I can make a team today to beat the 1992 Dream Team

[Wamu]

1996-97 rules. Physical but not crazy physical

Real bball

What a bummer. I was hoping for the old school rules of the late 80's. Physical & tough. The younger Dream Team would get smacked around like a pinball machine.

 

[Wamu]

If LeBron doesn't hit Kyrie in the face w/ a no-look pass during the A.S. game I will be disappointed.

 

[SJ76]

What a bummer. I was hoping for the old school rules of the late 80's. Physical & tough. The younger Dream Team would get smacked around like a pinball machine.

Wouldn't bother me but I know a lot of snowflakes in here think that was WWF shit. I'd be good with right the middle. Mid/late 90s is real men shit. Even the early 2000s with Shaq diesel was good


Little bit of hand checking is fine. Hard fouls = tech depending on punch or no punch.

 

[SJ76]

If LeBron doesn't hit Kyrie in the face w/ a no-look pass during the A.S. game I will be disappointed.

I don't blame Kyrie for leaving. Now Lebron actually has a Nucleaus where he can help create another great player on the Cavs

 

[Wamu]

Wouldn't bother me but I know a lot of snowflakes in here think that was WWF shit. I'd be good with right the middle. Mid/late 90s is real men shit. Even the early 2000s with Shaq diesel was good


Little bit of hand checking is fine. Hard fouls = tech depending on punch or no punch.

I wanna see something like this.



I'm just saying w/ those rules the younger Dream Team's in trouble.

 

[msgkings322]

Wouldn't bother me but I know a lot of snowflakes in here think that was WWF shit. I'd be good with right the middle. Mid/late 90s is real men shit. Even the early 2000s with Shaq diesel was good


Little bit of hand checking is fine. Hard fouls = tech depending on punch or no punch.

LeBron would be the baddest defender on the floor with those rules. You say he's a snowflake, doesn't use his physicality, well that's because of the rules. If that body could play defense like Barkley/Oakley, look out.

 

[msgkings322]

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I wanna see something like this.

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I'm just saying w/ those rules the younger Dream Team's in trouble.

Yeah but that's not basketball, come on.

 

[Wamu]

I don't blame Kyrie for leaving. Now Lebron actually has a Nucleaus where he can help create another great player on the Cavs

I should be happy that he's in Boston, he's a damn good player. But I have never cared for players from dook. So anything that goes wrong w/ the Celtics I just blame on him. It's easier that way.

 

[SJ76]

LeBron would be the baddest defender on the floor with those rules. You say he's a snowflake, doesn't use his physicality, well that's because of the rules. If that body could play defense like Barkley/Oakley, look out.

Yeah it's because of the rules.

 

[Black Adam]

Wouldn't bother me but I know a lot of snowflakes in here think that was WWF shit. I'd be good with right the middle. Mid/late 90s is real men shit. Even the early 2000s with Shaq diesel was good


Little bit of hand checking is fine. Hard fouls = tech depending on punch or no punch.

Yeah, the MENTAL toughness is a lot of where the oldsters would have an edge...

 

[Wamu]

Yeah but that's not basketball, come on.

If that style was good enough for MJ it should be good enough for the junior Dream Team. And I really didn't mean that physical as that play but today's NBAers have never know that style of basketball.

 

[SJ76]

Lebron is a lot more passive individual than he is aggressive. It's funny you all play him out to be some kind of Mad Dog or "he would be if the rules were different".

 

[PatsFan2003]

And so can you.

Remember, Bird and Magic were husks of old men, Bird never played again after. The only player on that team that's no doubt better than anyone today is of course MJ in his prime. After that today's are at least as good, and many better.

Now, in a way I'm cheating because I'm allowing non-Americans on my team like Giannis, but he's the only one. If that's a problem sub in Boogie or Draymond and those guys still win.

Here they are:

Jordan, Bird, Magic, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Barkley, Drexler, Malone, Stockton, Mullin, Laettner

Here's my team:

LeBron, Curry, Durant, Westbrook, Davis, Giannis, Harden, Irving, Thompson, Paul, Kawhi, Ayton for my college guy because we need more size.

Just missed, but easily could sub in: Boogie, George, Draymond, Lillard, Wall, Jokic, Griffin, and about 5 more college guys, etc.

My team beats the Dream Team 65% of the time. Which guys would you pick?

That's a pretty good supporting cast.

 

[SJ76]

Yeah, the MENTAL toughness is a lot of where the oldsters would have an edge...

And funny how a lot of people don't realize that. You wonder how old these people were 1992

 

[Black Adam]

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I wanna see something like this.

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I'm just saying w/ those rules the younger Dream Team's in trouble.

That was a sick clothesline...











you rotten sunuvabitch...

#quitfuckinwithRambis

 

[msgkings322]

Yeah it's because of the rules.

If LeBron did that 80s/90s 'physical' shit today he'd be ejected once a week.

 

[msgkings322]

That's a pretty good supporting cast.

Yep. Great team. The new guys are as good.

 

[msgkings322]

If that style was good enough for MJ it should be good enough for the junior Dream Team. And I really didn't mean that physical as that play but today's NBAers have never know that style of basketball.

Hence what people have been repeating over and over in this thread: allow very physical D, hand checking, no zone, DT wins easy. Play by current standards, no.

 

[Wamu]

That was a sick clothesline...











you rotten sunuvabitch...

#quitfuckinwithRambis

Yeah that was a bad one. One of the worst I've ever seen was when Rudy Tomjonovich (spelling?) got sucker punched by I think it was Kermit Washington. I could look this stuff up, but I'm too damn lazy right now.

 

[Wamu]

Hence what people have been repeating over and over in this thread: allow very physical D, hand checking, no zone, DT wins easy. Play by current standards, no.

I think the original DT would still make it interesting even w/ today's rules.