Re: basketball brag and beat
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I think even our best 13 would have a couple of challenging games, just because those teams understand the nuances of team work that the NBA is sorely lacking right now.
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Couldn't agree more with you on this point. I think the infusion of corporate money into the NBA is at least partially responsible for the trend toward selfishness. Nike isn't paying Lebron $100 million to rack up passes and assists.
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And my point about the old Dream Team and the improvement of the int'l teams still stands. The original Dream Team was all but a lock to win the gold, and the same would've been true for the next best 12 players, and the next 12 after that.
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Dream Teams 1 (Barcelona) & 3 (Atlanta) were probably the 2 greatest of all time. The rest were just average/slightly above. DT II was just lucky the world still sucked at the time. DT IV got a rude awakening. A good match wouldn've been between DT 1 & 3, although I believe 3 or 4 players had played on both teams.
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And I think the original Dream Team would be around 98% against the best 13 from today's game
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From today's game, no question. Against DT III it would've been close. Shaq in his prime was a scary scary player, nobody on DT I would've been able to come CLOSE to containing him.
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