Dan Wetzel seems to think the Redeem team would give the Dream Team a good fight?

Question

I have to disagree.

The Redeem Team only has about 3 players who could withstand Jordan's competitive dominance--Kobe, LeBron, and JKidd (who actually played against most of the Dream Teamers when he first came out).

Players like Carmelo, DWade (good but passive), and Dwight Howard would not be able to withstand the constant elbows, trash talking, and intimidation of players like Jordan, Barkley, Ewing, Bird, Magic, Stockton, Malone, etc.

In other words, most of the Dream Team players had tremendous character and force of will. They weren't just great players, but most of them were truly dominant leaders on their own teams.

Only TWO of the Redeem team players are like that--Kobe and LeBron. And of those two, only Kobe is truly, truly dominant physically and mentally.

So, in a series of 10 games, I say Dream Team takes 8/10.

What do y'all think?

Answer 1

Think about it this way.  What sell newspapers?

Either say the Dream Team will dominate or say the Redeem them will put up a good fight but will loose.

Hmmm... which one is better for future marketing and making friends with the players you'll interview?

Answer 2

yes  because   Redeem team is the closest thing to Dream team

in the other hand i think it is a tie  5-5

becuz now the international basketball are much stronger than before

Answer 3

you are definitely on target mentioning character and force of will. however i think a longer series like ten games would favor the younger team. bird and magic can play but were practically retired in 1992. stockton will also be deadtired in ten games as sole true point guard. my guess is the redeem could win at least 2 in a best of 7. assuming dream wins 4-2 the first six games. then ill go with 2-2 in last 4 games. its 6/10 for 92 team.

Answer 4

Ok people, this is the straight Truth. THE REDEEM TEAM WOULD GIVE THE DREAM TEAM A GOOD FIGHT. and this is why:

Yes, the 1992 Dream Team had all the best legends that basketball will ever have including jordan, and yes they whooped every team in the olympics over a 30 point margin. BUT, the clue on my take, is 1992! In the early 90s, Basketball and the dream team had some glory season, why... BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COMPETITION! Yes, the dream team had the great players, but over the years, Basketball and the game has changed! If you look at the statitics, Kobe has surpassed in point average over jordan, and Lebron is almost there in he is bearly still young. Right now, the all around NBA is talented, in 1992, only the dream team was talented in the NBA! Therefore, they were a tad bit overrated! When Jordan won 6 NBA title, everybody wanted to be like Jordan, so they worked on their game, and now, since 1999, no team has been able to pull that off! Thats because the current stars in the NBA are far more skilled than what the nba was before. If you disagree, then, I want you took take a look back on history of the NBA.