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was jordan on the 1992 team? if so they were probably better, although maybe not.

Not sure if you were including me in this post, but for the record I do not care one bit about the Spanish basketball team. Not only am I not Spanish (I'm Canadian) I was annoyed by my neighbours for golf clapping at every small thing the Spanish team did well. At the end I was cheering for the US.

That said, beating a team by 7 where the line was set at low-20s isn't all that impressive. And you've got to be impressive to be considered better than the '92 Dream Team.

It's funny, every pro you ask, every announcer, every coach will say the Dream Team would beat the 2012 team.

Yet a few nobs in this thread are smarter than everyone, Using track stats, and basketball theory.

So Ridiculous

This team with Dwight and Wade > Dream team

'92 dt just too slow for the new age imo

And btw who needs inside scoring nowadays?

Wow! Someone who played at the same time as the dream team says they would win? I'm convinced!

Would Spain have beat the '92 Dream Team then?

I think Doc Rivers has more cred then someone slobbering down on Lebron and Paul's nuts.

I just watched the game where the 2012 United States basketball team defeated a Spanish team with a starting lineup of Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Rudy Fernandez, Juan Carlos Navarro and Jose Calderon by seven points in the gold medal game.

I also seem to recall a game, in the fairly recent past, where this same 2012 United States men's basketball squad played a game versus a Lithuania team with a starting lineup of Jonas Valanciunas, Linas Kleiza, Jonas Maciulis, Martynas Pocius, and Mantas Kalnietis. There may be some posts about it in this thread. I believe the United States men's basketball team won by five points or thereabouts, give or take, but I cannot be certain as my nostalgia bias may be distorting my mem0ry.

Given this, I feel really rilly confident that the 2012 team would have no pr0blems defeating a team consisting of players like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, and Karl Malone. This is because Rajohn Rondoe hit 10 of 13 three pointers in a HORSE contest, and there is a video of him making 3 of 4 three pointers on the youtubes (not 2 of 3, if it were only 2 of 3 that would make this a rilly silly argument).

If being a fan of my countries players is a sign of me slobbering on their nuts, then yeah I guess I'm slobbering down on their nuts.

At least you admit your addiction. Step 1 complete

New age tho. Michael Jordan and Co. just don't have the same speed as the likes of Linas Kleiza, Jonas Maciulis and Martynas Pocius.

Yes, I agree, those powerhouses would have probably beat the Dream Team too.

I know absolutely nothing about basketball, but I can say with good confidence that anyone using the above line of logic is almost certainly wrong. You look really silly.

And the "Prisoner of the Moment" disease that has afflicted GimmeDat, Iggy, El Rata, Vhawk, and others, has found it's newest victim.

Sarcasm how does it work? Take a seat Christian Laettner.

Sarcasm? maybe for you. Those others actually believe this 2012 team would beat the Dream Team.

One other rlly important point to consider is the gin0rmous advantage the 2012 Olympic men's basketball team for the United Sattes has in the 3 PT% shooting dept.

To back this up with some solidly constructed numbers, the 1992 Dream Team of the United States shot 43.75% from the area of three point range. the 2012 team from the US of A shot 44.0273% over the course of the Olympic games.

This is a difference in three point shooting %'age of 0.2773%, appr0ximately. This data combined with the fact Rajohn of Rondoe hit 3 out of four shots from 3 points in a HORSE contest, in the youtube video El Rata posted about earlier in this thread (post #1560 for the curiously inclined) shows definitionally that the 2012 squad is superior in every area at the game of basketball, and would perhaps conclusively win if they were to play versus each other in an intrasquad game.

Best post in the thread

Yes, but that only accounts for a fraction of a %'age point in 3 point shooting ability in a real game of basketball, with FIBA Rules. Perhaps approximately 0.13% if I were to put a number on it. Here, I've constructed a graph explaining my position analytically:

Counterpoint - One time in a game of HORSE Michael Jordan banked it off the express way, over the river, off the billboard, through the window, off the wall, nothing but net.

Whoever deleted their post about Larry Bird banking it off the scoreboard, damn you.

Edit -- OK, it's back. Those who are interested in my graph please transpose KingOfFelt's post above my last one. It will make my analysis much more beneficial for the statistically inclined.

Sorry, I felt the Michael Jordan example above was a better representation of my argument. As far as basketball theory is concerned at least. Larry Bird just ran good 3pt shooting wise.

The 1992 three point line was shorter than the one today