As a 12 year old kid in Portland in 92, I ran into Clyde and his family coming out of a restaurant. I asked for his autograph and he said yes but I didn’t have a pen. While his family went to the car, he waited for 5 minutes while I desperately tried to find a pen. As a kid I didn’t think much of it, but as an adult I look back and think so highly of him. He waited with a smile. He didn’t have to do that, he just really cares about people
Clyde has always been great people. I also ran into Mychal Thompson downtown under the Portlandia statute back in the mid 80s, just a very kind,happy man. This was before they broke up the team for Kiki. Good times.
Don't know how much 92 would beat 24 by but Jordan would still be unstoppable, Pippen would still be a lockdown defender and Barkley would certainly make someone on 24 cry, most likely Embiid.
92 FAKEN SNOOZE TEAM .. SUPER DREAM TEAM 2024 TOO MUCH TALENT FOR mj and Barkley.. MJ ain’t locking no one in this era especially Steph , Lebron and Kd
I'll go one more; Daly was the perfect coach for that DTI squad because he wasn't worried about coaching X's and O's. He managed egos and let the players do what they already knew to do. What was he going to teach Stockton and Magic about playing the point? Barkley and Malone about the power forward position. Robinson and Ewing, Pippen, Drexler and Mullins? Michael? I've been on (far lesser) teams where literally everyone knew how to play and it is so easy then. DTI, then DTII and then...?
Good point it is also we he was onboard with no Isiah. Everyone wants to try and blame Jordan but talent wise they had enough and didn't need to get into was stockon as good as him. He knew chemistry was important and with multiple players on the team having an issue with Isiah he didn't need that on the team.
For all of the casuals talking about scoring, the 92 dream team had seven of the top 50 scorers of all time in the NBA on their squad. Don’t think that would’ve been an issue.
It might be close, but I'd take the 92 dream team in a one game winner takes all....but hell most of those guys are in their late 60s \ early 70s, a best of five series is out of the question. Lol
The reason the world caught up is because of dream team 92 ,they made a statement and build basketball overseas. The last 5 yrs MVP in NBA has overseas players .and there teams have chemistry
@@shawnstanley9620 you know what’s funny all the teams back in the day had more chemistry because they stayed together way longer and there were way less trades but don’t nobody wanna ever hear that. compared to teams now that blowup every couple years. But teams are better today they say. Even though the older teams literally had year’s of chemistry building lmfao.
@@dredey1971 and that just makes no sense because the best player in the world is Jokic and just plays like Bird... its funny af when people say that, they are just ignorant to the skill of NBA players from the past, and how rule changes make the game look different...
@williambrabston3045 people are just in love with the Jordan era. I don't see how you can "love" a game but not mentally/emotionally keep up with how the game changes. In 92, the USA was 100. The rest of the world was probably 73. Now, even if the haters give USA a 92. 😉. The rest of the world is 88 😊. They are coming. IYKYK
@@williambrabston3045 Thank you ppl just being making ignorant and Idiotic statement because they just repeat over and over what the other idiotic statements that ppl say and it a domino affect. They are just like parrots hear and repeat over and over again. Like you said the rule changes make the game look different. But its also the players mentality also. I don't knock nobody but the truth is the truth todays players are lazy and just want the money lets be honest they just care about their brand and have not fundamentals and don't really want to play hence all the load management and complaining about playing 82 games and back to backs and then they complain about having to play 60 something games its just ridiculous. And ppl call them the best make it make sense that's like and older person at the job works overtime, always put in extra time to perfect what they do, he don't care about all the other stuff just want to go to work and do his job the best of his ability and do it the right way then a young cat come along and always taking breaks, complaining about being at work and not showing up,don't care about the job don't care about doing the job the right way so he is always cutting corners and making it look all fancy and flashy, don't really work hard but want the money and praise about how flashy and fancy they do the job and want to hear ppl always praise and say he is better than the older ppl that been doing the job. But in reality there is no substance to his work. That is the way the game is right now and its sad to watch which is why a lot of ppl don't watch anymore or respect these players or the game.
@@tudorm6838 MJ cigar and Hanes panties / 🩲fans think MJ was the show but NO .. Lebron king James is the reigning, undisputed 🐐🏀🌎 … Mj was once upon a time the show .. now an afterthought..
92 and 24 both have great players. I don't think there would be a mopping of either side. It also depends on what rules you are playing, the game has changed but so has the rules. Either team would have to adapt if they were playing the other teams rules. 24 would not be allowed 3 steps to the basket and 92 wouldn't be able to hand check on defense.
Yeah that 96 DREAM TEAM needs more shine just as dominant as the first with the rest of the best of the 90's stars better than the redeem team SHAQ, BARKLEY HAKEEM ROBINSON MILLER AND RICHMOND and they were dead eye from 3 back then payton kidd kevin johnson Malone I can't remember HILL I'm going to watch all there games blowing teams out by 40 and 50
When these debates come up, too many people just look at the names without considering when the team played. Comparing the 2024 team vs the Dream Team, Lebron (39), Steph (36) and KD (about to be 36) were the three most important guys on this year's team; all of them are past their primes - still really good, but not what they were. The Dream Team had 11 1st Ballet HOF's, with 9 of them being in their primes. This was Jordan at his apex. Clyde coming off his best season. Barkley won MVP the next year. Ewing led his team to 60 wins the next year. Robinson, Malone, Pippen, Mullin all in their primes. Stop the madness. The Dream Team is the greatest assemblance of talent we've ever seen on one team.
Thank You these scrubs have no idea of who is playing all top 50 players a whole team of HOF'S UNHEARD OF even if you looked at their seasons coming on to the team except for the point guards every player is avg almost 25ppg yeah Chris Mullin is avg 25ppg lolol in a harder era to score these guys get it done and like CLYDE said that 96 DREAM TEAM with SHAQ doesn't get enough respect because 2024 ain't beating them either SHAQ HAKEEM ROBINSON MILLER RICHMOND PAYTON HILL all HOF'S that is another conversation but that team was just as nice JKIDD blowing teams out by 40 lolol I love 90's ball
Yeah, the 24 team would wipe the floor with the 92 team. I just watched the 92 game vs Croatia, their toughest competition and was shocked to see how bad Coatia was. They would go long minutes without scoring. It was embarrassing to watch them go to the line and miss free throw after free throw. I heard a lot about how Jordan took it personal and shut down Kukoc, but he didn't guard Kukoc AT ALL. He guarded Drazen Petrovic, who literally walked by him every play but missed Bunny after Bunny at the rim. I suggest instead of listening to these old doggies, to go watch the games yourself. That was awful basketball.
Amen brother MJ was vastly overrated. He had flaws but the destroyed those videos . Stern had a dictator type of attitude, wanted MJ to succeed as he didn’t like the Detroit bad boys .
DTI was the greatest team in team sport history, not just basketball. That team had the most balance, the best rounded players, the best experienced team the world has or will see. And if all else failed (which it didn't) you had the GOAT. Sorry, that's the objective truth.
Let’s say every player in the game is prime..in their prime. AD is not athletic enough to deal with David Robinson. Prime David Robinson COOKS AD. Ad is too slow. Robinson was far more athletic. FAR more. Go look at his build and highlights. AD has NOTHING like that. Put Drexler or Pippen on Steph and he is not only shut down..he gets COOKED trying to guard them. Steph played against third-world players that are not nearly as good as NBA players. He would be the actual weakest link. He could not get off on guys that good, big, and athletic. Jordan on Bron…or Malone on Bron. What is Derrick White going to do with Barkley? Or Holiday going to do with prime Magic? And Prime BIRD?! Come on. At the PEAK of their powers..all 12 of the 24 team..and all 12 of the 92 team..the 92 team DESTROYS them.
Put pippen on steph, mj on booker, magic on bron and tell magic do his best, malone on AD, and Robinson on Embiid. Let AD and embiid shoot all they want and beat em up on offense...
'24 would blow out '92 if anything. somehow every sport evolves except basketball? You are all living in the rosy retrospective past....today's players are so much better in literally every facet of basketball, especially dribbling and shooting
You know what's difficult to catch up with? Dominant post play in scoring, rebounding and defense. That comes with having great offensive/defensive bigs. And those 1990's Olympic teams had the best ever.
@@mirospajic9929 Not enough 3 point shooting for the 96 team. They wouldn't have been able to comeback against a Serbia team shooting 50% from 3 as a team for the first 3 quarters like the 24 team did.
@@nankam Well, Reggie Miller was on the team! Shaq & Hakeem would be nightmare for Serbia, they dont have solution for these two especially if they are on the same time on the court!
@nankam the difference is the 96 team had better defense and rebounding and they would have made Serbia work on defense. Stop putting all that hype on the 3 ball
not really. he didn’t play bad but you’re definitely overhyping his performance. he was really inefficient from both the three and the line and shot worse from the two. 2024 usa bakes the dream team. 2012 and the redeem team might lose because they lack the depth 2024 had but the dream team still holds up to this day. but pls don’t go around spreading that narrative because we have the stats and footage to prove you’re lying 😂.
How is this even a discussion comparing the 92 Dream-Team to the 24 US-Team?? The 92 Team almost as a whole was assembled with LIVING LEGENDS. Almost each of these players was unique in the history of basketball. Each one had REDEFINED the game of basketball in their position!! Magic & Stockton the point guard position, Jordan & Drexler the SG, Bird, Pippen the SF, Barkley, Malone the PF, Ewing, Robinson the Center. Those were GIANTS. But most important: everyone of them had BALLS, they could take over the game when the game was on the line. They had CHARACTER. In the 24 team only Lebron, Curry and KD fulfill that level. And thanks to these three they got the gold. And it got very close... Beyond those three players in the 24 team, the others will never belong to this elit club of giants. Just very good players for their teams and role players for the US team... Three compared to eight giants of the 92 team. It is not even close!!
I'm just commenting and adding my 2 cents worth to the topic. If all players are healthy--I'd give the edge to Dream Team of 92. I'll say in a 7 game series--it would be 4-0--perhaps 4-1 if the 92 team decided to go to sleep.
The only '24 team had a shot at '92 team , it was because Magic and Bird were already past their prime. Bird had back injury. If they are both at their prime, it is not a contest. I would give 4-1 best of seven series to'92 team
Place those same players in this error they would evolve their game. Place the new generation in in the 90s error and they'd adapt. Great players all have 2 things in common and that's hard work and dedication.
If the RULES were the same as when CLYDE "the Glide" Drexler played, it wouldn't be close the older teams would easily win!! Im PROUD of the USA OLYMPIC team for bringing home GOLD, but lets be honest they barely beat Serbia with 3.3 million slow white players! Serbia only has 6.6 million people!!
Not to mention 96 team which is literally capable of every style of play. Big, small, shooting, bigs whatever kind of lineup you bring out 96 can match with something devastating.
People really need to put aside media hype and marketing from what the truth is. Basketball has evolved, there is no way the 92 team with that style of play is beating todays US team and they would struggle against other national teams as well, there is enough logical evidence to show that the 92 team is no match for todays style of basketball. This is not feelings or hype this is straight logical facts.
It’s not logical facts. You’d have a point if the Dream Team couldn’t score or put up points but the lowest point total in 14 games was 103 points. They averaged 117 - higher than the NBA’s current scoring average. This is without any of those guys being raised on 3-pointers. And that’s not even talking defense. If apex Jordan & Pippen wanted to stop you, they stop you. You saw Embiid struggle for 60-70% of the tournament. Let’s see how he’d handle apex Ewing, Robinson, & Malone. He’d be aboard a first class flight back to Philadelphia by halftime. I could see it if the Dream Team had a messy game of any kind, but they didn’t. They beat a 3 HOF player team by 33 & 32 points.
@@rackball5858 You failed to consider the quality of opposition that those guys played against. As at that time there were not up to 20 foreign based players in the nba which told on the quality of basketball that the other national teams played, compared to today with about 100 or more foreign based players. The quality of the game has vastly improved compared to the 90's, both on offence and defence. Media hype is saying things like 'If Apex Jordan and Pippen wanted to stop you, they stop you.' No great defensive player is stopping a great offensive player especially not against todays talent that has offense more than ever. The 24 beats the 92 team on skills such as passing, shooting, ball handling and defense cause those guys were much slower than the 24 team. These are facts. You are underestimating how much the game has improved from a skills perspective. Embid is more skilled than any of the centers you mentioned. The only thing I would say those guys had which made them superior is intangibles like mindset, understanding the game, hard work and discipline. But the 24 team still wins and the 92 team will struggle against the rest playing today.
@@joshuaam6987 U are great exaggerating '24. They're good enough to be the world but even as u can see, that was a struggle but for u to even remotely think that Embiid could do anything with Admiral, Pat Ewing & etc is hilarious. That '92 team was balanced with everything, post, defense, scoring, leadership, rebounding, passing, shooting & etc. The '24 team isn't
🤦🏾♂️Yeah and your facts make no sense whatsoever particularly when talking basketball, "Great players" will always play great no matter what year it is. Those players from 92' would have adapted to the style of play nowadays, shooting 3's and playing no defense "Really 😂" I'm pretty sure they were capable of doing that on the basketball court. 🤷🏾♂️I mean if shooting more 3's combined with no defense is the equivalent of the game evolving then 🤷🏾♂️IDK what type of basketball is being played nowadays. 🙄😔🤔
@@barnettjenkins543 The advantage 24 team has is that they are playing 32 years later and have gone through various variotions of basketballs evolution ever since then. Its not just the 3's that has changed the whole game has changed. At every position from 1 - 5 the skills set has imrpoved. Like I said no one is stopping a great offensive player and that applies to Embid as well. I can mention tones of bigs that plyed that old school style on the modern game and fared pretty poorly. An example is Dwight Howard who had a team built around him to all of a sudden not being that relevant cause he could not adapt. And before you comment please read properly on how I mentioned that if 'the 92' team played with that style'I did not mention anything about adapting. Adaptation is a while different discussion cause no one knows how those players would have adapted.
Dream Team would dominate the 2024 team in the post, because they had David Robinson, Ewing, and Karl Malone. And teams back then dominated the paint with low post scoring, rebounding and shot blocking. The reason teams cannot deal with Nikola Jokic is because he plays like an old school big, but he can also pass and hit perimeter shots. Well the 92 Dream Team did not have a Jokic. But they did have multiple guys who could do _some_ of the things Jokic does. If those teams played one another 10 times, I think the Dream Team wins all 10 times.
@@cit9915 LOL! I've watched AD's entire NBA career. He was never a consistent three point shooter. Definitely not enough to consistently pull defenders out to the 3pt line and away from the basket. The only consistent mismatch the '24 team has is KD, who can make shots from anywhere on the floor. But again, the '24 team struggled with Serbia, a team that doesn't have an iota of the talent Dream Team had. We have seen KD get flustered and frustrated when he goes up against physical defenders. Pippen would challenge him. Curry would also be a problem for Dream Team from the perimeter. But he needs the ball to get into a rythm. And I don't think Dream Team's perimeter defenders would allow Steph to get into a rythm. They would frustrate him.
'96 was a great team, no doubt, but they didn't have Jordan and Barkley wasn't as good as he was in '92. On the other hand, the guards were deeper in '96 and the low post players were deeper as well (if not just plain better). Still, I think '92 wins that game because I don't trust Hardaway, Richmond, or Hill like I trust Magic, Mullin, and of course Jordan.
🏀🤔 In my analysis, the 92"Dream Team would crush this 2024 Olympic team ! The old R Kelly song, 🎵"I don't see nothing wrong, with a little bump and grind " 🏀🎵⛹️🤾🤼👥👤
There are no answers for LeBron, KD, or Curry period. EVERYONE is either too small , weak , or slow to guard Lebron. No one is guarding KD. Curry off ball is historic.. 92 had MJ but thats not enough. Is Robinson guarding 300+ Embiid? Furthermore these “great “ defenders had it easy, they always went under the screens and played 2 feet below the 3 pr line. Different game today
@@howardpool1162Curry will shoot the lights out off these oldies. Have you seen how the 90s defend. They leave too much space when players are outside the arc that's why the paint looks congested and looks like good defense when actually their competition was just bad. This is like when 2015 to 2018 when warriors caught the league by surprise. These 92 oldies won't know what just struck them.
1992's advantage is that it's way better in the low post. But the best team in the low post had to be 1996 with Shaq, David Robinson, Hakeem, Barkley, and Malone. 2024's advantage would be its three point shooting. In a single-elimination tournament, it's flat out scary running into a team with a hot Steph and KD. But if you run into them when they're not on fire, they're very beatable, and it nearly happened in the semifinal and final despite Curry hitting 17 combined threes.
The reason y’all think Steph and kd are scary when they shooting 3s is bcuz they dnt have handchecking anymore or players playing defense on them,put a player like Stockton to dog curry and all them 3s goes out the window,pip got kd again defensive pressure,now who on the 2024 team can stop drexler,Malone,Robinson,magic,or mj?embiid will be Barkley bitch,lebron will be part of mj bodybag rituals,kd….he ain’t even gonna play defense,and curry not stopping nobody smh 92 dream team wins by 30+
It depends what rules they playing. If they playing with 90s rules 92 dream team is beating 2024 by 25+ pts. If you know basketball I should not explain this to anyone. If they are playing with 2024 rules 92 dream team beats them by 10+. They are just better players, younger than 2024, more 2 way players, have more fundamentals, ect...
@@fitzroy6970 You think handchecking alone is going to make Steph not a scary three point shooter? Reggie Miller was shooting 42% in 1993-1994, and Steph is not worse than Reggie (I'd argue he's better, but for the sake of argument let's just say they're equally good). I mean, did you not watch the final against France? I'm not saying the 2024 team would win in a 7 game series, but they could definitely win in a single-elimination format where all you need is one great game. Also, if the 92 team "only" beat Croatia by 32, there's no way the 2024 USA team is also going to lose by 30.
People don’t understand, two things can be true. Has international competition gotten much better? Yes. On average. The 1992 dream team beat squads by a average margin of 45 points that’s absurd. It definitely won’t be replicated. But that all inspiring dominance, while only facing nine other NBA players internationally, is what inspired the rest of the world to get better at basketball and close the gap. That’s the natural evolution of things cause and effect. and it made international teams play a better brand of team basketball to compensate for the fact that they’ve never had the same level of talent or depth of talent. Each country on various occasions might have one NBA superstar, nowadays, or in some cases a couple All-Stars may be a starter or bench player here, there, but them beating us in 2002, 2004 and 2006+2023 made us take international competition more seriously. Will we ever beat teams by 45 game on average? No, but those international players were going against a mystique and aura players that you don’t have today. they didn’t see Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan consistently on a nightly basis either on TV or highlights so there was a huge intimidation factor. It doesn’t help that people are all over social media, which makes them seem less Godlike because you know their day-to-day human life there’s no mystique. With that said modern fans who think that the 2024 would beat the 1992 team are smoking crack yes they faced better competition, that doesn’t mean they’re better than the 1992 team who beat a Croatia team with a number of NBA players multiple times in the tournament, including the gold medal game. Think about it they struggled with Serbia with Nikola Jokić and one other NBA role-player. What are they gonna do the superior size and interior play of the 92 team with Robinson, Ewing, Barkley and Malone? And they had deep shooting with Mullin and Bird. And they had great perimeter defense with Stockton even though he was injured in 1992 with hyper athletes, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the Dobermans hounding people on the perimeter. And then you got Magic facilitating the offense. They’re considered the best USA team for a reason, even though the 1996 team and maybe the 2008 have arguments. think about it they beat teams so badly. Michael Jordan didn’t even need to be Michael Jordan in any single game the entire time. He basically drank, smoke cigars, played cards and played golf all day and then just rolled onto the court and didn’t need to focus or dominate. the one time he played in the Olympics suffocating defense on Toni Kukoc. They say the hardest Michael played was in practice against the other NBA legends and All-Stars where he asserted himself as the alpha dog of all the alphas … the Apex predator. This could’ve lost two games if it wasn’t for Stephen Curry going totally fucking nuclear. LeBron was the most consistent player, but at the end of the day he’s pushing 40 years old, Kevin Durant is in his mid to late 30s as is Stephen Curry. The 2024 avengers were fun to watch and I’m glad they took on the gold and we’re dominant in all of the games except the last two in the medal rounds. But they’re the fifth best USA basketball team with professionals I’ve ever seen. And I definitely think they would lose to the 1992 team, the 1996 team, the 2008 team and the 2012 team.
92 had MJ...period...goat...incomparable unstoppable and unequivocall...defensively, theyd shut down the 24 team as well, this soft era couldnt handle the arm checks and shoulders aka DEFENSE...i know yall youngins dont know what that looks like...bc when its played like it should be allowed, all these fancy durants and ants and bookers and tatums and embeids would suddenly play like trash 😂😂😂
The 92 Dream Team would have easily beaten Serbia and France. Jordan, Bird, Magic, Pippen, Barkley, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Stockton, Malone, Clyde the glide, c’mon man.
The game and style of play has changed since 1992, the speed of the game has changed since 1992, if the Dream Team with their 1992 skill sets were playing in the 2024 olympics, then I am not sure if they would win. That is why it is so hard to compare different eras of basketball, because it isn't an apples to apples comparison. The international basketball world is not the same as it was 32 years ago. International ball is much more competitive than it was in 1992, and other countries are sending a lot more players to the NBA than they were in 1992, so they are ready to compete at the highest level.
No one is approaching this correct. The question isn’t about talent. It’s about the increased emphasis on the 3 ball. 92 had about 7 players that couldn’t shoot the three. And especially with Fib-a rules hindering drives and emphasizing shooting. The 2024 team by rough analysis would win by about 10 points. Now if the players from 92 could practice the 3 ball a lot. Then it would be anyones game.
No def was much different back in the day. Today's players won't be able to take as many uncontested 3shots. So they would still lose. 3 is not the end all be all.
Bird, Mullin, MJ, Pippen, Stockton all could shoot 3s. On the flip side, none of these 2024 players are lockdown defenders like MJ, Pip, Ewing, Stockton, Robinson.
There is no need for the 1992 Dream Team, I can bet on the 2000 vs 2024 USA and I'm sure KG and Carter would dominate them in a one game trophy or best of 7.
Everybody's a politician no one speaks the truth no one dares to speak against the false king.this lack of honesty has ruined the game and it's values 😞
Everyone holds the old guard in high esteem (and with good reason) but a seven-game series between the two teams goes seven. 92 trying to stop a team led LeBron, Steph and KD is harder than you think.
These hypotheticals are silly because both teams would have played differently if in the same eras. Just appreciate the greatness- why do basketball pundits always have x vs. y conversations?
It would be competitive. The current team played much better competition. I read the dream team played against a total of 9 NBA players in thier run. The current team over 40. The question is underr what era? The dream team had the 3 point shot but it wasn't in vogue.
the level of international players is much much different now. testament to that is the foreign players now playing in the nba. i was old enough then to watch the 92 and succeeding olympics.
@@Hopper830 Who will defend Jordan? I will stop there. But if I go on, who would defend Barkley, Malone, Ewing? The answer is no one. None of these current guys can battle inside. They would be on the bench because of foul trouble.
92 team I would make two swaps and they would be absolutely perfect… Laettner out for Shaq, and only because he literally retired a few days after the Olympics…replace Bird with Rodman first a defensive specialist
laettner for Shaq why?? Do you honestly believe a 20- year old Shaq wold have been able to beat out Ewing or robinson for mins and do you think Shaq would have been willing to accept the 12th man role?? NOT TO MENTION LAETTNNER WAS A BETTER COLLEGE PLAYER
He faced Chris Jackson of Denver in the 90's he was the Steph Curry of the 90's go goggle his stats in his first 4 years to Curry's first 4 years they are the same. Steph wasn't Chef Curry until year 6.
That team had luck that the war happened. If they would play against Drazen, Zdovc, Radja, Divac, Kukoc, they would have a huge problem. They already had one in the first quarter in the final against players like Arapovic LOL...but Barkley saved you.
92 was the best simply because it was the first time out pro got a chance to play everyone else🤣no more guys in their 20s and 30s bodying college kids…the dominance was complete and unmatched since🤣😂
Good players in the 24 team are too old for the dream team's good players. MJ was at his peak, Sir Charles was at his peak and so were other greats like Malone, Stockton, Clyde, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Magic and Bird were the oldest? And they were only 32 and 35 respectively. Others are all in the mid 20s or later 20s or 30, peak!! Look at this 24 team, LBJ is 39, Curry is 36, KD is 35, Holiday is 34, AD is 31 and others are either too young, inexperienced or not enough to make an impact. No contest.
As a 12 year old kid in Portland in 92, I ran into Clyde and his family coming out of a restaurant. I asked for his autograph and he said yes but I didn’t have a pen. While his family went to the car, he waited for 5 minutes while I desperately tried to find a pen. As a kid I didn’t think much of it, but as an adult I look back and think so highly of him. He waited with a smile. He didn’t have to do that, he just really cares about people
Clyde has always been great people. I also ran into Mychal Thompson downtown under the Portlandia statute back in the mid 80s, just a very kind,happy man. This was before they broke up the team for Kiki. Good times.
Cool story. I do believe that Clyde is one of the good guys
"Believe me because I say so."
Mj would never do that
@@gregorybrissette3443 Yeah, stories of MJ actually signing autographs for fans say otherwise, bozo.
Really miss the class and intelligence of these old Gs..and Clyde is a class act for sure
Internet turned this generations brains to "copy/paste" soup. No original thought and just chatty for "likes" 🤷🏿♂️
Always
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@@gajemouje Bums had no class back then
“Good players know what to do. You don’t have to define their roles.” That’s good tip for a coach.
Yes , that’s why the Tatum snub was so obvious!
No it’s not a good tip
That's an indirect shot at Kerr.
"When you put those good players on the floor they know what to do. They'll find their roles, you don't have to define it." - nice words, Clyde!
The current “stars” could learn from this comment
@@Mulefan4 ANT SHOULD DISRESPECT MJ TO THE FULLEST.. MJ didn’t respect Wilt or anyone for that matter
The 92 Dream team maturity was just next level.
@@timclarke1683 92 SNOOZE TEAM ARE BUMS
Don't know how much 92 would beat 24 by but Jordan would still be unstoppable, Pippen would still be a lockdown defender and Barkley would certainly make someone on 24 cry, most likely Embiid.
92 FAKEN SNOOZE TEAM .. SUPER DREAM TEAM 2024 TOO MUCH TALENT FOR mj and Barkley.. MJ ain’t locking no one in this era especially Steph , Lebron and Kd
Don’t leave Bird off that list!
I'll go one more; Daly was the perfect coach for that DTI squad because he wasn't worried about coaching X's and O's. He managed egos and let the players do what they already knew to do. What was he going to teach Stockton and Magic about playing the point? Barkley and Malone about the power forward position. Robinson and Ewing, Pippen, Drexler and Mullins? Michael? I've been on (far lesser) teams where literally everyone knew how to play and it is so easy then. DTI, then DTII and then...?
Just to add to that. He did not call one time out the entire Olympics. 🏀💪🏾✌🏾
Good point it is also we he was onboard with no Isiah. Everyone wants to try and blame Jordan but talent wise they had enough and didn't need to get into was stockon as good as him. He knew chemistry was important and with multiple players on the team having an issue with Isiah he didn't need that on the team.
For all of the casuals talking about scoring, the 92 dream team had seven of the top 50 scorers of all time in the NBA on their squad. Don’t think that would’ve been an issue.
Yeah on unathletic guys lol
@@lavernebenson2863 They amassed those totals on NBA guys. WTF
92 SNOOZE VS 2024 SUPER DREAM TEAM … NO CONTEST
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And the '24 team had multiple games under 100 points, Dream Team never scored less than 100.
It might be close, but I'd take the 92 dream team in a one game winner takes all....but hell most of those guys are in their late 60s \ early 70s, a best of five series is out of the question. Lol
MJ truggling to defend rookie a. I you think they gonna shut down curry hell nah if they doubled curry lebron will bully them 😂 tf
It was close with South Sudan lol!!!
@@erniegarcia1242 Facts
One of my three favorite players of all time. (Clyde Drexler, Larry Bird, and Kevin Garnett)
Clyde drexler has looked 56 years old since 1992
yeah , it looks like it
hahahaha. so true!
He actually looks a bit younger here than 92 haha
Lol you wrong for that 😂
Riight...I'm like how does this man look younger than he did when he played?
The reason the world caught up is because of dream team 92 ,they made a statement and build basketball overseas. The last 5 yrs MVP in NBA has overseas players .and there teams have chemistry
@@shawnstanley9620 you know what’s funny all the teams back in the day had more chemistry because they stayed together way longer and there were way less trades but don’t nobody wanna ever hear that. compared to teams now that blowup every couple years. But teams are better today they say. Even though the older teams literally had year’s of chemistry building lmfao.
@Getdown8319 the argument is not that teams are better. The argument is that players are more skilled.
@@dredey1971 and that just makes no sense because the best player in the world is Jokic and just plays like Bird... its funny af when people say that, they are just ignorant to the skill of NBA players from the past, and how rule changes make the game look different...
@williambrabston3045 people are just in love with the Jordan era. I don't see how you can "love" a game but not mentally/emotionally keep up with how the game changes.
In 92, the USA was 100. The rest of the world was probably 73. Now, even if the haters give USA a 92. 😉. The rest of the world is 88 😊. They are coming.
IYKYK
@@williambrabston3045 Thank you ppl just being making ignorant and Idiotic statement because they just repeat over and over what the other idiotic statements that ppl say and it a domino affect. They are just like parrots hear and repeat over and over again. Like you said the rule changes make the game look different. But its also the players mentality also. I don't knock nobody but the truth is the truth todays players are lazy and just want the money lets be honest they just care about their brand and have not fundamentals and don't really want to play hence all the load management and complaining about playing 82 games and back to backs and then they complain about having to play 60 something games its just ridiculous. And ppl call them the best make it make sense that's like and older person at the job works overtime, always put in extra time to perfect what they do, he don't care about all the other stuff just want to go to work and do his job the best of his ability and do it the right way then a young cat come along and always taking breaks, complaining about being at work and not showing up,don't care about the job don't care about doing the job the right way so he is always cutting corners and making it look all fancy and flashy, don't really work hard but want the money and praise about how flashy and fancy they do the job and want to hear ppl always praise and say he is better than the older ppl that been doing the job. But in reality there is no substance to his work. That is the way the game is right now and its sad to watch which is why a lot of ppl don't watch anymore or respect these players or the game.
Clyde Drexler could sometimes be even more spectacular than MJ. Clyde, Dominique, and MJ created the greatest show on Earth.
@@tudorm6838 MJ cigar and Hanes panties / 🩲fans think MJ was the show but NO .. Lebron king James is the reigning, undisputed 🐐🏀🌎 … Mj was once upon a time the show .. now an afterthought..
@@Dogdigger-xy9vknobody thinks of LeBron like they think of Jordan..are you kidding me?
@@dandaman2323Lebron is the king of basketball accept it
92 would wipe the floor with 24 USA team
92 SNOOZE TEAM WOULD DROOL AND FALL DOWN ON THEIR OWN DROOL
Everyone on both teams at their PEAK?? 92 destroys them.
Shear size and skill set would prove very difficult to 92 versus these boys
U talkin one game or in a series? Game is very diff now. The way Steph played in gold game, 92 team gets spanked.
92 and 24 both have great players. I don't think there would be a mopping of either side. It also depends on what rules you are playing, the game has changed but so has the rules. Either team would have to adapt if they were playing the other teams rules. 24 would not be allowed 3 steps to the basket and 92 wouldn't be able to hand check on defense.
exactly the 1996 dream team was stacked and could be just as good as the dream team, it was only missing Jordan to be the best
2024 AVENGERS
96 the real dream team, Larry and magic were past their primes 96 was just the 12 best
Yeah that 96 DREAM TEAM needs more shine just as dominant as the first with the rest of the best of the 90's stars better than the redeem team SHAQ, BARKLEY HAKEEM ROBINSON MILLER AND RICHMOND and they were dead eye from 3 back then payton kidd kevin johnson Malone I can't remember HILL I'm going to watch all there games blowing teams out by 40 and 50
When these debates come up, too many people just look at the names without considering when the team played. Comparing the 2024 team vs the Dream Team, Lebron (39), Steph (36) and KD (about to be 36) were the three most important guys on this year's team; all of them are past their primes - still really good, but not what they were. The Dream Team had 11 1st Ballet HOF's, with 9 of them being in their primes. This was Jordan at his apex. Clyde coming off his best season. Barkley won MVP the next year. Ewing led his team to 60 wins the next year. Robinson, Malone, Pippen, Mullin all in their primes. Stop the madness. The Dream Team is the greatest assemblance of talent we've ever seen on one team.
@@Nootz23 92 FAKEN SNOOZE TEAM
Thank You these scrubs have no idea of who is playing all top 50 players a whole team of HOF'S UNHEARD OF even if you looked at their seasons coming on to the team except for the point guards every player is avg almost 25ppg yeah Chris Mullin is avg 25ppg lolol in a harder era to score these guys get it done and like CLYDE said that 96 DREAM TEAM with SHAQ doesn't get enough respect because 2024 ain't beating them either SHAQ HAKEEM ROBINSON MILLER RICHMOND PAYTON HILL all HOF'S that is another conversation but that team was just as nice JKIDD blowing teams out by 40 lolol I love 90's ball
When Kirk started to say '24 team reminded him of '92, Clyde's face said ,"Stop lyin'."
Yeah, the 24 team would wipe the floor with the 92 team. I just watched the 92 game vs Croatia, their toughest competition and was shocked to see how bad Coatia was. They would go long minutes without scoring. It was embarrassing to watch them go to the line and miss free throw after free throw. I heard a lot about how Jordan took it personal and shut down Kukoc, but he didn't guard Kukoc AT ALL. He guarded Drazen Petrovic, who literally walked by him every play but missed Bunny after Bunny at the rim. I suggest instead of listening to these old doggies, to go watch the games yourself. That was awful basketball.
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'92 would mop '24 & it's not even close
Amen brother MJ was vastly overrated. He had flaws but the destroyed those videos . Stern had a dictator type of attitude, wanted MJ to succeed as he didn’t like the Detroit bad boys .
'24 would smoke the '92 team...the game has changed drastically since then
@@jordachejordan90 Who the fake is Clyde ?
DTI was the greatest team in team sport history, not just basketball. That team had the most balance, the best rounded players, the best experienced team the world has or will see. And if all else failed (which it didn't) you had the GOAT. Sorry, that's the objective truth.
92 would beat 24 by light-years 🎉
No they wouldn’t. The dream team didn’t beat anyone.
92 SNOOZE TEAM played against refugees, soccer players and which ever country had tall people .
Grow up
Let’s say every player in the game is prime..in their prime. AD is not athletic enough to deal with David Robinson. Prime David Robinson COOKS AD. Ad is too slow. Robinson was far more athletic. FAR more. Go look at his build and highlights. AD has NOTHING like that. Put Drexler or Pippen on Steph and he is not only shut down..he gets COOKED trying to guard them. Steph played against third-world players that are not nearly as good as NBA players. He would be the actual weakest link. He could not get off on guys that good, big, and athletic. Jordan on Bron…or Malone on Bron. What is Derrick White going to do with Barkley? Or Holiday going to do with prime Magic? And Prime BIRD?! Come on. At the PEAK of their powers..all 12 of the 24 team..and all 12 of the 92 team..the 92 team DESTROYS them.
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk Lebron sucks
Put pippen on steph, mj on booker, magic on bron and tell magic do his best, malone on AD, and Robinson on Embiid. Let AD and embiid shoot all they want and beat em up on offense...
Put Barkley on James..James would be crying inside of 2 minutes Barkley would tear his house down
Clyde avg 27 ppg in The Finals against MJ(Mj avg 34). The 2 guards and big men on the Dream Team gonna eat!!!
Thats no dream team because nobody dreamed of a team at that time that had Stockton on it and not Zeke thats forever a black eye on USA basketball
@@nicstone3141 yeah they really blew it with the all time leader in assist and steals on the team.
@@d.michael372 Yep they did he even said himself goofy
@@nicstone3141 what a tragedy right! A HOFer like Stockton ruined it from being a Dream Team. What a shame
He averaged 25.
Clyde is the man!
Dream Team 🐐🐐🐐🐐
2024 SUPER DREAM TEAM 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk they barely won 😂
The 2024 US team is number 5 after 1992,1994,1996 and 2008 teams
94? Lol
@@agni772 The 1994 team was probably the most athletic team of all time
2024 SUPER DREAM TEAM
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk For those born in 2005
Blowout high: 68 --- Blowout low: 32 --- Blowout average: 44
Many great Olympic teams over the years, but 1992 is the best to ever do it.
Against mail man, plumber
@@rickmty7027 The mail man was on the dream team ;)
'24 would blow out '92 if anything. somehow every sport evolves except basketball? You are all living in the rosy retrospective past....today's players are so much better in literally every facet of basketball, especially dribbling and shooting
@@jeffreyphillips7312 yes, it's not about who's better but you can argue who's greater. Greatness is relative to it's era.
@@blackcat4859 and he delivered
Instead of talking about something that only belongs in head cannon we should be talking about why a big 3 team wasn’t representing the USA in 3x3
Glide right on by. Shout out to Portland.
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler! Great memories watching all of these players from the 90s ball out.
You know what's difficult to catch up with? Dominant post play in scoring, rebounding and defense. That comes with having great offensive/defensive bigs.
And those 1990's Olympic teams had the best ever.
1992 and 1996 best two
96 team would beat 24 team easily! Hakeem, Shaq, David, Pippen, Barkley, Malone, Payton,... too much for this team who barley defeat Serbia!
@@mirospajic9929 Not enough 3 point shooting for the 96 team. They wouldn't have been able to comeback against a Serbia team shooting 50% from 3 as a team for the first 3 quarters like the 24 team did.
@@nankam Well, Reggie Miller was on the team! Shaq & Hakeem would be nightmare for Serbia, they dont have solution for these two especially if they are on the same time on the court!
Uh no
@nankam the difference is the 96 team had better defense and rebounding and they would have made Serbia work on defense. Stop putting all that hype on the 3 ball
1992 Dream Team Greatest ever Unstoppable Legends 🏀🏀🏀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Tougher this era NBA 80- 90 👍🏿👌🏿🛡️🛡️🛡️🛡️🛡️🛡️
@@michaelairjordan23gaot24 92 SNOOZE TEAM
1992 DREAM team beats the 2024 team by 30 points.
1992 PRIME MJ was in Apex Predator Mode - yall need to stop the nonsense😂😂😂
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MJ was trash in the 92 Olympics…Lol
@@ceyunmatthews7713 Jordan fans don’t actually check stats.
not really. he didn’t play bad but you’re definitely overhyping his performance. he was really inefficient from both the three and the line and shot worse from the two. 2024 usa bakes the dream team. 2012 and the redeem team might lose because they lack the depth 2024 had but the dream team still holds up to this day. but pls don’t go around spreading that narrative because we have the stats and footage to prove you’re lying 😂.
And why he ain't won mvp
How is this even a discussion comparing the 92 Dream-Team to the 24 US-Team??
The 92 Team almost as a whole was assembled with LIVING LEGENDS. Almost each of these players was unique in the history of basketball. Each one had REDEFINED the game of basketball in their position!! Magic & Stockton the point guard position, Jordan & Drexler the SG, Bird, Pippen the SF, Barkley, Malone the PF, Ewing, Robinson the Center. Those were GIANTS.
But most important: everyone of them had BALLS, they could take over the game when the game was on the line. They had CHARACTER.
In the 24 team only Lebron, Curry and KD fulfill that level. And thanks to these three they got the gold. And it got very close...
Beyond those three players in the 24 team, the others will never belong to this elit club of giants. Just very good players for their teams and role players for the US team...
Three compared to eight giants of the 92 team.
It is not even close!!
The game is a lot faster nowadays. Speed trumps physicality. There is no chance the 92 team would beat today’s team.
I'm just commenting and adding my 2 cents worth to the topic. If all players are healthy--I'd give the edge to Dream Team of 92. I'll say in a 7 game series--it would be 4-0--perhaps 4-1 if the 92 team decided to go to sleep.
92 MJ was far better than any player on the 24 team. Steph killed it tho, hes a beast
The only '24 team had a shot at '92 team , it was because Magic and Bird were already past their prime. Bird had back injury. If they are both at their prime, it is not a contest. I would give 4-1 best of seven series to'92 team
The 92 squad would still whip them!
Clyde Drexler was the best.
DREAM TEAM 1 GRABBING ALL THE REBOUNDS
My favourite player since I was kid growing up in Australia
Pic of Jordan covering up the Reebok logo.
Nike representative.
The difference in all the teams is the 92 team had something the others don't. Prime Jordan. Everything else would even out.
LeBron way better than Jordan go sit down
that is all you need to say. michael jeffrey jordan
Clyde and Hakeem the consummate class acts. This man looks absolutely sensational at 62 years old.
The 96 team clyde talk about was honestyl the best dream team ever.
Place those same players in this error they would evolve their game. Place the new generation in in the 90s error and they'd adapt. Great players all have 2 things in common and that's hard work and dedication.
If the RULES were the same as when CLYDE "the Glide" Drexler played, it wouldn't be close the older teams would easily win!!
Im PROUD of the USA OLYMPIC team for bringing home GOLD, but lets be honest they barely beat Serbia with 3.3 million slow white players! Serbia only has 6.6 million people!!
Clyde was a great player and probably should have been a mvp
The 2024 team would not beat the 2008 or 2012 teams, much less the Dream Team.
I'll stand on that hill with you
Ur just plain wrong
Old school rules? '92 team easy.
@@allenboyer2207 Aren’t the FIBA rules like that? The 92 Team would’ve lost to Sudan….STOP IT
Not to mention 96 team which is literally capable of every style of play. Big, small, shooting, bigs whatever kind of lineup you bring out 96 can match with something devastating.
People really need to put aside media hype and marketing from what the truth is. Basketball has evolved, there is no way the 92 team with that style of play is beating todays US team and they would struggle against other national teams as well, there is enough logical evidence to show that the 92 team is no match for todays style of basketball. This is not feelings or hype this is straight logical facts.
It’s not logical facts. You’d have a point if the Dream Team couldn’t score or put up points but the lowest point total in 14 games was 103 points. They averaged 117 - higher than the NBA’s current scoring average. This is without any of those guys being raised on 3-pointers. And that’s not even talking defense. If apex Jordan & Pippen wanted to stop you, they stop you. You saw Embiid struggle for 60-70% of the tournament. Let’s see how he’d handle apex Ewing, Robinson, & Malone. He’d be aboard a first class flight back to Philadelphia by halftime. I could see it if the Dream Team had a messy game of any kind, but they didn’t. They beat a 3 HOF player team by 33 & 32 points.
@@rackball5858 You failed to consider the quality of opposition that those guys played against. As at that time there were not up to 20 foreign based players in the nba which told on the quality of basketball that the other national teams played, compared to today with about 100 or more foreign based players. The quality of the game has vastly improved compared to the 90's, both on offence and defence. Media hype is saying things like 'If Apex Jordan and Pippen wanted to stop you, they stop you.' No great defensive player is stopping a great offensive player especially not against todays talent that has offense more than ever.
The 24 beats the 92 team on skills such as passing, shooting, ball handling and defense cause those guys were much slower than the 24 team. These are facts. You are underestimating how much the game has improved from a skills perspective. Embid is more skilled than any of the centers you mentioned. The only thing I would say those guys had which made them superior is intangibles like mindset, understanding the game, hard work and discipline. But the 24 team still wins and the 92 team will struggle against the rest playing today.
@@joshuaam6987
U are great exaggerating '24. They're good enough to be the world but even as u can see, that was a struggle but for u to even remotely think that Embiid could do anything with Admiral, Pat Ewing & etc is hilarious. That '92 team was balanced with everything, post, defense, scoring, leadership, rebounding, passing, shooting & etc. The '24 team isn't
🤦🏾♂️Yeah and your facts make no sense whatsoever particularly when talking basketball, "Great players" will always play great no matter what year it is. Those players from 92' would have adapted to the style of play nowadays, shooting 3's and playing no defense "Really 😂" I'm pretty sure they were capable of doing that on the basketball court. 🤷🏾♂️I mean if shooting more 3's combined with no defense is the equivalent of the game evolving then 🤷🏾♂️IDK what type of basketball is being played nowadays. 🙄😔🤔
@@barnettjenkins543 The advantage 24 team has is that they are playing 32 years later and have gone through various variotions of basketballs evolution ever since then. Its not just the 3's that has changed the whole game has changed. At every position from 1 - 5 the skills set has imrpoved. Like I said no one is stopping a great offensive player and that applies to Embid as well. I can mention tones of bigs that plyed that old school style on the modern game and fared pretty poorly. An example is Dwight Howard who had a team built around him to all of a sudden not being that relevant cause he could not adapt.
And before you comment please read properly on how I mentioned that if 'the 92' team played with that style'I did not mention anything about adapting. Adaptation is a while different discussion cause no one knows how those players would have adapted.
My childhood hero.
Are they forgetting that Dream Team 2 had 5 holdovers from Dream Team One….Who are you going replace those 5 with?? The math ain’t mathing !! 😂😂😂
Love the Dream Team but it was never tested. Would be fun to watch them have to deal with the ‘24 team.
Dream Team would dominate the 2024 team in the post, because they had David Robinson, Ewing, and Karl Malone. And teams back then dominated
the paint with low post scoring, rebounding and shot blocking. The reason teams cannot deal with Nikola Jokic is because he plays like an old school
big, but he can also pass and hit perimeter shots. Well the 92 Dream Team did not have a Jokic. But they did have multiple guys who could do _some_ of
the things Jokic does. If those teams played one another 10 times, I think the Dream Team wins all 10 times.
@@cyber6sapien inside for sure then their heads would explode when AD starts shooting threes. The game has changed so much.
@@cit9915 LOL! I've watched AD's entire NBA career. He was never a consistent three point shooter. Definitely not enough to consistently pull defenders out to the 3pt line and away from the basket. The only consistent mismatch the '24 team has is KD, who can make shots from anywhere on the floor. But again, the '24 team struggled with Serbia, a team that doesn't have an iota of the talent Dream Team had. We have seen KD get flustered and frustrated when he goes up against physical defenders. Pippen would challenge him. Curry would also be a problem for Dream Team from the perimeter. But he needs the ball to get into a rythm. And I don't think Dream Team's perimeter defenders would allow Steph to get into a rythm. They would frustrate him.
2024 team > 92 Dream Team…GOAT JAMES
'96 was a great team, no doubt, but they didn't have Jordan and Barkley wasn't as good as he was in '92. On the other hand, the guards were deeper in '96 and the low post players were deeper as well (if not just plain better). Still, I think '92 wins that game because I don't trust Hardaway, Richmond, or Hill like I trust Magic, Mullin, and of course Jordan.
Two things, the competition has gotten so much better and they have played as a team much longer than the USA teams do.
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In my analysis, the 92"Dream Team would crush this 2024 Olympic team !
The old R Kelly song,
🎵"I don't see nothing wrong, with a little bump and grind "
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I agree with Clyde!
Shot fired at Steve keer
There are no answers for LeBron, KD, or Curry period. EVERYONE is either too small , weak , or slow to guard Lebron. No one is guarding KD. Curry off ball is historic.. 92 had MJ but thats not enough. Is Robinson guarding 300+ Embiid? Furthermore these “great “ defenders had it easy, they always went under the screens and played 2 feet below the 3 pr line. Different game today
Drexler guard Steph Curry?!!!?!🤦🏾♂️🧢🤣😂🤣if you go watch the dream team you can compare it to the Bill Russell era👊🏾
Drexler would make curry look like a average player
@@howardpool1162Curry will shoot the lights out off these oldies. Have you seen how the 90s defend. They leave too much space when players are outside the arc that's why the paint looks congested and looks like good defense when actually their competition was just bad. This is like when 2015 to 2018 when warriors caught the league by surprise. These 92 oldies won't know what just struck them.
The Dream Team was like the Avengers of basketball.
1992's advantage is that it's way better in the low post. But the best team in the low post had to be 1996 with Shaq, David Robinson, Hakeem, Barkley, and Malone.
2024's advantage would be its three point shooting. In a single-elimination tournament, it's flat out scary running into a team with a hot Steph and KD. But if you run into them when they're not on fire, they're very beatable, and it nearly happened in the semifinal and final despite Curry hitting 17 combined threes.
The reason y’all think Steph and kd are scary when they shooting 3s is bcuz they dnt have handchecking anymore or players playing defense on them,put a player like Stockton to dog curry and all them 3s goes out the window,pip got kd again defensive pressure,now who on the 2024 team can stop drexler,Malone,Robinson,magic,or mj?embiid will be Barkley bitch,lebron will be part of mj bodybag rituals,kd….he ain’t even gonna play defense,and curry not stopping nobody smh 92 dream team wins by 30+
It depends what rules they playing. If they playing with 90s rules 92 dream team is beating 2024 by 25+ pts. If you know basketball I should not explain this to anyone. If they are playing with 2024 rules 92 dream team beats them by 10+. They are just better players, younger than 2024, more 2 way players, have more fundamentals, ect...
@@fitzroy6970 You think handchecking alone is going to make Steph not a scary three point shooter? Reggie Miller was shooting 42% in 1993-1994, and Steph is not worse than Reggie (I'd argue he's better, but for the sake of argument let's just say they're equally good). I mean, did you not watch the final against France? I'm not saying the 2024 team would win in a 7 game series, but they could definitely win in a single-elimination format where all you need is one great game.
Also, if the 92 team "only" beat Croatia by 32, there's no way the 2024 USA team is also going to lose by 30.
@@mrmacrossfunny you mention Reggie and Croatia.
Croatia had Dražen Petrović
@@mrmacross
The fact that u think Steph is someone that can't be stopped is hilarious 😂
Legends of the past respect the game the players today could learn something from them.
Preach & Teach
I think the 2008 redeem team would fare better against the 92 dream team than any other U.S Olympic men’s basketball team
92 Croatia would have slaughtered the 2024 team
Your level of delusion is actually impressive
And your level of ineptitude is actually pretty disappointing 😞
and you level of holding MJ cigar has no statute of limitations.
I don’t know about slaughtered, but would have won.
People don’t understand, two things can be true. Has international competition gotten much better? Yes. On average. The 1992 dream team beat squads by a average margin of 45 points that’s absurd. It definitely won’t be replicated. But that all inspiring dominance, while only facing nine other NBA players internationally, is what inspired the rest of the world to get better at basketball and close the gap. That’s the natural evolution of things cause and effect. and it made international teams play a better brand of team basketball to compensate for the fact that they’ve never had the same level of talent or depth of talent. Each country on various occasions might have one NBA superstar, nowadays, or in some cases a couple All-Stars may be a starter or bench player here, there, but them beating us in 2002, 2004 and 2006+2023 made us take international competition more seriously. Will we ever beat teams by 45 game on average? No, but those international players were going against a mystique and aura players that you don’t have today. they didn’t see Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan consistently on a nightly basis either on TV or highlights so there was a huge intimidation factor. It doesn’t help that people are all over social media, which makes them seem less Godlike because you know their day-to-day human life there’s no mystique. With that said modern fans who think that the 2024 would beat the 1992 team are smoking crack yes they faced better competition, that doesn’t mean they’re better than the 1992 team who beat a Croatia team with a number of NBA players multiple times in the tournament, including the gold medal game. Think about it they struggled with Serbia with Nikola Jokić and one other NBA role-player. What are they gonna do the superior size and interior play of the 92 team with Robinson, Ewing, Barkley and Malone? And they had deep shooting with Mullin and Bird. And they had great perimeter defense with Stockton even though he was injured in 1992 with hyper athletes, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the Dobermans hounding people on the perimeter. And then you got Magic facilitating the offense. They’re considered the best USA team for a reason, even though the 1996 team and maybe the 2008 have arguments. think about it they beat teams so badly. Michael Jordan didn’t even need to be Michael Jordan in any single game the entire time. He basically drank, smoke cigars, played cards and played golf all day and then just rolled onto the court and didn’t need to focus or dominate. the one time he played in the Olympics suffocating defense on Toni Kukoc. They say the hardest Michael played was in practice against the other NBA legends and All-Stars where he asserted himself as the alpha dog of all the alphas … the Apex predator. This could’ve lost two games if it wasn’t for Stephen Curry going totally fucking nuclear. LeBron was the most consistent player, but at the end of the day he’s pushing 40 years old, Kevin Durant is in his mid to late 30s as is Stephen Curry. The 2024 avengers were fun to watch and I’m glad they took on the gold and we’re dominant in all of the games except the last two in the medal rounds. But they’re the fifth best USA basketball team with professionals I’ve ever seen. And I definitely think they would lose to the 1992 team, the 1996 team, the 2008 team and the 2012 team.
92 had MJ...period...goat...incomparable unstoppable and unequivocall...defensively, theyd shut down the 24 team as well, this soft era couldnt handle the arm checks and shoulders aka DEFENSE...i know yall youngins dont know what that looks like...bc when its played like it should be allowed, all these fancy durants and ants and bookers and tatums and embeids would suddenly play like trash 😂😂😂
LeBron is way better than MJ man stop MJ played against 6ft4 unathletic guys
Stop holding on that’s MJ cigar
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk stop riding that ledong... lil feller 🤣😎
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk hahahahahahahahahahaha
When you've got Jordan bird and magic three of the top 7 or 10 players all time you can't beat that.
technically the countries outsider the usa and canada were using pros
usa basketball felt that the could dominate with college players before 1992
The 92 Dream Team would have easily beaten Serbia and France. Jordan, Bird, Magic, Pippen, Barkley, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Stockton, Malone, Clyde the glide, c’mon man.
Isaiah Thomas should have made the Dream Team. But we know why he wasn't there
The game and style of play has changed since 1992, the speed of the game has changed since 1992, if the Dream Team with their 1992 skill sets were playing in the 2024 olympics, then I am not sure if they would win. That is why it is so hard to compare different eras of basketball, because it isn't an apples to apples comparison. The international basketball world is not the same as it was 32 years ago. International ball is much more competitive than it was in 1992, and other countries are sending a lot more players to the NBA than they were in 1992, so they are ready to compete at the highest level.
No one is approaching this correct. The question isn’t about talent. It’s about the increased emphasis on the 3 ball. 92 had about 7 players that couldn’t shoot the three. And especially with Fib-a rules hindering drives and emphasizing shooting. The 2024 team by rough analysis would win by about 10 points. Now if the players from 92 could practice the 3 ball a lot. Then it would be anyones game.
No def was much different back in the day. Today's players won't be able to take as many uncontested 3shots. So they would still lose. 3 is not the end all be all.
92 could play any way! Stop it!
Bird, Mullin, MJ, Pippen, Stockton all could shoot 3s. On the flip side, none of these 2024 players are lockdown defenders like MJ, Pip, Ewing, Stockton, Robinson.
You do realize the FIBA three-point line is shorter than the NBA three-point line.
I love me some Steph Curry, but that '92 team would BLOW OUT the '24 team. Not even close
There is no need for the 1992 Dream Team, I can bet on the 2000 vs 2024 USA and I'm sure KG and Carter would dominate them in a one game trophy or best of 7.
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92 Dream Team are the best
Everyone holds the old guard in high esteem (and with good reason) but a seven-game series between the two teams goes seven. 92 trying to stop a team led LeBron, Steph and KD is harder than you think.
These hypotheticals are silly because both teams would have played differently if in the same eras. Just appreciate the greatness- why do basketball pundits always have x vs. y conversations?
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They were the greatest team ever assembled……..FOR THAT TIME
and this time and all time.
Your team are all superstar
It would be competitive. The current team played much better competition. I read the dream team played against a total of 9 NBA players in thier run. The current team over 40. The question is underr what era? The dream team had the 3 point shot but it wasn't in vogue.
It's amusing how everyone missed the fact that admitted the dream team was light years ahead of their competition lol.
Not amusing as snooze team played against BUMS
@@Dogdigger-xy9vk and who did the dream team play against
the level of international players is much much different now. testament to that is the foreign players now playing in the nba. i was old enough then to watch the 92 and succeeding olympics.
IF THE DREAM TEAM WAS LIGHT YRS AHEAD THEN .....AT THIS CURRENT TIME THE DREAM TEAM WOULD BE LIKE CYBORGS RIGHT NOW......
Jordan/Pippen would shut down Steph easily
That just means KD or Lebron eats.
@@Hopper830 Who will defend Jordan? I will stop there. But if I go on, who would defend Barkley, Malone, Ewing? The answer is no one. None of these current guys can battle inside. They would be on the bench because of foul trouble.
i did a dub take and thought odom was talking to clyde
92 team I would make two swaps and they would be absolutely perfect… Laettner out for Shaq, and only because he literally retired a few days after the Olympics…replace Bird with Rodman first a defensive specialist
You could always add Shaq and Olajuwon
@@nydibsHakeem became a U.S. citizen in 93. Rodman on that 92 team would’ve been overkill.
laettner for Shaq why?? Do you honestly believe a 20- year old Shaq wold have been able to beat out Ewing or robinson for mins and do you think Shaq would have been willing to accept the 12th man role?? NOT TO MENTION LAETTNNER WAS A BETTER COLLEGE PLAYER
The '24 team almost got taken out by Jokic and some B squad Serbian players
92 team had some assassins on the court . I still remember, Jordan and Pip taking turns harassing Tony K just to prove a point .
Croatia from 92 was like NBA players playing with high schoolers.
Clyde thinking he knows how he would "shut down" Curry when he's never faced anything like that in his career is just hilarious, hilarious.
He faced Chris Jackson of Denver in the 90's he was the Steph Curry of the 90's go goggle his stats in his first 4 years to Curry's first 4 years they are the same. Steph wasn't Chef Curry until year 6.
@@Tyubnjnot even close bro
Curry’s not hitting threes like that with Jordan guarding him. Sorry….
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That team had luck that the war happened. If they would play against Drazen, Zdovc, Radja, Divac, Kukoc, they would have a huge problem. They already had one in the first quarter in the final against players like Arapovic LOL...but Barkley saved you.
If Draymond Green and Aries Spears had a child...
It's like saying an iphone 6 is better than iphone 10
iphone team 92 is better than iphone team 2024.
92 was the best simply because it was the first time out pro got a chance to play everyone else🤣no more guys in their 20s and 30s bodying college kids…the dominance was complete and unmatched since🤣😂
Good players in the 24 team are too old for the dream team's good players. MJ was at his peak, Sir Charles was at his peak and so were other greats like Malone, Stockton, Clyde, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Magic and Bird were the oldest? And they were only 32 and 35 respectively. Others are all in the mid 20s or later 20s or 30, peak!! Look at this 24 team, LBJ is 39, Curry is 36, KD is 35, Holiday is 34, AD is 31 and others are either too young, inexperienced or not enough to make an impact. No contest.