thejoker wrote:balla45 wrote:thejoker wrote:balla45 wrote:thejoker wrote:balla45 wrote:thejoker wrote:I don't know if this belongs here or the USA basketball thread. But
Do you think the Dream team would kill the Redeem Team, as many people suggest?
Yes. As for why.
http://nbadraft.net/node/1832
http://www.nbadraft.net/node/1831
Also, the level of competition in international basketball has grown unfathomably over the past decade or so.
I read both. I personally think the Dream Team would have walked through it even more. They were more cohesive and more fundamentally sound defensively.
The article gave chemistry to the Redeem Team.
Also, don't forget about Kobe as a defender and Chris Paul.
Have not forgotten. I just don't think Kobe could stop Jordan. If Paul is to guard Magic, he won't be able to stop him in the post anyway. The other way around, Jordan could hold Kobe, and the Dream Team's help defense is vastly superior to the Redeem Team's. Add to that the fact that the Redeem team only had 3 players shoot well from 3 in Wade, Redd, and Bryant, and I have to give the edge to the Dream Team.
Who would guard Wade then. And Lebron
Magic couldn't contain hardly anyone of those and Bird couldn't keep up
Drexler. Pippen.