2016 USMNBT vs.1992 Dream Team

     It is said that the 1992 Dream Team is the best basketball team to ever step onto a basketball court. However, I and many others, disagree. The old guys of the 90's were good, but they would not be able to beat this year's Olympic team.
     Old people have big googly eyes for the guys who played on the dream team. This blocks them from seeing the far superior players of today's generation. The game is so much faster and more athletically demanding then the game of the 90's. However, the old guys can boast that their generation played in a much more physical league.
     During the later half of the the 20th century, the NBA was quite a physical game. Guys were constantly being knocked down to the ground every time that they would come through the lane. If you were a big man back in that day, then your main job, pretty much your only job would be to protect that rim. A great example of this would be the Bad Boy Pistons of the early 90's. The Bad Boys exemplified this era in the sense that they were always, always knocking guys down, throwing elbows, or even throwing punches. You really had to be strong in order to play in the league during that era.
     The old geezers grew up watching the most physical era of the NBA. The best of the best from this era went on to play for the Dream Team. However, the debate remains, was that Dream Team and their era of basketball, better than the present day Olympic team and their style of play.
     The current era of the NBA is friendly to shooters and ball handlers. Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving are great examples of this. Both combine their abilities to shoot, with their skill while handling the ball, to dominate their opposition. Both players will be on the upcoming Olympic team however, only Curry will start. Even though Kyrie is a very talented player, Curry will be the star point guard on the Olympic team.
     Steph Curry is an amazing human being. Some of the things that he does on the basketball court is incredible. Personally, I think that Curry is the best point guard to play for a long time, and maybe, if he keeps this pace up, ever. Curry is virtually impossible to guard one on one. Because of his great ball handling skills, he would be one of many very tough matchups for the Dream Team. I believe that his counterpart, Magic Johnson, would have a very tough time guarding a lot of different point guards, let alone Steph Curry. If you don't believe me in my amazement of Curry, then you need to watch one of his highlight videos.

     Curry isn't the only favorable matchup for the young guys. Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard, and most of all, LeBron James all pose difficulties for the Dream Team. One only position that I truly think would win their matchup for the Dream Team would be the goat, Michael Jordan. Jordan is, in my opinion, the best to ever play the game. When he wanted to score, like really wanted to, there was no stopping him. Sure you could foul him, but then you are putting an 84% free throw shooter on the line without him even having to work for his shot. The youth squad would have to put someone like LeBron or Jimmy Butler on Jordan to even hope that he doesn't put up 30 plus points. But honestly, Jordan really might be the only way that the Dream Team could consistently score. It would be tough, but I think Jordan could almost, almost carry his team to a victory over the upset minded kids.
     In the end, even though the game would never be possible to play, I think that the Dream Team would, with most of their players out of their primes, lose to the current Olympic team. Curry, LeBron, and Davis would just be to much to handle. I would say that the old men's ankles would crumble on their way a 108-96 loss to the superior young boys. Let's just hope someday that technology will allow us to at least simulate this game and end the debate.