"Other than Kobe, KD & LeBron I dont think anybody in that squad Makes Our Team" CB34

[Raquinotj]

Barkley on the 1992 team vs The 2012

After hearing that Kobe Bryant said the 2012 Olympic basketball team would beat the Dream Team, all Charles Barkley could do was laugh.

Barkley, a member of the legendary 1992 gold medal-winning squad, was a guest on The Mike Missanelli Show on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia on Wednesday and fired back at Kobe for his much-discussed remarks.

“I just started laughing,” Barkley said. “How old is Kobe Bryant, 36? He’s 34? And he’s calling us old? At the time, we were only like 28, 29. … Michael Jordan and me were the same age. We were both 29.”

Asked by Missanelli if they would beat the 2012 squad by double digits, Barkley agreed:

“Oh yeah, that’s no disrespect,” Barkley said. “I ain’t got to badmouth them. … Their point guards weren’t going to beat us. That’s a no-brainer.”

Supporting his belief that his team is the superior squad, Barkley said only three 2012 Team USA players would make the Dream Team.

“Other than Kobe, LeBron (James) and Kevin Durant, I don’t think anybody else on that team makes our team.”

Barkley also added that the London-bound squad would have problems matching up with the Dream Team’s centers, a point even Bryant conceded when he made his remarks on Monday.

“They would have no answers for David Robinson and Patrick Ewing, to be honest with you,” Barkley said.

Bryant’s comments understandably sparked plenty of debate among fans and the media. You’d think we’d let the 2012 team play at least one game of Olympic competition first, but no. Anyway, thanks to Barkley, we can now also speculate over whose spots on the Dream Team Kobe, LeBron and Durant would take. Well, other than Christian Laettner’s.

 

[mastermind]

Cp3 would make it over Stockton

Stockton broke his leg before the tournament

 

[Alexander The Great]

he's right

except for maybe CP3

 

[mr. smoke weed]

imagine if they chose shaq from the college crop instead of laetnerr

 

[Po pimp]

LeBron replaces Bird because Bird is too old
Durant replaces Mullin because he's better
Kobe replaces Laettner because Laettner sucks

 

[Raquinotj]

Cp3 would make it over Stockton

Stockton broke his leg before the tournament

Yeah but he is talking not before the tournament. He's talking about making the team which is months before. CP3 wouldn't have made the team Over Stockton. He wouldve made it as a replacement.

And of the 3 mentioned players only LeBron would start. KD and Kobe coming off the bench.

 

[verbaltelekinesis]

Yeah but he is talking not before the tournament. He's talking about making the team which is months before. CP3 wouldn't have made the team Over Stockton. He wouldve made it as a replacement.

And of the 3 mentioned players only LeBron would start. KD and Kobe coming off the bench.

Are you saying that because you think Stockton is better than CP3?
I just want to get this in text form so there is evidence of this tomfoolery.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

2008 squad would beat 1992. With a healthy Wade and Kobe in his prime.

 

[Real]

I hate how some ppl like Barkley making it seem they would run circles around the redeem team

 

[mastermind]

Yeah but he is talking not before the tournament. He's talking about making the team which is months before. CP3 wouldn't have made the team Over Stockton. He wouldve made it as a replacement.

And of the 3 mentioned players only LeBron would start. KD and Kobe coming off the bench.

well Stockton broke his leg before the tournament

but CP3 is better than Stockton too.


Stockton shouldnt even have made that team over Isiah.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

I hate how some ppl like Barkley making it seem they would run circles around the redeem team

They played against horrible comp and autograph seekers, literally. The 92 team has great players, there no denying but if they played against today's world comp, those scores would be way closer than it was in 92. They played NO ONE.

 

[swag2011]

I don't get why the media is making a big deal outta this. Probably cause it came outta Kobe's mouth tho, if anybody else had said it no one would care.

WTF was Kobe supposed to say? "No we can't beat them, they'll beat us by 50 like they did everyone else, and they'll straight embarrass us?" F*ck nah, everybody kno Kobe confident as hell, and he'll say any team he's on will beat anybody.

With that said, I think the 08 squad could give the Dream Team some problems, but this one i'm not sure about. Lack of size down low is what would kill em.

 

[PortCityProphet]

They played against horrible comp and autograph seekers, literally. The 92 team has great players, there no denying but if they played against today's world comp, those scores would be way closer than it was in 92. They played NO ONE.

true. the rest of the world was oblivious to the worldclass talent of nba players back then. hell if you put the team that won bronze back in 92 theyd win gold easy

 

[Carlos Huerta]

They played against horrible comp and autograph seekers, literally. The 92 team has great players, there no denying but if they played against today's world comp, those scores would be way closer than it was in 92. They played NO ONE.

Doesn't matter

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Lack of size down low is what would kill em.

Pat & Admiral would all on them Young Boys