The Dream Team

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Two words for you, buddy. Tim Duncan.

The guy has more talent and class than Iverson ever will.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Their apparent spokesperson is Iverson -

who also happened to be the best player on the team. (marbury only scored so much cause he's a ball hog)

and more fouls apparently.

i said nothing about class, and he only LOOKs like he has talent cause he's got some good Argentinian players feeding him the ball ;)

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Two words for you, buddy. Tim Duncan.

You beat me to it.

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
Why even refer to them as "The Dream Team" anymore? Till they live up to their name and the guys who kicked butt before them (Jordan, Byrd, Drexler etc.) let's drop it.

Thank You, there's only one Dream Team, why they continued it is beyond me. The only way it could have been called Dream Team this year is if Shaq, Kobe, Garnett and McGrady were on it. Otherwise, It's just another street pick up basketball team.

It would have been fun to root against the US men's b-ball team, but I just didn't care enough one way or the other to do so.

You gotta love a team with more illegitimate children than college degrees.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
The only way it could have been called Dream Team this year is if Shaq, Kobe, Garnett and McGrady were on it. Otherwise, It's just another street pick up basketball team.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
You gotta love a team with more illegitimate children than college degrees.

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They are millionaires, why do they need college degrees again?

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
They are millionaires, why do they need college degrees again?

dont you have a Republican National Convention to watch or something?

I'm trying to figure out how a college degree gives birth to an illegitmate child…..

The only real dream team was the team of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Air Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Sir Chales Barkley, The Admiral David Robinson, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Hakeem, Drexler, etc. in 1992. That was a dream team. This team should be called "Who Wants To Put On A USA Basketball Jersey Team!"

like i said. the gold medal isn't pimp enough. they need paltnum with diamonds that spins.

they made them lose on purpose so next year real players would want to play. Needed to make it more interesting. winning by 43 isn't fun to watch…less ratings…

the last 2 paragraphs are the best….
the real dream team


NBA's Greatest Moments
The Original Dream Team

The original Dream Team, the U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, was a phenomenon on and off the court. It mattered not that it dominated the Olympic competition, beating its eight opponents by an average of 44 points. What was important was that the Dream Team, the first U.S. Olympic team to include NBA stars, gave fans a glimpse of basketball at its finest, and an entire world responded.
Since 1992, basketball has exploded in popularity around the globe, rising to a place where it truly challenges soccer's status as the world's most popular sport. Much of that is due to the impact of the Dream Team, which attracted fans and followers wherever it went.

"It was," said Coach Chuck Daly, "like Elvis and the Beatles put together. Traveling with the Dream Team was like traveling with 12 rock stars. That's all I can compare it to."

And what a band it was. Start with three of the game's all-time greats: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Add the irrepressible Charles Barkley for a little spice, as well as seven more NBA All-Stars: centers David Robinson and Patrick Ewing, power forward Karl Malone, swingmen Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler and point guard John Stockton. Complete the roster with Christian Laettner, the best college player of 1991-92 and a future NBA All-Star.

Opponents didn't have a chance, but they didn't care. One player, while trying to guard Magic Johnson, was seen frantically waving to a camera-wielding teammate on the bench, signaling to make sure he got a picture of them together.

"They knew they were playing the best in the world," reflected Daly after the team won the gold medal with a 117-85 win over Croatia on August 8, 1992. "They'll go home and for the rest of their lives be able to tell their kids, 'I played against Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.' And the more they play against our best players, the more confident they're going to get.

"Finally there will come a day – I'm not saying it will happen anytime soon, mind you, but it's inevitable that it will happen – that they will be able to compete with us on even terms. And they'll look back on the Dream Team as a landmark event in that process."

Put a few white guys on the team like they had in 92, and we'll be back in top form.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Put a few white guys on the team like they had in 92, and we'll be back in top form.

You're a glutton for punishment, Rhett.

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Put a few white guys on the team like they had in 92, and we'll be back in top form.

You're a glutton for punishment, Rhett.

they shoot the 3 better, its just the way it is ;)

shot threes and pass the ball…