THIS was the REAL dream team. The youngins nowadays have no idea how simplicity would win games. Stockton was not a fancy player but look at his assist rate throughout his career and the sheer accuracy. Jordan shouldn't need an introduction, and neither should Bird, Johnson nor Drexler. Each one of those players could lead just about any team in the NBA today to be playoff contenders.
the greatest team ever assembled except for Christian Laetnerr.i can't understand why they include a college player out there!!my choice could've been another point guard in Isiah Thomas or Tim Hardaway or if not Dominique Wilkins.
@willsmackyoudown Nope. Wilkins is American. Born in Paris to a father serving in the US Air Force at the time of birth, therefore a US citizen. You could make the argument that Kobe is Italian since he lived a good portion of his youth in Italy and speaks Italian fluently....
International Players are players who play, Internationally, for the country they call their true home. Example: P. Gasol is a Spaniard and plays for Spain in International paly. Not necesarily about place of birth.
@mrmacross you are forgetting that this Dream Team has also many Hall of Famers, most of them in their prime. Magic, Bird, Jordan, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Pippen, Ewing, Robinson, Mullin, Drexler...
@masterchiefrules2012 Of course I didn't forget that. I'm just saying what really separates a team like the Dream Team from other good USA Basketball squads like 1996 and 2008 is either the unmatched passing ability, the dominating big men, or both.
@mrmacross ah i c, sorry i misunderstood your statement. Because i thought you were comparing them to the other nations teams, but you were comparing the Dream Team with the following NBA squads.
@mrmacross passing and team work was unreal. unselfishness...etc.. But the Euro squads have also gotten much better over the years. nowadays some of the best players in the NBA arent even from the US anymore. you got The gasols, nowitski, nash, and more.
True, but this team hardly even practiced together. Never called a single timeout in any game. Imagine if they were serious going into these games. You see these around the back passes... they were having fun.
@willsmackyoudown I'm not sure exactly what youre responding to, i couldnt find my post: But maybe it was partially because they were all so confident and loose. Not to mention the international scene has gotten alot more competitive. While our NBA players were concentrating on a season, youve got international squads focusing and practicing to beat us for years. Then we go in care free and naive and then get embarassed by legit squads. Luckily 08 brough us back and hopefully we reign in 12.
@willsmackyoudown (2/2) None the less, those times can never be duplicated. Its like every team knew they were just there to be embarassed as if we were putting on exhibitions. Its become alot more serious for other teams to compete. Not to mention how much international talent we have in the NBA nowadays, Hell guys like Dirk and Nash winning MVPs in the States plus a shit ton of other strong players. We had a couple of good internats but an international MVP was unheard of back then.
What are you talking about? Hakeem Olajuwon came straight out of Africa and was winning awards left and right. He applied for citizenship but technically he's a foreign talent. The 1992 team was still winning by 50-60 some points, I dont even think a college team would do that bad. Add in the fact, the dream team never even practiced with each other up to the beginning months of the Olympics and never called one time out. Kukoc, Petrovich (however you spell it) were amazing.
@willsmackyoudown Oh shit, I forgot about Olajuwon. True True.. But Kukoc and Petrovich were awesome but not Hall of Fame good like the entire Dream team(aside from leatner(sp?)) I had to read up on Petrovich, didnt really remember him, Looked like he started to really step it up towards the latter part of his shortened career. A shame he died so early. Might have been HoF worthy had he not gotten killed.
Actually Petrovic is in the HOF, as well as Hakeem. Dominique (France) and Patrick Ewing (Jamaica) are also in the HOF. I agree basketball has become more populized. However, the same top foreign players of the 90' /80's(all of the above) would give Nash and Norwitzki a run for their money. This dream team is sick anyway you look at it: Leadership, flexibility, chemistry, super athletic, fundamentally sound. Most important they have some of the best big men in history.
@willsmackyoudown Ewing played for Georgetown and has lived in the US since he was a kid. Wilkins father was stationed in Paris while serving in the US Air Force, he just happened to be born there. Hes an American. Hakeem is a true African, but he repped the US and pretty sure he played College ball here. General consensus is an international player is someone who represents their home country in International play ie: Petrovic, Gasol, Kukoc, etc. Youre right about Petrovic in the Hall though.
Real sports... Basketball, baseball, football.... real sports. Not pansy soccer or Cricket... or whatever the hell you foreigners play. But rest assured if there was the slightest bit of money in any of those.. we would be winning those as well.
@willsmackyoudown so you are telling me that, the sport which every country (including usa) playing in this world, which is a multibillionary sector(around the europe at least) is actually not a real sport because there's no money in it in usa. nice logic bro, no wonder you are american.
Uhmmm let me tell you something about America. We know buisness. And I know that in this country Lebron James earns more money than your top soccer/Rugby player combined. So yes financially speaking American sports are the way to go. UNLESS the whole world is going to pay for our athletes... then we might be interested.
Esto es un abuso las estrellas del yuma con las mosquitas muertas de cuba jajajajaj que descaro Si cuba no juega basket quien fue chicho el cojo y el colorao de la lisa jajaja
@Bmomo56 Which team did you send on last world cup? Not only did they not perform, but they also had a terrible attitude. They were an embarrassment and gave a bad image to your country's soccer.
Dude no one plays gay as soccer in the United States. We play real sports. We could give the whole world an entire year to arrange a football team, basketball team and a baseball team and I doubt you guys could beat our college players. No one plays soccer here. No money in it.
Baseball-Japan and South Korea own America in the baseball classic-even the Dominican Republic can beat the US.
Basketball-the US finished behind even New Zealand in the 2002 world championships, could only manage a bronze in the 2004 olympics and the 2006 world champs. As for gridiron, no-one else plays that silly sport.
Best country at team sports in the world? Argentina. They're in the top 8 in the three main world sports: rugby, soccer and basketball.
What South Korea and Japan beat the US in baseball? What the hell are you smoking cat? Dude you dont understand, those are not our professional baseball players. Not even our best college player. 2004 was an upset other than that we have rocked baskeball every olympic since 1992 with ease. As for Gridiron as you call it, thats the most intense sport of all. Speed, power and grace. Which for the rest of the world.. is too much.
@willsmackyoudown Uh, the US has fielded professional teams in two Baseball World Classics to date, 2006 and 2009. Unless you think the likes of Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr. are amateurs. Japan has won both, the US didn't even make the semifinals in 2006, and came fourth behind Japan, South Korea and Venezuela.
@willsmackyoudown LOL, although the World Baseball Classic trumps that silly thing, the US almost lost to AUSTRALIA in that tournament. Australians don't even play gay baseball. Wow.
No World Cup is far more prestige than World Baseball Classic lol. You dont even watch baseball and look at you arguing. We win the big titles. The reason we dont play good at WBC is its right before MLB season. Duh. haha nice try
@willsmackyoudown Please, some games in your "prestigious" world cup had 100 people turn up for it, lol.
Buy, given that your claim was the whole world couldn't beat the US at baseball, if Australia (who rate baseball as highly as you rate cricket) can match the US in baseball, a side of the best Cubans/Japanese/South Koreans/Dominicans/Venezuelans would easily be able to beat a US team.
World Cup over World baseball classic. WBC is like little league compared to the Cup. As a foreigner you should know the importance of anything with the title "CUp" in it.
@willsmackyoudown Ok fine, let's accept the baseball world cup is the real one. Guess who the defending champions are? THE NETHERLANDS! LMAO. You got your butt whooped at your national game by a bunch of clog wearers.
Google 2011 baseball world cup, and feel embarrassed.
So to summarise: baseball world cup champions: The Netherlands baseball world classic champions: Japan
lol no you're wrong lol. Its sad when you can google it and you still get it wrong. We have the best baseball players on the planet. Where you from? England? Australia? You speak english and you like Rugby so where you from
@willsmackyoudown Dude, google 2011 baseball world cup, The Netherlands beat Cuba 2-1 in the final, and only one American made it into the all-tournament team. Google it and feel embarrassed.
Our best players did not play in that tournament as well. I just googled it. Look Jackass our players are busy playing in MLB. THey take a handful of professional players... SOMETIMES. Before you said 2006 and 2009 which the US won. We have the best players on the planet einstein. Up to 1998 only amateur players from the US were allowed to participate. AMATEURS.
@willsmackyoudown Ok then, so America takes the baseball world classic more seriously then, which Japan dominate. Cool. Either way, your premise of America being as far ahead of the world as you claim in baseball that the entire world wouldn't be able to form a team that comes close, has been completely shattered.
You need to be humbler dude-that's why America lost in basketball in 2002, 2004 and 2006-no humility, they presumed they could do it with their eyes closed. They were humbled.
. We have won over 2,000 olympic medals and over 900 GOLD MEDALS. Thats twice the amount of the country who has the second most gold medals which is Russia with 399. So who has the better athletes?? Well lets say this olympic thing is sort of important. Heres a kicker too. Up to about 20 years ago we were sending our COLLEGE kids to face most of other countrys professional players. Thats a reason to be proud. So it ticks me off when other nations try to downplay us
@willsmackyoudown As usual you americans have no idea how to handle statistics. The reason why you have so many medals is because you have way more people in your country than most of the other participating countries.
Why not take a stat that is more comparable? How about gold medals per million citizens to measure how athletic a country on average is?
Oh my god. Do not give me the more people statistics lol. Our fault my forefathers came to America and expanded it. Smart enought to swindle Russia out a multibillion economy in Alaska? Cry me a river man. Winnings winning no matter how you want to slice it. Want more people? Then have sex with your women and expand your country.
China... 4 billion people. What math are you using? They should be miles ahead of us... but somehow with only 300 million peoplewe still racked up more medals than they did? Uh oh... getting into an argument with an American who knows his stuff. Jealousy is a blind rage my friend. Acceptance in being less will only help yourself.
@willsmackyoudown First of all.. it is a little over 1.3 billion. Second.. the number of people in china living in first-world conditions (and therefore able to engage in activities like sports) is MUCH smaller than in the USA. I just told you that. But you don't seem to be able to comprehend easy connections too well.
Does it cost too much to buy a soccer ball? Does it cost to swim in your lakes or oceans? Does it cost too much to pick up a chess board? Does it cost something to run???? With over 1,330,000 million people you can get some track athletes. Alot of our athletes came from low income families.
@willsmackyoudown That is the most pathetic comment I have read in a long time. Do you even know how hard these people struggle to feed themselves or even their families?! There are 12 year olds working 16 hour shifts in factories just so that YOU can buy your cloths cheaply.. fucking dumbass.
Oh is that fucking Americas fault too?? Sounds like the fucking fault of Communsim jackass. I'm pretty sure we fought against that single handedly for the last 50 years. We provide over 70% of UN forces when you fairies sit back, watch us fight, and then criticize us. We save the world twice from Germany and then from Russia. Both of which would have thrdown your asses in concentration camps or the gulag. You ungrateful fuck. What have you done for us? When have you helped us??
@willsmackyoudown Nobody wants your 'help'. You don't even realize that Hitler did the same shit you are doing right now. Blaming everything on the 'bad guys' and illegaly invading every country taht helps them fullfil their world domination dreams..
What invaded a hostile ignorantcountry from a mad man who gases his on people. The whole middle east is full of crazy mulsims, who said last year they wanted to invade denmark and take their wives as "war booty". Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map and make nuclear weapons. Forgive us for not standing by like you Euros did with Hitler as took over all of Europe. Leave the fighting to us, we have been policing this world for about a 100 years.
@willsmackyoudown So, killing 3 million people, a large portion of whom civilian, in two illegally invaded countries with bombs is ok? Tell me, what's the difference between bombing a civilian family and gasing one?
@willsmackyoudown The only thing I have to accept is that you are the fattest industrialized country in the world with an average outcome at the olympics per capita.
But well.. "Self-delusion is a winning survival strategy".. they say..
Russia had double or triple the amount we did during the cold war and we still beat them the majority of the time. You dont here us complaining that Russia had the best Hockey players because there whole country is covered in Ice. We still upset them in Hockey with a bunch of college players in 1980.
I cant research it all, because it will take all night. Funny thats from top athletes of all time list... Im not trying to brag or sound ignorant. I just want respect where respect is due. Instead of everyone calling us fat and lazy... the sports category says otherwise. And we work non stop... so I dont understand the lazy part. Bill Gates, Stephen Hawkins, Benjamin Franklin.. but we are dumb?
@willsmackyoudown There are top athletes and geniusses in every part of the world. Those don't tell you anything about the general average. Your country on average IS fat, lazy and dumb..
And you struggle to keep up with countries like turkey when it comes to stuff like infant-mortality rates..
Hahah Im smart enough to see you cant stand my country. That's fine. Now we are lazy when my family has worked its entire life nonstop to provide for me and my brother. Pardon me, but dont you Europeans and Canadians take like half the year on vacation. By the way, I'm 135 beautiful sexy pounds, a former Marine and I serve my community and enjoy helping others. Seems the rest of the world are the ones uninformed. We saved the world in both world wars.. give more foreign aid.
I don't know too much about the 1. WW, but the 2nd was clearly won by the russians. The turning point was Stalingrad, not D-Day. You came in after large parts of the german army were already destroyed and the Wehrmacht was in full retreat on the eastern front. And even then you struggled mightily to hold off the remains of what used to be the german army.
What are you talking about. True Russia provided the main force for defeating Germany but who defeated Japan? Huh? You faggots couldnt handle Germany. Ransacked France and obliterated Britains army. We had to FIGHT for ground and make up for what you gave up. Do you know what would have happened if Russia took over all of Europe?? We stopped them from advancing after WW2. Stopped your ass from working in a factory making my fucking clothes.
@willsmackyoudown Everybody knows that the US provoked the war with japan for monetary reasons. It has all been coming to the surface over the years. And nice job winning a provoked war by totally fucking a country up with nuclear weapons. That was even worse than the shit Hitler did.
So go drink tea, talk about how you're so sophisticated, don't shave your legs, Dance like a fairy liberal socialist, go invent a smart car... go do something but stay the fuck out of our way and shut your mouths. BTW, your women spread their legs more than ours do and thats just sad. Have a good day.
We are the only country who will come in, whip your ass, and then help rebuild yourself. We've never come in and enslaved another country and we never went in and raped women, which Im pretty sure every European empire has done after they conquered a country. Yeah I can totally see where you would rather have a Nazi concentration camp over a Mcdonalds in your backyard. Cause thats the worst you will get when we crush your world. Count yourselves lucky
World War 1 by the way was won by the United States. After France and Britain was sitting in the trenches playing "red light, green light" with each other, the US army/marines came in and turned the tide. I believe the Germans were 50 miles from France at the point, so I'm convinced you would have lost that war as well.
I'm sorry you fucked up the war so bad, we had to intervene. Not our fault... or should we have fault the whole war for you instead. Don't fuck with our military history mother fucker, we have an imbeccable record. Spanked the British empire with a bunch of poorly equipped civilians. In fact the best guys we ever fought, were actually ourselves. Save for Germany who knew how to organize their military.
@willsmackyoudown How about you research statistics that deal with peoples well-being such as heart-attack/crime rates and people in prison? Those are the only statistics left you are at the top..
@willsmackyoudown China for the most part is not as industrialized as the western countries so a much smaller number of people actually have the opportunity to engage in sports. That is why I compared you to european countries.
You're talking about the world baseball classic which is something else and obviously less important if the US didnt win. We have the worlds best players.... think about it.
@Shazzadude Let me break this down for you Boxing - Muhammad Ali.... American Basketball- Michael Jordan.... American Tennis - Roger Federer.... Swiss Golf- Tiger Woods, Jack Niklaus ..... American Hockey- Wayne Gretzky.... Canadian Baseball- Babe Ruth..... American Soccer - Pele..... Brazilian Rugby- Gareth Edwards.... Welsh Chess- Bobby Fischer..... American maybe Gary Kasparov (Russian) We hold the best players of multiple sports. Rugby and Soccer... we dont even play
America doesnt play Rugby as well. Which is a retarded version of football. Meaningless moving back and forth with less excitement. But hell, its leaps and bounds over the kick back and forth soccer..... thats silly
Look at John Stockton at 2:34 to 2:39 it look like he has somthing better to do and wishes to be somewhere else and he look like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed
What's the point? They showed the world how the game was supposed to be played. The Dream Team popularized basketball like no team had done before. Future european players like Pau Gasol were watching this as kids going "que verguenza!"
What it came across to me more like was just America humiliating a bunch of other countries. Like "we think we're better than you and now we're gonna rub your face in it".
That sounds ridiculous. Besides, would you have preferred that the US sent mediocre players just so the rest of the world could cope? That sounds somewhat condescending to me.
The rest of the world already thinks that Americans are full of themselves, shit like this doesn't really help. The sad fact is that when most of us travel to other nations, we're not humble.
You didn't answer my question. Either you would've preferred that the US sent bad players on purpose, or that they instruct their good players to play less well. Both options sound dumb to me, especially in hindsight when we know how good The Dream Team turned out to be as a promotional tool.
Some the comments ive read doesnt seem informed. u cant replace laetnner with any nba star. At the timet his team was set one roster spot was for a rookie or someone that was about to go to the nba at the time not a nba player. for those who dont know Anyways the person that should have replaced laetnner was the big diesal shaq, that would have been a crazy roster
THIS was the REAL dream team. The youngins nowadays have no idea how simplicity would win games. Stockton was not a fancy player but look at his assist rate throughout his career and the sheer accuracy. Jordan shouldn't need an introduction, and neither should Bird, Johnson nor Drexler. Each one of those players could lead just about any team in the NBA today to be playoff contenders.
dennisarango81 7 hours ago
Definitely the greatest sport team ever assembled!
Hakeem or Shaq should have been there for absolute perfection!
IOANNISCAP 4 days ago
the greatest team ever assembled except for Christian Laetnerr.i can't understand why they include a college player out there!!my choice could've been another point guard in Isiah Thomas or Tim Hardaway or if not Dominique Wilkins.
talisayon23 4 days ago 4
@talisayon23
Dominique was french
willsmackyoudown 3 days ago
@willsmackyoudown Nope. Wilkins is American. Born in Paris to a father serving in the US Air Force at the time of birth, therefore a US citizen. You could make the argument that Kobe is Italian since he lived a good portion of his youth in Italy and speaks Italian fluently....
International Players are players who play, Internationally, for the country they call their true home. Example: P. Gasol is a Spaniard and plays for Spain in International paly. Not necesarily about place of birth.
nutsack666 3 days ago
Some of the greatest players ever. This team would go 82-0 in an NBA season today.
pcorf 6 days ago
LOL 136-57 xD
destinweirdo 1 week ago
its like cuba doesnt want to play them because they know they're going to get spanked lol
HUNGRIE23 1 week ago
As my local radio station puts it: "The greatest team in any sport ever. You had an entire squad of Hall of Fame players, and Christian Laettner."
tbiv13 1 week ago
this has to be the greatest team assembled in any sport ever.
undertoes 1 week ago 8
They're better than every other Olympic squad with NBA players for two reasons:
1) Better passing
2) More dominant big men
mrmacross 2 weeks ago
@mrmacross you are forgetting that this Dream Team has also many Hall of Famers, most of them in their prime. Magic, Bird, Jordan, Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Pippen, Ewing, Robinson, Mullin, Drexler...
masterchiefrules2012 2 weeks ago
@masterchiefrules2012 Of course I didn't forget that. I'm just saying what really separates a team like the Dream Team from other good USA Basketball squads like 1996 and 2008 is either the unmatched passing ability, the dominating big men, or both.
mrmacross 2 weeks ago
@mrmacross ah i c, sorry i misunderstood your statement. Because i thought you were comparing them to the other nations teams, but you were comparing the Dream Team with the following NBA squads.
masterchiefrules2012 2 weeks ago
@mrmacross Don't forget shooting (respectfully).
ranger1843 1 week ago
@mrmacross passing and team work was unreal. unselfishness...etc.. But the Euro squads have also gotten much better over the years. nowadays some of the best players in the NBA arent even from the US anymore. you got The gasols, nowitski, nash, and more.
nutsack666 1 week ago
@nutsack666
True, but this team hardly even practiced together. Never called a single timeout in any game. Imagine if they were serious going into these games. You see these around the back passes... they were having fun.
willsmackyoudown 3 days ago
@willsmackyoudown I'm not sure exactly what youre responding to, i couldnt find my post: But maybe it was partially because they were all so confident and loose. Not to mention the international scene has gotten alot more competitive. While our NBA players were concentrating on a season, youve got international squads focusing and practicing to beat us for years. Then we go in care free and naive and then get embarassed by legit squads. Luckily 08 brough us back and hopefully we reign in 12.
nutsack666 3 days ago
@willsmackyoudown (2/2) None the less, those times can never be duplicated. Its like every team knew they were just there to be embarassed as if we were putting on exhibitions. Its become alot more serious for other teams to compete. Not to mention how much international talent we have in the NBA nowadays, Hell guys like Dirk and Nash winning MVPs in the States plus a shit ton of other strong players. We had a couple of good internats but an international MVP was unheard of back then.
nutsack666 3 days ago
@nutsack666
What are you talking about? Hakeem Olajuwon came straight out of Africa and was winning awards left and right. He applied for citizenship but technically he's a foreign talent. The 1992 team was still winning by 50-60 some points, I dont even think a college team would do that bad. Add in the fact, the dream team never even practiced with each other up to the beginning months of the Olympics and never called one time out. Kukoc, Petrovich (however you spell it) were amazing.
willsmackyoudown 3 days ago
@willsmackyoudown Oh shit, I forgot about Olajuwon. True True.. But Kukoc and Petrovich were awesome but not Hall of Fame good like the entire Dream team(aside from leatner(sp?)) I had to read up on Petrovich, didnt really remember him, Looked like he started to really step it up towards the latter part of his shortened career. A shame he died so early. Might have been HoF worthy had he not gotten killed.
nutsack666 3 days ago
@nutsack666
Actually Petrovic is in the HOF, as well as Hakeem. Dominique (France) and Patrick Ewing (Jamaica) are also in the HOF. I agree basketball has become more populized. However, the same top foreign players of the 90' /80's(all of the above) would give Nash and Norwitzki a run for their money. This dream team is sick anyway you look at it: Leadership, flexibility, chemistry, super athletic, fundamentally sound. Most important they have some of the best big men in history.
willsmackyoudown 3 days ago
@willsmackyoudown Ewing played for Georgetown and has lived in the US since he was a kid. Wilkins father was stationed in Paris while serving in the US Air Force, he just happened to be born there. Hes an American. Hakeem is a true African, but he repped the US and pretty sure he played College ball here. General consensus is an international player is someone who represents their home country in International play ie: Petrovic, Gasol, Kukoc, etc. Youre right about Petrovic in the Hall though.
nutsack666 3 days ago
my guess is mullen and laettner were first off the bench not that they werent great players just on a super team
Hotty6969 2 weeks ago
136-57 OMG! nothin else to say
ThePuffK 2 weeks ago
Laetneer was lucky here
rms1831 2 weeks ago
@rms1831 Yeah, i actually think the 1992 USA team aka the only real Dream team should have Shaquille O'Neal instead of Laettner.
masterchiefrules2012 2 weeks ago
0:20 Patterson made the team, ha ha ha
GyrosHunter 2 weeks ago
Clyde the Glyde had the most fans!?
scaban84 2 weeks ago
@scaban84 that's because this game was played in Portland
aleksboch 2 weeks ago
Damn, Clyde got the biggest ovation.
EnduringArts 2 weeks ago
@EnduringArts Maybe because they pity him for losing the NBA Finals to MJ's Bulls just month ago.
masterchiefrules2012 2 weeks ago
0:23 Al Bundy?
ThomasDollar1 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown wtf is real sports?
m3ngu 4 weeks ago
@m3ngu
Real sports... Basketball, baseball, football.... real sports. Not pansy soccer or Cricket... or whatever the hell you foreigners play. But rest assured if there was the slightest bit of money in any of those.. we would be winning those as well.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown so you are telling me that, the sport which every country (including usa) playing in this world, which is a multibillionary sector(around the europe at least) is actually not a real sport because there's no money in it in usa. nice logic bro, no wonder you are american.
m3ngu 4 weeks ago
@m3ngu
Uhmmm let me tell you something about America. We know buisness. And I know that in this country Lebron James earns more money than your top soccer/Rugby player combined. So yes financially speaking American sports are the way to go. UNLESS the whole world is going to pay for our athletes... then we might be interested.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@m3ngu
NFL is multibillion dollar industry
Basketball is a multibillion industry
Baseball is a multibillion dollar industry
JUST IN AMERICA.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown all i am saying is, you are saying if there's no money, than there is no real sports. get a dictionary to check what sport means.
m3ngu 4 weeks ago
This is like NBA Jam, save the baskets catching fire and the 30 foot vertical jumps.
chrisz71 1 month ago 7
This looked like a long practice. Perfect fast break after perfect fast break.
Drejones98 1 month ago 5
Dream Team should have had Shaq over Laettner
daviddang82 1 month ago
Esto es un abuso las estrellas del yuma con las mosquitas muertas de cuba jajajajaj que descaro Si cuba no juega basket quien fue chicho el cojo y el colorao de la lisa jajaja
22elcubanito 1 month ago
80 games if they were lucky. . look at the heat. . . prime example
burgsoccer7 1 month ago
@burgsoccer7 you're comparing this team to the heat?
XBillums 1 month ago
Lol it's like me playing NBA2K12 with my friends
tiktokbum 1 month ago
If this team was given a full off season to practice and prepare, how many games do you think they would have won in the NBA?
mrsjr78 1 month ago
@mrsjr78 Are you dumb??? They were the best in the league...ole retarded ass nigga! They would win every damn game. You are so damn dumb!
Domini478 1 month ago
this is when everyone is intimidated by the huge names but still IMO the best assembled US team.
hotfrancis05 1 month ago
I absolutely HATE that Laettner was on this team.
xmuscularghandix 1 month ago
you know when france encounter usa in soccer we send the third team to not humiliate your players
Bmomo56 1 month ago
@Bmomo56 Which team did you send on last world cup? Not only did they not perform, but they also had a terrible attitude. They were an embarrassment and gave a bad image to your country's soccer.
MrTachyon3000 1 month ago
@Bmomo56
Dude no one plays gay as soccer in the United States. We play real sports. We could give the whole world an entire year to arrange a football team, basketball team and a baseball team and I doubt you guys could beat our college players. No one plays soccer here. No money in it.
willsmackyoudown 1 month ago
@willsmackyoudown LOL please.
Baseball-Japan and South Korea own America in the baseball classic-even the Dominican Republic can beat the US.
Basketball-the US finished behind even New Zealand in the 2002 world championships, could only manage a bronze in the 2004 olympics and the 2006 world champs. As for gridiron, no-one else plays that silly sport.
Best country at team sports in the world? Argentina. They're in the top 8 in the three main world sports: rugby, soccer and basketball.
Shazzadude 1 month ago
@Shazzadude
What South Korea and Japan beat the US in baseball? What the hell are you smoking cat? Dude you dont understand, those are not our professional baseball players. Not even our best college player. 2004 was an upset other than that we have rocked baskeball every olympic since 1992 with ease. As for Gridiron as you call it, thats the most intense sport of all. Speed, power and grace. Which for the rest of the world.. is too much.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Uh, the US has fielded professional teams in two Baseball World Classics to date, 2006 and 2009. Unless you think the likes of Derek Jeter and Ken Griffey Jr. are amateurs. Japan has won both, the US didn't even make the semifinals in 2006, and came fourth behind Japan, South Korea and Venezuela.
Shazzadude 4 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
Uhhhh 2009 we won the basbeall world cup.... and its says we were defending champs. We beat Cuba by the way not Japan. Google it.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown LOL, although the World Baseball Classic trumps that silly thing, the US almost lost to AUSTRALIA in that tournament. Australians don't even play gay baseball. Wow.
Shazzadude 4 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
No World Cup is far more prestige than World Baseball Classic lol. You dont even watch baseball and look at you arguing. We win the big titles. The reason we dont play good at WBC is its right before MLB season. Duh. haha nice try
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Please, some games in your "prestigious" world cup had 100 people turn up for it, lol.
Buy, given that your claim was the whole world couldn't beat the US at baseball, if Australia (who rate baseball as highly as you rate cricket) can match the US in baseball, a side of the best Cubans/Japanese/South Koreans/Dominicans/Venezuelans would easily be able to beat a US team.
Shazzadude 4 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
World Cup over World baseball classic. WBC is like little league compared to the Cup. As a foreigner you should know the importance of anything with the title "CUp" in it.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Ok fine, let's accept the baseball world cup is the real one. Guess who the defending champions are? THE NETHERLANDS! LMAO. You got your butt whooped at your national game by a bunch of clog wearers.
Google 2011 baseball world cup, and feel embarrassed.
So to summarise: baseball world cup champions: The Netherlands baseball world classic champions: Japan
I think they can handle the US just fine, lol.
Shazzadude 3 weeks ago
@Shazzadude Also, 2011 Pan-American baseball champions: Canada.
You're not even the best in North America, let alone the world. LMAO.
Shazzadude 3 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
lol no you're wrong lol. Its sad when you can google it and you still get it wrong. We have the best baseball players on the planet. Where you from? England? Australia? You speak english and you like Rugby so where you from
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Dude, google 2011 baseball world cup, The Netherlands beat Cuba 2-1 in the final, and only one American made it into the all-tournament team. Google it and feel embarrassed.
Shazzadude 3 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
Our best players did not play in that tournament as well. I just googled it. Look Jackass our players are busy playing in MLB. THey take a handful of professional players... SOMETIMES. Before you said 2006 and 2009 which the US won. We have the best players on the planet einstein. Up to 1998 only amateur players from the US were allowed to participate. AMATEURS.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Ok then, so America takes the baseball world classic more seriously then, which Japan dominate. Cool. Either way, your premise of America being as far ahead of the world as you claim in baseball that the entire world wouldn't be able to form a team that comes close, has been completely shattered.
You need to be humbler dude-that's why America lost in basketball in 2002, 2004 and 2006-no humility, they presumed they could do it with their eyes closed. They were humbled.
Shazzadude 3 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
. We have won over 2,000 olympic medals and over 900 GOLD MEDALS. Thats twice the amount of the country who has the second most gold medals which is Russia with 399. So who has the better athletes?? Well lets say this olympic thing is sort of important. Heres a kicker too. Up to about 20 years ago we were sending our COLLEGE kids to face most of other countrys professional players. Thats a reason to be proud. So it ticks me off when other nations try to downplay us
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown As usual you americans have no idea how to handle statistics. The reason why you have so many medals is because you have way more people in your country than most of the other participating countries.
Why not take a stat that is more comparable? How about gold medals per million citizens to measure how athletic a country on average is?
USA: ~ 3,4 gold medals/mil. citizens
Germany: ~ 4,5 gold medals/mil. citizens
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown
Sweden: ~ 19 gold medals/mil. citizens
Norway: ~ 32(!) gold medals/mil. citizens
You are getting your ass kicked by scandinavia..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
Oh my god. Do not give me the more people statistics lol. Our fault my forefathers came to America and expanded it. Smart enought to swindle Russia out a multibillion economy in Alaska? Cry me a river man. Winnings winning no matter how you want to slice it. Want more people? Then have sex with your women and expand your country.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown You don't get my point. But I fully expected that.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
China... 4 billion people. What math are you using? They should be miles ahead of us... but somehow with only 300 million peoplewe still racked up more medals than they did? Uh oh... getting into an argument with an American who knows his stuff. Jealousy is a blind rage my friend. Acceptance in being less will only help yourself.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown First of all.. it is a little over 1.3 billion. Second.. the number of people in china living in first-world conditions (and therefore able to engage in activities like sports) is MUCH smaller than in the USA. I just told you that. But you don't seem to be able to comprehend easy connections too well.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
Does it cost too much to buy a soccer ball? Does it cost to swim in your lakes or oceans? Does it cost too much to pick up a chess board? Does it cost something to run???? With over 1,330,000 million people you can get some track athletes. Alot of our athletes came from low income families.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown That is the most pathetic comment I have read in a long time. Do you even know how hard these people struggle to feed themselves or even their families?! There are 12 year olds working 16 hour shifts in factories just so that YOU can buy your cloths cheaply.. fucking dumbass.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
Oh is that fucking Americas fault too?? Sounds like the fucking fault of Communsim jackass. I'm pretty sure we fought against that single handedly for the last 50 years. We provide over 70% of UN forces when you fairies sit back, watch us fight, and then criticize us. We save the world twice from Germany and then from Russia. Both of which would have thrdown your asses in concentration camps or the gulag. You ungrateful fuck. What have you done for us? When have you helped us??
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Nobody wants your 'help'. You don't even realize that Hitler did the same shit you are doing right now. Blaming everything on the 'bad guys' and illegaly invading every country taht helps them fullfil their world domination dreams..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
What invaded a hostile ignorantcountry from a mad man who gases his on people. The whole middle east is full of crazy mulsims, who said last year they wanted to invade denmark and take their wives as "war booty". Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map and make nuclear weapons. Forgive us for not standing by like you Euros did with Hitler as took over all of Europe. Leave the fighting to us, we have been policing this world for about a 100 years.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown So, killing 3 million people, a large portion of whom civilian, in two illegally invaded countries with bombs is ok? Tell me, what's the difference between bombing a civilian family and gasing one?
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown The only thing different is that you can get away with it by calling it collateral damage..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown The only thing I have to accept is that you are the fattest industrialized country in the world with an average outcome at the olympics per capita.
But well.. "Self-delusion is a winning survival strategy".. they say..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
Russia had double or triple the amount we did during the cold war and we still beat them the majority of the time. You dont here us complaining that Russia had the best Hockey players because there whole country is covered in Ice. We still upset them in Hockey with a bunch of college players in 1980.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
*Basketball- Michael Jordan
*Baseball- Babe Ruth
*Boxing- Muhammad Ali
*Golf- Jack Niklaus, Tiger Woods (take your pick, either of them dwarf any Euro players)
*Chess- Bobby Fischer
*Tennis- Pete Sambras
*Swimming- Michael Phelps
Need I go on?
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown So, you have some good athletes in all of the seven sports there are on this planet. Congratulations.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
*Volleyball- Ron Hagen
*Cyclist- Lance Armstrong
*Track- Michael Johnson
I cant research it all, because it will take all night. Funny thats from top athletes of all time list... Im not trying to brag or sound ignorant. I just want respect where respect is due. Instead of everyone calling us fat and lazy... the sports category says otherwise. And we work non stop... so I dont understand the lazy part. Bill Gates, Stephen Hawkins, Benjamin Franklin.. but we are dumb?
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown There are top athletes and geniusses in every part of the world. Those don't tell you anything about the general average. Your country on average IS fat, lazy and dumb..
And you struggle to keep up with countries like turkey when it comes to stuff like infant-mortality rates..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
Hahah Im smart enough to see you cant stand my country. That's fine. Now we are lazy when my family has worked its entire life nonstop to provide for me and my brother. Pardon me, but dont you Europeans and Canadians take like half the year on vacation. By the way, I'm 135 beautiful sexy pounds, a former Marine and I serve my community and enjoy helping others. Seems the rest of the world are the ones uninformed. We saved the world in both world wars.. give more foreign aid.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Could you be more of a stereotype, please?
I don't know too much about the 1. WW, but the 2nd was clearly won by the russians. The turning point was Stalingrad, not D-Day. You came in after large parts of the german army were already destroyed and the Wehrmacht was in full retreat on the eastern front. And even then you struggled mightily to hold off the remains of what used to be the german army.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
What are you talking about. True Russia provided the main force for defeating Germany but who defeated Japan? Huh? You faggots couldnt handle Germany. Ransacked France and obliterated Britains army. We had to FIGHT for ground and make up for what you gave up. Do you know what would have happened if Russia took over all of Europe?? We stopped them from advancing after WW2. Stopped your ass from working in a factory making my fucking clothes.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Everybody knows that the US provoked the war with japan for monetary reasons. It has all been coming to the surface over the years. And nice job winning a provoked war by totally fucking a country up with nuclear weapons. That was even worse than the shit Hitler did.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown
So go drink tea, talk about how you're so sophisticated, don't shave your legs, Dance like a fairy liberal socialist, go invent a smart car... go do something but stay the fuck out of our way and shut your mouths. BTW, your women spread their legs more than ours do and thats just sad. Have a good day.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Yeah, that's pretty much the Nazi attitude.. shut up and get out of the way or we will bring 'democracy' to your country..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
We are the only country who will come in, whip your ass, and then help rebuild yourself. We've never come in and enslaved another country and we never went in and raped women, which Im pretty sure every European empire has done after they conquered a country. Yeah I can totally see where you would rather have a Nazi concentration camp over a Mcdonalds in your backyard. Cause thats the worst you will get when we crush your world. Count yourselves lucky
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown TOOL
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
Coming from the faggot who has transformer icon.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Go watch CNN puppet
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
Go read a book instead of playing LA noire... faggot.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Maybe I'll go read a book while you're jerking off to Wolf Blitzer.
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
You realize I'm an American right... and I was defending our sports and country. You're from NYC??? So what the fuck is your deal
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown You fucking nationalist pig you would defend something you know NOTHING ABOUT. Now be a good tool and go vote for obama.
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
Get the fuck off this national basketball video.. you fucking communist. I'm republican you retard.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown You don't know what the FUCK you are LOL
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
You're the dumbest piece of shit I have ever encountered on a youtube video. Seriously
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Stick to CNN and FOX please.
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
Stick to a dildo in your ass.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown That is what you do during the O'Reily factor LOL
nomy23DH 3 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
bwahhah you listen to that faggot Bill O'Reily? No wonder you dont know what the fuck your talking about. You mindless faggot.
willsmackyoudown 2 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Bill O' Reily is your source HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAH
nomy23DH 2 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
bwahhahahhahaha. Makes no fucking sense retard.
willsmackyoudown 2 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Just like your story on 9/11
nomy23DH 2 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
What the fuck are you talking about? You fucking nut
willsmackyoudown 2 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Stay in your fake world tool.
nomy23DH 2 weeks ago
@nomy23DH
Nutcase
willsmackyoudown 2 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown Coming from the O'Reily Factors biggest fan
nomy23DH 2 weeks ago
@R18111983
* fought
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
World War 1 by the way was won by the United States. After France and Britain was sitting in the trenches playing "red light, green light" with each other, the US army/marines came in and turned the tide. I believe the Germans were 50 miles from France at the point, so I'm convinced you would have lost that war as well.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown So, you ran over a half destroyed worn-out army with fresh soldiers and new equipment two times in a row.. really heroic.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
I'm sorry you fucked up the war so bad, we had to intervene. Not our fault... or should we have fault the whole war for you instead. Don't fuck with our military history mother fucker, we have an imbeccable record. Spanked the British empire with a bunch of poorly equipped civilians. In fact the best guys we ever fought, were actually ourselves. Save for Germany who knew how to organize their military.
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown How about you research statistics that deal with peoples well-being such as heart-attack/crime rates and people in prison? Those are the only statistics left you are at the top..
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@R18111983
According to statistic theory, shouldnt China be dwarfing us all? Dont they have like 4 billion people... hmmmm?
willsmackyoudown 3 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown China for the most part is not as industrialized as the western countries so a much smaller number of people actually have the opportunity to engage in sports. That is why I compared you to european countries.
R18111983 3 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
You're talking about the world baseball classic which is something else and obviously less important if the US didnt win. We have the worlds best players.... think about it.
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@willsmackyoudown In your crappy little tournament they almost lost to AUSTRALIA in baseball. LOL.
Shazzadude 4 weeks ago
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@Shazzadude
America doesnt play Rugby as well. Which is a retarded version of football. Meaningless moving back and forth with less excitement. But hell, its leaps and bounds over the kick back and forth soccer..... thats silly
willsmackyoudown 4 weeks ago
@Shazzadude idiot
sWatChquest 4 weeks ago
@sWatChquest Your lack of an argument does little to surprise me.
Shazzadude 4 weeks ago
97-34!! FUCK!!! YOU DONT WANT TO PLAY AGAINST THEM.
clarence02875 1 month ago
Me: "Hey Jordan, why are they cheering so hard for Drexler?"
Jordan: "Maybe they think he's me" *shrugs*
JonCom3dy 1 month ago
@JonCom3dy I think this game was played in Portland where Clyde was from at the time...Maybe im wrong.
Soul7Patrol 1 month ago
@JonCom3dy Plus, remember this is the summer of 92. The Bulls just beat the Blazers in the finals.
mrsjr78 1 month ago
@JonCom3dy This game was in Portland...ole dumbass!
Domini478 1 month ago
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JonCom3dy 1 month ago
Look at John Stockton at 2:34 to 2:39 it look like he has somthing better to do and wishes to be somewhere else and he look like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed
MrWhitethunder33 2 months ago
@MrWhitethunder33 . . . . hahahha!! yes !! omg, i can´t stop of laughlin´ hahahhahah
CasiodorodelaTeja 1 month ago
Could be Shaq instead of Laetner
zigmaleho 2 months ago
jesus 4:28 to 4:58
bmcgowan89 2 months ago
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bmcgowan89 2 months ago
What's the point of even having a competition like this when you stack a team with that kind of caliber of players?
nahor88 2 months ago
@nahor88
What's the point? They showed the world how the game was supposed to be played. The Dream Team popularized basketball like no team had done before. Future european players like Pau Gasol were watching this as kids going "que verguenza!"
Huesos138 2 months ago
@Huesos138
What it came across to me more like was just America humiliating a bunch of other countries. Like "we think we're better than you and now we're gonna rub your face in it".
nahor88 2 months ago
@nahor88 And...?
bmcgowan89 2 months ago
@nahor88
That sounds ridiculous. Besides, would you have preferred that the US sent mediocre players just so the rest of the world could cope? That sounds somewhat condescending to me.
Huesos138 2 months ago
@Huesos138
The rest of the world already thinks that Americans are full of themselves, shit like this doesn't really help. The sad fact is that when most of us travel to other nations, we're not humble.
nahor88 2 months ago
@nahor88
You didn't answer my question. Either you would've preferred that the US sent bad players on purpose, or that they instruct their good players to play less well. Both options sound dumb to me, especially in hindsight when we know how good The Dream Team turned out to be as a promotional tool.
Huesos138 1 month ago
FUCK CASTRO AND CUBA
MrBlahMomma 2 months ago
This is what they call a "beatdown"!
sink32002 2 months ago
THE BEST TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED
plantain007 2 months ago
this team is fucking strong... i wonder what happen if this team fight with the redeem team.. who knows what happen..
ichigok42 2 months ago
Ahh, the ole Memorial Coliseum in P-Town. Drexler owned that building.
kojack9900 2 months ago
youtube.com/user/GATHERING144
boronatmanny 3 months ago
awesome team..
jhon121882 3 months ago
Some the comments ive read doesnt seem informed. u cant replace laetnner with any nba star. At the timet his team was set one roster spot was for a rookie or someone that was about to go to the nba at the time not a nba player. for those who dont know Anyways the person that should have replaced laetnner was the big diesal shaq, that would have been a crazy roster
CraZzy3n3rGy 3 months ago
they should have traded laetnner with hakeem olajuwon
Vergecurtis 3 months ago
@Vergecurtis not 100% sure but I heard somewhere they needed at least one college player. They should of got Shaq.
oldmanwithers1 3 months ago
@oldmanwithers1 Laettner was the top college player and Coach K was one of the assistant coach on the Dream Team that year. Go figure!!
airassault11 2 months ago
@Vergecurtis Hakeem is straight up African so no they couldn't play him..
LILLAY303KINGZ 2 months ago
Was Ewing injured?.
CStyleRecords 3 months ago
136 to 57, damn they were good.
677moonpie 3 months ago
well,mj became bigger worldwide when he got his 2nd ring..chuck daily knew,that mj was more of a 1 on1 player @ this time of his career..
MrEdongzki 3 months ago
ahhh... my bad. just learned this game was in portland, hence drexler's bigger ovation
MrDoushebag 3 months ago
clyde drexler had a bigger ovation than MJ and Bird! cool! he was in the same league as them anyway...
MrDoushebag 3 months ago
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boredfun91 3 months ago
@MrDoushebag They cheered louder for Drexler because this was in Portland. Ole dumbass! Drexler is not on MJ's level.
Domini478 1 month ago
Que pela mas askerosa
mayombe2127 3 months ago