I’m glad someone brought the 96 Dreamteam up, because fans acting like the 92 team was the only one that existed. That 96 team was blowing the competition out the water too, and was more stacked.
I am a DREAM TEAM guy but I think 96 beats all the Olympic teams with their versatility and talent. They had everything. Point guards, bigs, wings, perimeter defenders, 3 point shooters, and most of them were in their primes. If BIRD AND MAGIC were in their prime, different story
Yeah cause everyone was in there prime. Majic and bird were still good but they were on their way out. Now if they had bird from 86 or magic in 85 then we got a another convo
That is actually true, the only thing missing from 96team is the superstar that stands above the rest, thats why it gets overlooked, but it was literally the perfect superteam
This "player empowerment", position less era is doing these players a disservice!! U can't even appreciate a player dominating his position.......maybe Gilbert was on to something 🤔!!
CHRIS BROUSSARD SHOULD BE ASHAMED..... HE'S A FAKE CHRISTIAN TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT LEBRON HASNT DESTROYED THE NBA WITH HIS SELFISHNESS!!! GEEZE!!! LEBRON HAS NO SELF AWARENESS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS DAD!!!! A DAD WOULD'VE TOLD HIM THIS IS TOO MUCH.
96 Team would would win easily in the 2024 Olympics. Penny, Hill were awesome. Shaq,Robinson,Hakeem, Malone,Barkley, Richmond, Miller, Stockton, Pippen and Payton. Wow!!
I Have Been Saying This For YEEAARRRSSSS, The 96’ Team Is Probably The Best Team Ever…And If 96’ MJ Was On Instead Of Mitch Rich…It Wouldn’t Even Be Debate. The Entire 96’ Team Was Somewhere In Their Prime, Either The Beginning, Peak Or End Of It. That Team Was LOADED!!!
@GLJ2414 Prime Pippen is the best wing defender in history. Gary Payton held Jordan to under 30ppg in the Finals he was def player of the yr. Who is guarding Penny or Grant Hill let alone deal with Prime Dream and Young Shaq 🤣🤣🤣 Dwight Howard!!? Laughable! The bigs alone give the advantage. Penny would post up CP3 all day
@@ReverendSam1why he couldn't rep in a positive manner why not please explain?? Do u realize he was part of the Olympic team that boycotted the Olympics in Russia?
@@anthonytaylor7928 The Pistons @that time were some of the biggest cheap shot artists in the league 😐!! Remember them jumping Barkley & swelled his eye👁️?? NTM the unsportsmanlike way they handled being swept by the bulls 🤨....... that's great representation 😒🙄!!
96 was too deep...Penny was the best point guard in the league, Grant hill was the best small forward in the league..then you got the deepest Bigs ever Shaq,Hakeem,Drob,Mailman,Sir Charles.
The only thing that keeps the 1996 team from being dubbed as the greatest team ever assembled is not having Michael Jordan on that squad... but 1996 team blows this year's team
Ephrim makes an excellent point. I say it all the time that rebounding in todays game is the most misleading stat. Literally NO ONE crashes the glass anymore. People like Steph, Luka and other guards that get these triple doubles is because no crashes the glass and rebounds literally fall into their hands. Hell Rodman might average 40 rebounds!
Well a lot of that is the increase in outside shooting is creating the ball to bounce further from the paint hence why curry can get rebounds at his size is because it happens so far from the rim.
They are the best. Outside of the guard positions, which were just not as important back then, the 96 squad was better top to bottom. They brought back guys who were rising stars on the 92 team when they were in their PRIMES and added Hakeem.
This dude Ephraim is solid. Good to hear dudes w/ knowledge of the 90’s that make articulate points about how different basketball was back then. Salute bruh🫡🫡
I’ve been saying this. The worst player was Mitch Richmond or Reggie. Both were perennial all stars in their prime in 96. They had the best collection of talent for sure. And nobody is scoring on a team with GP, Scottie and Dream.
Imagine playing Hakeem and Robinson together, with GP and Scottie. Hakeem and Robinson are 1 and 2 in most seasons with 200 blocks and 100 steals. Only 3 other players have even done that. Ben Wallace, Pat Ewing and Kareem. Robinson did like 6 times, Kareem 4 or 5 times, Ewing 2, and Wallace 1. Hakeem did it 11 straight seasons. Missed it his rookie season by 1 steal. Finished with 99 steals or it would be 12 seasons in a row. The level of defense that team could play would smother any team.
I think ppl really starting to underrate that 2008 redeem team. Just think about it…Kobe in his absolute prime, Wade and Bron at their athletic peaks, plus Olympic Melo, had bosh spacing the floor, with Prime Dwight down low with CP3 pushing the pace. They would be an offensive mismatch for any other USA Olympic team and could guard everybody
@@ReverendSam1 bro he literally was in the middle of going to three straight finals, and won league mvp in ‘07-‘08. He wasn’t at his peak athletically, but Obviously was in his prime.
Player for player, 1996 was better. They were a nightmare from top to bottom! Pip/Shaq/GP/Mitch/Regg/Dream/Admiral/Grant Hill/Barkley/Stockton/Mitch/Malone were all in their primes... Wow!
@@dadillonful Outside of the obvious MJ missing, who was better than these players in their primes? This Chuck was better than 92 Chuck. This Hakeem was better than Ewing, as was 96 Shaq. Prime Malone vs a rising star Malone. And no disrespect to Magic and Bird, but Bird was struggling to get minutes because he wasn't the same guy. He was old with injuries, and Magic was declining. So who are you arguing for at this point? Clyde? Chris Mullin?
@@lecapjames180outside of MJ? He was the best player in the league in 92 and participated, he was the best player in the league in 96 and did NOT. Let’s not just gloss over that. All those original members that played on the 2nd team were older, 30 and above. In 92 NONE of them were even 30! Magic declining? No one watching those Olympics would think that. His last season in the nba he was 2nd in MVP to MJ. The only argument was Bird and as you saw he wasn’t really needed. The 96 Chuck wasn’t better than the 92 one. Dude arguably was the best player on that team and carried it over to win league MVP in 92-93. His best year. And let’s not disregard Clyde and Mullin who were MVP candidates in 92, Clyde finished as the runner up, Mully was like 6th.
Penny was already injured when he joined the 96 team, he injured his knee when he played against Detroit during the 96 playoffs, but kept playing the rest of the playoffs and olympics.
Bruh every time someone mentions 96,08,2012 or even this year team compared to the dream team i always say those teams have players that wouldn’t even made the team!!!! Michael redd, Tyson chandler, Derrick white, igoudala, jrue holiday, Bam, haliburton like these dudes wouldn’t even got considered
@@stackntax1308 no. White is there specifically for defense. If they wanted a team of all stars, they could’ve had Jaylen Brown/Jalen Brunson/Tyrese Maxey/etc. They wanted certain role players for specific reasons. A washed Bird and a retired Magic wouldn’t have been considered in 2024. Like it or not Laettner was in the team, he counts.
They're called the Dream Team cause it would in fact be a dream nowadays for USA to compete with only 9 NBA Players (like in 1992) vs 61 NBA players this Olympics 🤣🤣🤣 Let's just say they're not asking for American players autographs like they used to for MJ and Chuck.
I recorded all the ‘96 games on vhs. The only questions were who was Shaq going to dunk on, and who was going to have the best highlights. Even in 2000, US vs France, it was about Vince jumping over a 7-footer. Games are close now, not because the US team is worse, but because the global game has grown, largely due to those 90’s Olympic teams.
I’ve ALWAYS said this, the 1996 team was the BEST US team ever. There was NO weaknesses, period. It gets ignored caused it didn’t have MJ on it. ‘96 team was better than Dream Team, or any Kobe lead or LeBron lead teams.
You can argue that from a talent perspective. But, coming together as a team, no. You go by the numbers in these kinds of debates. The lowest points the Dream Team played in all their games(the 8 games in the Olympics & the 6 exhibition games) was 103. They never gave up more than 87 points either & ultimately averaged 117 points.
Based on that ranking, here is the points summary for 10 best players for different teams: 1992 - 161 pts 1996- 150 pts 2008 - 76 pts 2024 - 95 pts same goes for top 2, 3, 5 etc ... enough said ;]
Guys that are great finishers at the rim run wild in international play. So mj, Barkley, LeBron, dwade become unstoppable for whatever reason. That's why leaving Kyrie off is so egregious especially for haliburton who's skillset is easily duplicated by LeBron and Steph.
This is the worst version of the Olympic team we’ve EVER had.. these dudes are all talent & athleticism… no fundamentals.. lacks toughness & defense.. they making the rest of the world look good when in reality they just play basketball so badly it makes the rest of the world look capable of actually winning
yea, the in-attention to detail on defense is so glaring. So many times they close out, and their hands are not even up in the air. Other times the rover doesnt even close out to the 3, just stands and watch a shot without even attempting to rotate. 'Hands down man down'--M Jackson.
Worst version we ever had? I know you probably don’t watch basketball so you probably don’t know this but it we’ve had a team that only won a bronze…and it happened this century. Just stop with the disingenuous garbage.
@@taf3fulcan’t stand folks like you. Everyone who don’t agree with you you call em casuals. U must be young. That’s what I’ve been seeing dumb kids say lately instead of just stating ur point.
After looking at the 1996 Men’s Basketball team. I’m shocked that Chris Webber didn’t make the team. If he was on it. Then I can argue that they were even more loaded than the 1992 team. But oh well🤷🏿
@@ronlinrich Both scenarios are criminal in my opinion. If even if they both went. That would’ve been a fast break festival between Chris and Shawn fo sho🥳
This team is greater that dream team played against fans not competition, the teams that they played were there for the experience these teams are here to win and all of the countries have multiple NBA players
I’ve always said people forget about the 1996 team!!! It was truly stacked. And everyone was in their absolute prime. 12 true HOFs. There are two factors on why people always choose the 1992 team. 1) MJ was on the team and 2) 1992 was the first time the NBA sent their best . The 1996 team was serious!!!! Player for player at the time they played in the Olympics?!?!?! 1996 over maybe any Olympic team!!!
@@anthonytaylor7928 All of them weren’t. 2004 was not a stacked squad. Kobe, Shaq, KG, the top players at the time didn’t want to play. Tim Duncan and AI were the best players, DWade, Bron, and Melo were coming off their rookie season. Definitely was not the best of best. The last Olympic team in Tokyo was not stacked at all. Khris Middleton, Javale McGee and Keldom Johnson were on the team. The topic was regarding the 1996 team and it was stacked. Every player was in their prime and top at their position.
96 is the best because of Shaq and Hakeem Olajuwon they should of been on the 92 team Penny and Gary Payton can match up against any point guard in any era the only position you can say is the weakest is the 2 guard/shooting guard position but its not trash its just the weakest out of the 5 positions on the 96 team there is a lot of people on this team that was on the 92 and 2000 Olympic team also.
😂 Hilarious take. That 92 Team, because they were older; i.e. Bird and his back, and their collective will, makes them THE TEAM. That TEAM as a whole is in the Hall of Fame.
Respect to Dream Team on same note, the basket ball standards improved. During a dream team, the NBA mad FIBA rules are same So USA players dominated with their natural toughness In 2024 tha NBA rules are soft so players also soft. When they are playing in FIBA, they have to play different game completely. In 2024 the basket ball is same on USA level.
I remember that final game in 1996. clear as day! Halftime was 43:38 (it was 2 x 20 minutes halfs format), so it was not a blowout from the start. Your guys played against Yugoslavia (basically Serbia at that moment, that is another topic to explain here), and they have starting centre (strongest guy and extremely skilled centre Zoran Savic) injured in semifinal game. He was sitting at the bench with the crutches pissed off cause he wasn't able to play with broken foot. Only other C in the team was Divac, and as soon as he got in the fouls trouble and wear out by monstrous centre line of dream team (Hakeem Shaq and Robinson all in primes), Dream team 3 pulled out and run far away. Y'all should find a watch that game in full, we all in Serbia was devastated that Zoran Savic was injured for that game because it would be much different mach up and game.
GOAT PG as PG #1, all-time leader in assists and steals as PG #2. GOAT at his peak at SG. 3 MVPS in their prime as bigs, + Ewing. No team compares. Stop.
The reason the Redeem team isn’t called DreamTeam 3 is cus LeBronze could only get a bronze medal so Kobe had to save him. Lebron messed up a DreamTeam 3 cus he couldn’t close lol. Hence the Redeem Team.
if you are measuring talent, you need to weight the team accomplishments lower. pippen and jordan were on the same team. additionally, you dont count any college kids achievements, which since its college should be weighted lower, but should count.... Draymond is a role player, and the 4th option on teams and he is getting rated higher.
Yes, it actually is, quiet as kept. If only 33-year-old Michael Jordan coming off the 1996 season played in place of not really American, Hakeem Elijah Juan. It’s the only team USA roster to be totally comprised of all members of all three NBA teams that season. If you would’ve put in his prime, Sean Kemp above slightly passed his prime Charles Barkley on that team, along with MJ, in place of Hakeem or John Stockton, most of the guys were in their prime, or just exiting it, they have size, they have and perimeter, defense galore, they have passing, they have length and athleticism, they have scoring and they had ample spot up shooting with Mitch Richmond and Reggie Miller.the argument for best team ever is between 1992 and 1996 and then I think second place is a battle between 2008, 2012 and 2024 team
Thank you. I feel like the 96 team continues to get left out of the conversation of great USA teams. The greatest is debatable, but I feel like the 96 team is in the conversation for sure.
It’s funny how the old generation can speak on our era but soons we speak in their era they get sensitive and upset but they quick to say we sensitive 🫤 smh
2024 is better than its predecessors for 2 reasons, just 2 reasons 1. Lebron, Steph and KD 2. The level of international competition is far more superior. Jokic, Giannis, Wemby, Canada and Germany
🤣🤣🤣🤣 The dream team was legit arguably the best basketball team assembled of professional athletes literally everybody on that team is a Hall of Famer!! They do this to every single team in the media they always try to tear down the old team in order to prop up the new team!!
Dang, so even acknowledging other Olympic teams like 96 is "tearing down" the dream team now. Wow. Dont even know how that props up 2024 but maybe its some new form of mental math
@@lecapjames180 I guess you haven’t seen all of the other videos about how this current team might be better than that dream team I guess you haven’t been paying attention
2024 is better han its predecessors for 2 reasons, just 2 reasons 1. Lebron, Steph and KD 2. The level of international competition is far more superior. Jokic, Giannis,Canada and Germany
The difference between the 92, 96 versions of the dream team and these modern versions is not even the skill but the mindset of the players. Those guys were straight killers, wanting to dominate and take ur soul. Thats how they played then. These guys today may have more flash but arent wired to dominate as much. Those old guys would take everything being said in the media personally and go out to dominate. Times have changed
The dream team played 5 nba players among multiple teams. The 24 team played against 60. If you put them in 92 against those teams they would win by 80
Completely different time and era when considering foreign players at that time. There could have been alot more, but alot of them stayed to play in their respective euro leagues. Let alone the fact that it was the 90s and you can't compare the reach, access, scouting... Etc to now
‘96 only team that can beat ‘92. I still go ‘92 because Mike was at his prime with Scottie and Magic could still play. But ‘96 had a lot of talent in their true Prime.
The competition has change big time around the world compare to 92 and 96, the dream team is not blowing out teams by 30 and 40 points in every games in today's basketball ,around the world like they did back then, yes i still think that they will win the Olympics today but not by the margins they did back then, the games will be lot closer like today's games because the world has caught up with USA basketball .
92 and 96 are the greatest teams ever assembled, but 2024 is more impressive to me because they faced, and overcame much better competition, barring they don't lose to France......92 and 96 were literally playing against their own fans. The losing players were getting autographs after the games.
10yrs from now these nostalgic pest will either have wisen up or passed away and the talks will be less bias about the 90's. Granted, the might over rate LeBrons era as well so I don't know.
I've always said Dream Team 2 is arguably the most talented Team USA roster. The Dream Team remains the gold standard, but Dream Team 2 & Redeem Team (1 or 2) are the three greatest Team USA teams since NBA sent their guys.
I don't agree anymore that that Dream Team in the 90s was the greatest. The competition have evolved so much. International teams have become so much better. USA is facing a so much different teams now.
So crazy about this choice is all the players great om 96 team... but only 1 player Hakeem to win a chip...based on a bunch of things... but sometimes all nba be biased too, so it's a flawed system to calculate who is best... Overall just an opinion
96 or 12 are the best teams ever because of where they were in their primes in their careers. 92 had a retired and sick magic, and an overly injured Larry Bird. And wasted a spot on laettner 🤣 but that 96 team was RIDICULOUS, so I’d say the 96 team best ever
Remember when u would only see 👀 these players together on the Olympic team or an all-star game 🤔?? Now players u named ALL play on the same team together in the regular season....... where's the competition 🤔??
Simple question: Would either the 92 or 96 team struggle against the 2024 Serbian team and only manage to beat them by 4 points? The answer is no, both the 92 and 96 teams would blow the doors off this year's Serbian team. People talk about Magic and Bird being past their prime but only Bird was seriously hampered by injuries and both were younger than the 3 oldest players on the 2024 team. Every other nba player on the 92 team was in their prime years and are amongst the top 75 greatest of all time (excluding Mullen). The 2024 team other than Durant, JE, Curry and James are all b-teir players. I don't want to even get into the 96 team because it to would dominate the 2024 team.
@chrisa6592 only in today's NBA is a player like Jokic (very smart but extremely un-athletic, kinda chubby and slow) so dominate with the garbage "position-less" basketball being played today. With the combination of Robinson, Malone and Ewing he would be rendered highly ineffective. Jokic would struggle to guard any of the centers, power forwards on the 92 team get real. Other than Jokic the rest of the Serbian team is nothing special at all, yet becuase they play team basketball they were able to give the supposedly "super talented" usa team a run for their money. The 92 team would eat the 2024 Serbian team alive, get real.
@chrisa6592 it's all just opinion at the end of the day but I have not seen a single valid argument as to why the 2024 USA team is superior or even equal to either the 92 team or the 96 team.
@dnice4145 I hear you my argument is that 92 team was older. Tatum is an nba champ in his peak but can't break the lineup. Robinson, barkely (best player during the olympics), Stockton, laettner, mullin didn't sniff a championship at that point. Now Clyde, jordan, pippen, malone. Those were Dawgs. Bird and magic were past their prime. I'm saying it's way closer than you think.
I’m glad someone brought the 96 Dreamteam up, because fans acting like the 92 team was the only one that existed. That 96 team was blowing the competition out the water too, and was more stacked.
96 TEAM IS BEST EVER ALL 12 ARE SUPERSTARS HALL OF FAME AND LEADERS OF TEAMS AND ALL HEALTH PRIME BEST YEARS.
That 96 team was crazy! 😳
96 is either 1 or 2. They had 11 HOFs plus prime Penny.. They were damn near a perfect team with bigs, wings, and PGs
Agreed
They were better to me.
That team was very athletic and had shooters too with prime Mitch Richmond and Reggie.
I am a DREAM TEAM guy but I think 96 beats all the Olympic teams with their versatility and talent. They had everything. Point guards, bigs, wings, perimeter defenders, 3 point shooters, and most of them were in their primes.
If BIRD AND MAGIC were in their prime, different story
I said it before and i'll say it again, if Michael Jordan was on that '96 team, that would've been the best Olympic team ever, even better than '92.
Yeah cause everyone was in there prime. Majic and bird were still good but they were on their way out. Now if they had bird from 86 or magic in 85 then we got a another convo
I still would take 92 by a small margin
Why wasn't Jordan on this team
Who are you and why should we care what you have to say or your opinion
@@taytay8283who are you and why would we care if you care about what he has to say?
That is actually true, the only thing missing from 96team is the superstar that stands above the rest, thats why it gets overlooked, but it was literally the perfect superteam
This "player empowerment", position less era is doing these players a disservice!! U can't even appreciate a player dominating his position.......maybe Gilbert was on to something 🤔!!
Shaq was a superstar in the 90’s. NBA Allstar, platinum rapper, actor & all over tv at that time.
It’s barkley don’t sleep and those bigs would be too much for any other USA team
@@christianpaul-cp6746Shaq wasn’t the best big on the team 😂.
Penny was my favorite player at the time. I hate he got hurt
" I'm Represented by klutch as well" - Chris Broussard June 2024
CHRIS BROUSSARD SHOULD BE ASHAMED..... HE'S A FAKE CHRISTIAN TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT LEBRON HASNT DESTROYED THE NBA WITH HIS SELFISHNESS!!! GEEZE!!! LEBRON HAS NO SELF AWARENESS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS DAD!!!! A DAD WOULD'VE TOLD HIM THIS IS TOO MUCH.
lol compromised….sometimes he breaks character and speaks truth but I think it’s in his contract with klutch to overlook Kobe
Omg the defense on this team is insane shaq, Scottie, dream, Gary, David Robinson, Stockton smfh that’s crazy
Oops that was a wrong reply.
96 Team would would win easily in the 2024 Olympics. Penny, Hill were awesome. Shaq,Robinson,Hakeem, Malone,Barkley, Richmond, Miller, Stockton, Pippen and Payton. Wow!!
Yesss! FINALLY! This 1996 team is the most flawless team USA basketball mens ever!
I Have Been Saying This For YEEAARRRSSSS, The 96’ Team Is Probably The Best Team Ever…And If 96’ MJ Was On Instead Of Mitch Rich…It Wouldn’t Even Be Debate. The Entire 96’ Team Was Somewhere In Their Prime, Either The Beginning, Peak Or End Of It. That Team Was LOADED!!!
2008 washes them
@@GLJ2414 na bro that team is too deep
@GLJ2414 2008? Who is guarding Shaq or Dream let alone Prime Penny and Grant Hill. Sheesh! Pippen and Payton was Def Player of the yr.
@@bitcoinbobby4149 no one on that team is checking 2008 Kobe Bron Wade or Melo no chance
@GLJ2414 Prime Pippen is the best wing defender in history. Gary Payton held Jordan to under 30ppg in the Finals he was def player of the yr. Who is guarding Penny or Grant Hill let alone deal with Prime Dream and Young Shaq 🤣🤣🤣 Dwight Howard!!? Laughable! The bigs alone give the advantage. Penny would post up CP3 all day
Isiah clearly should’ve been on that dream team. Detroit loves you Zeke🏆🏆!!!
He couldn't even represent the league in a positive manner, why would they let him represent the 🇺🇸🤔??
@@ReverendSam1why he couldn't rep in a positive manner why not please explain?? Do u realize he was part of the Olympic team that boycotted the Olympics in Russia?
@@anthonytaylor7928 The Pistons @that time were some of the biggest cheap shot artists in the league 😐!! Remember them jumping Barkley & swelled his eye👁️?? NTM the unsportsmanlike way they handled being swept by the bulls 🤨....... that's great representation 😒🙄!!
96 was too deep...Penny was the best point guard in the league, Grant hill was the best small forward in the league..then you got the deepest Bigs ever Shaq,Hakeem,Drob,Mailman,Sir Charles.
That's exactly what I was going to say. Almost word for word exactly.
The only thing that keeps the 1996 team from being dubbed as the greatest team ever assembled is not having Michael Jordan on that squad... but 1996 team blows this year's team
Yeah if 🐐 Jordan was on 96 it would be wraps for sure, but agreed. 96 would still beat this 24 team for sure.
Delusional
Cap
@@RonnySwank how come its delusional? this year's team already having a hard time beating South Sudan, Germany,Serbia lol 1996 would smash this team
I agree but I would rather swap Lattner and Bird for Hardaway and Shaq on the 92 team. But you are right MJ on 96 is crazy.
1996 was Dream Team 3 actually. 1994 World Championships was Dream Team 2
Ephrim makes an excellent point. I say it all the time that rebounding in todays game is the most misleading stat. Literally NO ONE crashes the glass anymore. People like Steph, Luka and other guards that get these triple doubles is because no crashes the glass and rebounds literally fall into their hands. Hell Rodman might average 40 rebounds!
Sounds like Gilbert may b on to something, the NBA is playing an international style of 🏀!! Remember when a player use to dominate HIS position 🤔??
Well a lot of that is the increase in outside shooting is creating the ball to bounce further from the paint hence why curry can get rebounds at his size is because it happens so far from the rim.
Orebound miss lead to opens 3s..not worth it
Or maybe 3s create long rebounds
@@YangoBord also good point
Had Jordan actually chosen to play for the 96 squad, they would have been the best squad ever sent.
They are the best. Outside of the guard positions, which were just not as important back then, the 96 squad was better top to bottom. They brought back guys who were rising stars on the 92 team when they were in their PRIMES and added Hakeem.
They’re only ranked so highly because the world has no NBA level players. There are 12 times more NBA players faced today
This dude Ephraim is solid. Good to hear dudes w/ knowledge of the 90’s that make articulate points about how different basketball was back then. Salute bruh🫡🫡
The fact that we are 32 years removed and STILL debating about the original 92 Dream Team, tells you everything you need to know😅
That it was the first to allow pros?
They was playing bums 🤦🏽♂️
Damn. So we're not even allowed to bring up the 96 team now
@@AllPros62 you prolly weren’t even born yet, wtf do u know lol
That team coulda dominated without Jordan even playing that’s how weak the competition was
I've always said that the 96 team was the best Olympic Team hands down!!! All of these guys were in their prime!!! 💪🏾👏🏾🔥💯
The 1996 team gets overlooked a lot
They were all in their prime and healthy too.
I’ve been saying this. The worst player was Mitch Richmond or Reggie. Both were perennial all stars in their prime in 96. They had the best collection of talent for sure. And nobody is scoring on a team with GP, Scottie and Dream.
Imagine playing Hakeem and Robinson together, with GP and Scottie. Hakeem and Robinson are 1 and 2 in most seasons with 200 blocks and 100 steals. Only 3 other players have even done that. Ben Wallace, Pat Ewing and Kareem. Robinson did like 6 times, Kareem 4 or 5 times, Ewing 2, and Wallace 1. Hakeem did it 11 straight seasons. Missed it his rookie season by 1 steal. Finished with 99 steals or it would be 12 seasons in a row. The level of defense that team could play would smother any team.
96 was AMAZING...
Penny
Grant Hill
Pippen
Dream
Shaq
I think ppl really starting to underrate that 2008 redeem team. Just think about it…Kobe in his absolute prime, Wade and Bron at their athletic peaks, plus Olympic Melo, had bosh spacing the floor, with Prime Dwight down low with CP3 pushing the pace. They would be an offensive mismatch for any other USA Olympic team and could guard everybody
"Prime" Kobe(r.i.p)🤔, he was in his 12th season 😐!!
@@ReverendSam1 bro he literally was in the middle of going to three straight finals, and won league mvp in ‘07-‘08. He wasn’t at his peak athletically, but Obviously was in his prime.
@@ReverendSam1 just like how Lebron was in his prime around year 12 in the league with the Heat and going back to Cleveland
@@ghostface3652 So it takes a DECADE B4 u hit your prime🤔........ interesting!!
@@ReverendSam1 YES duh Wtf😹 I said prime not athletic prime you have to be dumb
Player for player, 1996 was better.
They were a nightmare from top to bottom!
Pip/Shaq/GP/Mitch/Regg/Dream/Admiral/Grant Hill/Barkley/Stockton/Mitch/Malone were all in their primes...
Wow!
No they weren’t 💀
@@dadillonful Outside of the obvious MJ missing, who was better than these players in their primes? This Chuck was better than 92 Chuck. This Hakeem was better than Ewing, as was 96 Shaq. Prime Malone vs a rising star Malone. And no disrespect to Magic and Bird, but Bird was struggling to get minutes because he wasn't the same guy. He was old with injuries, and Magic was declining. So who are you arguing for at this point? Clyde? Chris Mullin?
@@lecapjames180outside of MJ? He was the best player in the league in 92 and participated, he was the best player in the league in 96 and did NOT. Let’s not just gloss over that. All those original members that played on the 2nd team were older, 30 and above. In 92 NONE of them were even 30! Magic declining? No one watching those Olympics would think that. His last season in the nba he was 2nd in MVP to MJ. The only argument was Bird and as you saw he wasn’t really needed. The 96 Chuck wasn’t better than the 92 one. Dude arguably was the best player on that team and carried it over to win league MVP in 92-93. His best year. And let’s not disregard Clyde and Mullin who were MVP candidates in 92, Clyde finished as the runner up, Mully was like 6th.
All the guys on 2024 are #1 options...the #1 don't do dirty work like rebounds and defense
Penny was already injured when he joined the 96 team, he injured his knee when he played against Detroit during the 96 playoffs, but kept playing the rest of the playoffs and olympics.
Bruh every time someone mentions 96,08,2012 or even this year team compared to the dream team i always say those teams have players that wouldn’t even made the team!!!! Michael redd, Tyson chandler, Derrick white, igoudala, jrue holiday, Bam, haliburton like these dudes wouldn’t even got considered
What year 96
@@jadendegraphenreed8848 Reggie miller and Mitch Richmond they not making the 92 team
I mean, Laettner and Mullin wouldn’t make the 2024 team.
@@03Man11 laettner doesn’t count they had to select a college player and mullin definitely makes it over white
@@stackntax1308 no. White is there specifically for defense. If they wanted a team of all stars, they could’ve had Jaylen Brown/Jalen Brunson/Tyrese Maxey/etc. They wanted certain role players for specific reasons. A washed Bird and a retired Magic wouldn’t have been considered in 2024. Like it or not Laettner was in the team, he counts.
Also remember penny and grant hill couldnt really qualify for this list because they had not even played 4 years in the league yet
In there PRIME before injuries....PROBLEM
Stop it that's not a criteria
They're called the Dream Team cause it would in fact be a dream nowadays for USA to compete with only 9 NBA Players (like in 1992) vs 61 NBA players this Olympics 🤣🤣🤣 Let's just say they're not asking for American players autographs like they used to for MJ and Chuck.
I recorded all the ‘96 games on vhs. The only questions were who was Shaq going to dunk on, and who was going to have the best highlights. Even in 2000, US vs France, it was about Vince jumping over a 7-footer. Games are close now, not because the US team is worse, but because the global game has grown, largely due to those 90’s Olympic teams.
I’ve ALWAYS said this, the 1996 team was the BEST US team ever. There was NO weaknesses, period. It gets ignored caused it didn’t have MJ on it. ‘96 team was better than Dream Team, or any Kobe lead or LeBron lead teams.
You can argue that from a talent perspective. But, coming together as a team, no. You go by the numbers in these kinds of debates. The lowest points the Dream Team played in all their games(the 8 games in the Olympics & the 6 exhibition games) was 103. They never gave up more than 87 points either & ultimately averaged 117 points.
The Dream Team was literally dominating opponents by 50 what are we talking about?
Exactly
Opponents was trash back then
@@MarquanScott-e7r in what universe?
Players were less talented back then 🤷🏽♂️
@@churchhide in what universe?
1996 Team was awesome
Why previous 4 years? Not 3 or 5?
They doing every team now. Next is the '88 is going to get a video.
Always reaching.......no shame!!
Nah. I think 92 was the first year professional athletes could compete in basketball
Based on that ranking, here is the points summary for 10 best players for different teams:
1992 - 161 pts
1996- 150 pts
2008 - 76 pts
2024 - 95 pts
same goes for top 2, 3, 5 etc ... enough said ;]
After seeing Curry’s performance vs France the 2024 team is unguardable
Shaq and Shawn Kemp were so good on the 94 team. Kevin Johnson too
Guys that are great finishers at the rim run wild in international play. So mj, Barkley, LeBron, dwade become unstoppable for whatever reason. That's why leaving Kyrie off is so egregious especially for haliburton who's skillset is easily duplicated by LeBron and Steph.
I thought Mark Price was on this team i could be wrong
He was on the 94 team. That 94 was deep also
94 is not special. The Olympics is every 4yrs.
This is the worst version of the Olympic team we’ve EVER had.. these dudes are all talent & athleticism… no fundamentals.. lacks toughness & defense.. they making the rest of the world look good when in reality they just play basketball so badly it makes the rest of the world look capable of actually winning
yea, the in-attention to detail on defense is so glaring. So many times they close out, and their hands are not even up in the air. Other times the rover doesnt even close out to the 3, just stands and watch a shot without even attempting to rotate. 'Hands down man down'--M Jackson.
Worst version we ever had? I know you probably don’t watch basketball so you probably don’t know this but it we’ve had a team that only won a bronze…and it happened this century. Just stop with the disingenuous garbage.
Can you post the link to the weed you are consuming right now. Need to be banned asap
U have no idea how basketball IQ works otherwise u wouldn’t say something so dumb lol u don’t know ball
@@taf3fulcan’t stand folks like you. Everyone who don’t agree with you you call em casuals. U must be young. That’s what I’ve been seeing dumb kids say lately instead of just stating ur point.
Any team with prime Shaq and prime Hakeem is unbeatable. Like they will foul out the other team every time
92 dreamteam is more iconic than actually being clearly the best, like muhammed ali, beatles, bruce lee
After looking at the 1996 Men’s Basketball team. I’m shocked that Chris Webber didn’t make the team. If he was on it. Then I can argue that they were even more loaded than the 1992 team. But oh well🤷🏿
Webber had a shoulder injury early and missed the 96 season. Shawn Kemp was the biggest snub.
@@ronlinrich Both scenarios are criminal in my opinion. If even if they both went. That would’ve been a fast break festival between Chris and Shawn fo sho🥳
1. Magic showed up to the all-star game in '92, hadn't played in a year and won the MVP!! 2. Bird had a bad back, but still was knockin' down 3's!!
96 team was Dream Team 3 , Dream Team 2 was the the 94 World Championships now called World Cup Team
That's because the Olympics is every 4yrs. The 94 team doesn't count. 🙄
They gave up 18 OR to Puerto. And they only have one NBA player. And everyone in this comment section is taller than him.
I’m glad this team is getting love. This is the best team no one talks about. If Jordan was on that team I would pick 96 over 92
This team is greater that dream team played against fans not competition, the teams that they played were there for the experience these teams are here to win and all of the countries have multiple NBA players
Always said that 96 team was better. Mix of youth and guys in their prime.
I’ve always said people forget about the 1996 team!!! It was truly stacked. And everyone was in their absolute prime. 12 true HOFs. There are two factors on why people always choose the 1992 team. 1) MJ was on the team and 2) 1992 was the first time the NBA sent their best . The 1996 team was serious!!!! Player for player at the time they played in the Olympics?!?!?! 1996 over maybe any Olympic team!!!
All of the NBA player Olympic teams are stacked what are u talking about?
@@anthonytaylor7928 All of them weren’t. 2004 was not a stacked squad. Kobe, Shaq, KG, the top players at the time didn’t want to play. Tim Duncan and AI were the best players, DWade, Bron, and Melo were coming off their rookie season. Definitely was not the best of best. The last Olympic team in Tokyo was not stacked at all. Khris Middleton, Javale McGee and Keldom Johnson were on the team. The topic was regarding the 1996 team and it was stacked. Every player was in their prime and top at their position.
96 is the best because of Shaq and Hakeem Olajuwon they should of been on the 92 team
Penny and Gary Payton can match up against any point guard in any era
the only position you can say is the weakest is the 2 guard/shooting guard position but its not trash its just the weakest out of the 5 positions on the 96 team
there is a lot of people on this team that was on the 92 and 2000 Olympic team also.
You geniuses are late to the party…
Gil Arenas has been arguing this for couple of years now
What makes the 92 squad imperfect was Magic Bird wasn't on their prime.
😂 Hilarious take. That 92 Team, because they were older; i.e. Bird and his back, and their collective will, makes them THE TEAM. That TEAM as a whole is in the Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile, this year's iteration is barely winning. Good take, brah.
The Dream Team is the best team of All Time
FACTS EPHRAIM!!!! 💪🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Respect to Dream Team on same note, the basket ball standards improved.
During a dream team, the NBA mad FIBA rules are same
So USA players dominated with their natural toughness
In 2024 tha NBA rules are soft so players also soft.
When they are playing in FIBA, they have to play different game completely.
In 2024 the basket ball is same on USA level.
Hard to say because the 96 team did not play against good opponents. International teams have improved a lot. It’s a lot tougher now.
Chris “gonna expose my klutch connection now” Broussard
I remember that final game in 1996. clear as day! Halftime was 43:38 (it was 2 x 20 minutes halfs format), so it was not a blowout from the start.
Your guys played against Yugoslavia (basically Serbia at that moment, that is another topic to explain here), and they have starting centre (strongest guy and extremely skilled centre Zoran Savic) injured in semifinal game. He was sitting at the bench with the crutches pissed off cause he wasn't able to play with broken foot. Only other C in the team was Divac, and as soon as he got in the fouls trouble and wear out by monstrous centre line of dream team (Hakeem Shaq and Robinson all in primes), Dream team 3 pulled out and run far away.
Y'all should find a watch that game in full, we all in Serbia was devastated that Zoran Savic was injured for that game because it would be much different mach up and game.
GOAT PG as PG #1, all-time leader in assists and steals as PG #2. GOAT at his peak at SG. 3 MVPS in their prime as bigs, + Ewing. No team compares. Stop.
Glad I’m not the only one that was upset about the rebound!!!!
The reason the Redeem team isn’t called DreamTeam 3 is cus LeBronze could only get a bronze medal so Kobe had to save him. Lebron messed up a DreamTeam 3 cus he couldn’t close lol. Hence the Redeem Team.
if you are measuring talent, you need to weight the team accomplishments lower. pippen and jordan were on the same team. additionally, you dont count any college kids achievements, which since its college should be weighted lower, but should count.... Draymond is a role player, and the 4th option on teams and he is getting rated higher.
Yes, it actually is, quiet as kept. If only 33-year-old Michael Jordan coming off the 1996 season played in place of not really American, Hakeem Elijah Juan. It’s the only team USA roster to be totally comprised of all members of all three NBA teams that season. If you would’ve put in his prime, Sean Kemp above slightly passed his prime Charles Barkley on that team, along with MJ, in place of Hakeem or John Stockton, most of the guys were in their prime, or just exiting it, they have size, they have and perimeter, defense galore, they have passing, they have length and athleticism, they have scoring and they had ample spot up shooting with Mitch Richmond and Reggie Miller.the argument for best team ever is between 1992 and 1996 and then I think second place is a battle between 2008, 2012 and 2024 team
C - Shaq, PF - Robinson, SF - Olajuwon, SG - Pippen, PG - Hardaway... beat me
Those 3 bigs could actually pull that off.
Now let’s rate the opposition and their rankings from 1992-2024.
While we're at hypothetical, imagine an 88 dream team, prime bird, magic, Isiah, Jordan...
I can't wait to hear what rob has to say about curry not being clutch 😂😂
Yall forgot Isaiah Thomas on DT2
Thank you. I feel like the 96 team continues to get left out of the conversation of great USA teams. The greatest is debatable, but I feel like the 96 team is in the conversation for sure.
It’s funny how the old generation can speak on our era but soons we speak in their era they get sensitive and upset but they quick to say we sensitive 🫤 smh
2024 is better than its predecessors for 2 reasons, just 2 reasons
1. Lebron, Steph and KD
2. The level of international competition is far more superior. Jokic, Giannis, Wemby, Canada and Germany
🤣🤣🤣🤣 The dream team was legit arguably the best basketball team assembled of professional athletes literally everybody on that team is a Hall of Famer!! They do this to every single team in the media they always try to tear down the old team in order to prop up the new team!!
Dang, so even acknowledging other Olympic teams like 96 is "tearing down" the dream team now. Wow. Dont even know how that props up 2024 but maybe its some new form of mental math
@@lecapjames180 I guess you haven’t seen all of the other videos about how this current team might be better than that dream team I guess you haven’t been paying attention
2024 is better han its predecessors for 2 reasons, just 2 reasons
1. Lebron, Steph and KD
2. The level of international competition is far more superior. Jokic, Giannis,Canada and Germany
@@GamiUy Bro that’s complete horseshit!! Lol You’re comparing different players to different arrows and vice versa
@@flyguy7825 So who you got?
The current USA basketball team has went up against the best talent in the basketball world and proved USA is still the best
The difference between the 92, 96 versions of the dream team and these modern versions is not even the skill but the mindset of the players. Those guys were straight killers, wanting to dominate and take ur soul. Thats how they played then. These guys today may have more flash but arent wired to dominate as much. Those old guys would take everything being said in the media personally and go out to dominate. Times have changed
The dream team played 5 nba players among multiple teams. The 24 team played against 60. If you put them in 92 against those teams they would win by 80
Completely different time and era when considering foreign players at that time. There could have been alot more, but alot of them stayed to play in their respective euro leagues. Let alone the fact that it was the 90s and you can't compare the reach, access, scouting... Etc to now
‘96 only team that can beat ‘92. I still go ‘92 because Mike was at his prime with Scottie and Magic could still play. But ‘96 had a lot of talent in their true Prime.
It’s more physical and more competition now. Guys more skill
The competition has change big time around the world compare to 92 and 96, the dream team is not blowing out teams by 30 and 40 points in every games in today's basketball ,around the world like they did back then, yes i still think that they will win the Olympics today but not by the margins they did back then, the games will be lot closer like today's games because the world has caught up with USA basketball .
92 and 96 are the greatest teams ever assembled, but 2024 is more impressive to me because they faced, and overcame much better competition, barring they don't lose to France......92 and 96 were literally playing against their own fans. The losing players were getting autographs after the games.
10yrs from now these nostalgic pest will either have wisen up or passed away and the talks will be less bias about the 90's. Granted, the might over rate LeBrons era as well so I don't know.
I've always said Dream Team 2 is arguably the most talented Team USA roster. The Dream Team remains the gold standard, but Dream Team 2 & Redeem Team (1 or 2) are the three greatest Team USA teams since NBA sent their guys.
1996🔥🔥🔥. All Prime Players.
I don't agree anymore that that Dream Team in the 90s was the greatest. The competition have evolved so much. International teams have become so much better. USA is facing a so much different teams now.
So crazy about this choice is all the players great om 96 team... but only 1 player Hakeem to win a chip...based on a bunch of things... but sometimes all nba be biased too, so it's a flawed system to calculate who is best...
Overall just an opinion
Sports talk has no new content apart from actual game commentary. Everything else is GOAT bs.
Kid's today will still say this 2024 team will beat that 96 team 😂😂😂😂😂😂
96 or 12 are the best teams ever because of where they were in their primes in their careers. 92 had a retired and sick magic, and an overly injured Larry Bird. And wasted a spot on laettner 🤣 but that 96 team was RIDICULOUS, so I’d say the 96 team best ever
It was the policy of Team USA back then to include one amateur/college player on the squad so Laettner was the best college player
That’s crazy that a 5 time nba champion, 2 times finals mvp, season mvp, hella other accolades is 6 and 7 on this list lol
No one talks about the 94 team, the real Dream Team 2
That's because the Olympics is every 4yrs. 92 doesn't fit in the conversation.
1996 team, redeem team, and 2024 team are the three best us team so far.
The 24 team is not even in the conversation. We are comparing players not careers or achievements.
Actually, I prefer the 2003 USA team with Jason Kidd, Iverson, T-mac, Vince Carter, Tim Duncan, Ray Allen and Elton Brand etc, all in their prime.
Hakeem was no better than Ewing. That is a narrative.
Michael Jeffrey "Air" "Pai Mei" Jordan is also even the pound per pound Olympic basketball Billy-🐐. I'm not shocked 🤷🏽♂️
The most over rated player of all time.
If the 1996 team had MJ it would be no question
2012 kobe lebron kd that trio unstoppable
Remember when u would only see 👀 these players together on the Olympic team or an all-star game 🤔?? Now players u named ALL play on the same team together in the regular season....... where's the competition 🤔??
Simple question:
Would either the 92 or 96 team struggle against the 2024 Serbian team and only manage to beat them by 4 points? The answer is no, both the 92 and 96 teams would blow the doors off this year's Serbian team. People talk about Magic and Bird being past their prime but only Bird was seriously hampered by injuries and both were younger than the 3 oldest players on the 2024 team. Every other nba player on the 92 team was in their prime years and are amongst the top 75 greatest of all time (excluding Mullen). The 2024 team other than Durant, JE, Curry and James are all b-teir players. I don't want to even get into the 96 team because it to would dominate the 2024 team.
Man the Serbia argument is kinda easy tho...jokic. 92 didn't face that. But 92, 96, 2012, 2024 are all ridiculous tbh.
@chrisa6592 only in today's NBA is a player like Jokic (very smart but extremely un-athletic, kinda chubby and slow) so dominate with the garbage "position-less" basketball being played today. With the combination of Robinson, Malone and Ewing he would be rendered highly ineffective. Jokic would struggle to guard any of the centers, power forwards on the 92 team get real. Other than Jokic the rest of the Serbian team is nothing special at all, yet becuase they play team basketball they were able to give the supposedly "super talented" usa team a run for their money. The 92 team would eat the 2024 Serbian team alive, get real.
@dnice4145 flatly disagree. But that's part of debate sometimes we agree sometimes we don't.
@chrisa6592 it's all just opinion at the end of the day but I have not seen a single valid argument as to why the 2024 USA team is superior or even equal to either the 92 team or the 96 team.
@dnice4145 I hear you my argument is that 92 team was older. Tatum is an nba champ in his peak but can't break the lineup. Robinson, barkely (best player during the olympics), Stockton, laettner, mullin didn't sniff a championship at that point. Now Clyde, jordan, pippen, malone. Those were Dawgs. Bird and magic were past their prime. I'm saying it's way closer than you think.