan boys who don't know anything more than what a few pundits tell them to believe.

[@mrspeaker89]

Tell me you're running out of sports topics without telling me you're running out sports topics...

[@travisanderson925]

😂😂 I was just thinking that

[@MrMancreatedgod]

Tell me the Olympics for ball is only every 4 years and noone cares? It's an Olympic dog days of summer and you're still clueless. Smdh

[@mrspeaker89]

​@MrMancreatedgod I don't mind them talking about the Olympics, but this laughable question that this team could the dream team 5 times is ridiculous. I wouldn't give them 2 games let alone 5

[@philwhitt7308]

If you are making comparisons you have to put all players at full strength, and who would be the coach of each team.

[@cnelsonlv99]

Curious why you have to put all players at full strength. Bird was obviously a shell of himself because of his age and back injury... but that's what they had to work with. Fact is, he was a bench-warmer on that team, because Barkley, Drexler, Mullin, Robinson, Ewing and Malone were all in their prime.

[@philwhitt7308]

@@cnelsonlv99 so you want to compete against the worst and call yourself the best?

[@cnelsonlv99]

@@philwhitt7308 Maybe you aren't making yourself clear. If this is a comparison between the 1992 team and the 2024 team, it should be a comparison of the actual players who played on those teams, at the time they played on those teams... should it not? If not, then why?

[@philwhitt7308]

@@cnelsonlv99 first of all all of this doesn’t make sense because you can’t play the game and all of you are playing mind games with it so it doesn’t matter anyway!

[@cnelsonlv99]

@@philwhitt7308 (1) That means you are playing mind games, too, and it doesn't matter what you say either. (2) I can play the game, and I know more about it than anybody you will ever talk to in your life!

[@travisjones5130]

Not Enough Shooters for 92 Team

[@Jkev24]

If Bird was in his prime, it might have been enough with Mullin and Stockton. Like it would have been the bare minimum I think you need. And as a result, you'd need to play Mullin more than they probably want to.

[@jessekittrell2946]

​@@Jkev24if Bird AND Magic were in their primes & Stocktons leg wasn't broke theb it would be a debate It would be like- - Lebron having been retired for a year & a shell of himself (instead of being arguably the BEST player on the team.... hes avging almost as many assists as he is shots whike shooting the best on the team lol) - KDs back being so bad he could barely run & barely playing (instead he's been arguably the 2nd best player) - & Holidays leg being broke (when he's been a KEY piece)

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​@@jessekittrell2946oh I know. Prime for prime I would take 1992, but if we're taking them at what each player was like for their respective year I'm taking 2024. People don't realize 2024 would just run zone and dare the 1992 team to beat them from 3. And the 2024 team does have enough size to not get bullied by 1992.

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Wildes was ready to crash out on CB with that Magic/Lebron comparison😂😂😂.