It was not supposed to be like this. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James said Team USA could beat the 1992 Dream Team of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, et al. But could they beat Spain in Sunday’s gold medal game in the London Olympics? Turns out, they could, but only after a late-game finish – keyed [...]
LeBron James Backs Up Kobe Bryant: We’d Beat Dream Team
July 27, 2012 | Posted by
So now what? Will Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan laugh again? LeBron James has echoed Kobe Bryant’s position: That this year’s Team USA would defeat the Dream Team that featured 11 Hall of Famers. Because the members of the iconic 1992 squad are all retired, projections are just that. Still, James made it [...]
President Obama Gives Dream Team The Edge Over ’12 Squad
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
You can bet Kobe Bryant wishes he never answered the question. It just will not go away. Even President Obama disagrees with him, saying the 1992 Dream Team of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, et al, would defeat this year’s Team USA unit. “This is a generational thing,” Obama said during a halftime interview with ESPN2 [...]
Charles Barkley Takes Kobe Bryant To Task
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
You just knew it would not be long before one of the real Dream Teamers snapped about Kobe Bryant’s position that the 2012 Team USA would beat the legendary 1992 gold medal-winning unit of Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, et al. [...]
Clyde Drexler Trashes Magic Johnson In ‘Dream Team’ Book
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
Clyde Drexler, who had a brilliant NBA career and was part of the famed 1992 “Dream Team,” apparently was not happy that Magic Johnson was his teammate. In the upcoming new book, “Dream Team” by long-time Sports Illustrated writer Jack McCallum, Drexler does not hold back in discussing Johnson, his role on the time, his [...]
Clyde Drexler Denies Negative Magic Johnson Comments
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Former NBA star Clyde Drexler took very little time to dispute comments attributed to him about Magic Johnson in the upcoming book, “The Dream Team.” In the book by Jack McCallum — one of the most respected sportswriters in the game — Drexler said Johnson only earned a spot on the Olympic team and the [...]