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Is the men’s 2012 basketball squad better than the 1992 dream team? The topic has been fueling for some time now as team U.S.A. prepares for its first official Olympic game. Old heads love to believe that the dream team will forever be the best squaded  team the world will ever see. And of course they have sufficient reason to state that claim. But with a younger, faster and more athletic 2012 team, people are saying that the men’s 2012 against the 1992 “Dream Team” would end in victory.

Taking one look at the 1992 roster made up of names like Patrick Ewing,  Larry Bird, John Stockton, Magic Johnson, David Robinson and Michael Jordan, arguably gives enough ammunition to cease all debates. The names are so legendary that the names can spark flames to a piece of paper. The 2012 roster however is also something to respect: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams and Lebron James have all staked their claims in the NBA and will no doubt rest among the greats.

The facts are that the shortest player of the 1992 team is John Stockton being 6 feet and 1 inch and the second shortest players are 6 feet 6 inches and has three Seven footers well two but you might as well say the 6 feet 11 inched Christan Laettner is. The 2012 teams shortest player is Paul at 6 feet who looks about 5 ‘9 and has one Seven footer Tyson Chandler who is nowhere near Robinson or Ewing, in offensive skill.

However the 2012 team has one major edge over the 1992 team and that is youth, the oldest player on the team is Bryant at 33-years-old and has three players under 25 and one player under 21. The 1992 dream team was made of great players but most were past their prime.

We all would love to see a game that would end all debates. Unfortunately, a time machine has not been invented yet and we will never get to see the game that probably would be the most entertaining thing to watch on television, ever.