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Derrick Rose dislikes ASG dancing http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7621956/chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-think-all-star-game-dancing-was-right

Thinking the same.

I lol when i saw that

Hope they let them catch back up.

yessir! and that lebron dunk looked like it was going to be sick!

Some sick dunks, starting off great!

KOBE!

We already seen VC dunk, we haven't seen the two ball dunk that Evans did. I mean he basically won because of that dunk. Everything else were weak.

Edit: Yea, I'll give you that. The SG would be a great match up though. Still think Michael Jordan/Drexler wins the match up.

I already know Kobe ain't too far from jordan but Wade .

skill trumps athleticism PG...True, Johnson was out all 91-92 season (except the All-Star Game), but when he left due to HIV in 1991, he was at the top of his game. Magic Johnson was a 6'9" trickster. There is no way that today's CP3 could guard Magic or even Rose, even when he was 30+ Magic would prove to be to big for CP3 to guard...or any other PG! Rose would have a better chance, but they probably would have to put Lebron on him as he would be the only one big and fast enough. Sure they are quicker and more explosive but Magic doesn't need to be purely because of size and strength. You seem to think 32 is old and 20 years ago, 32 was not old. 32-33 were prime years. you look at guys like malone, drexler, MJ, ewing, D. robinson...these guys were not "falling off the table" at 32. The notion that Magic was in the "twilight" of his career is crazy. He contracted HIV, he didn't have knee issues. His body was still fit, like a lot of other guys i mentioned. 32 being old is a new thing, most likely due to the fact that guys are coming to the NBA earlier, putting more mileage on their knees earlier. but they can handle it because they're still young. The only matchup todays team would win would be the SF spot. Lebron/Durant/Melo would be too much for Bird to guard, so Pippen would have to play lots of minutes, but still Pippen would lock up Lebron or Durant. Durant doesn't have good defense so Pippen would murder. They would have the 3pt advantage as Bird/Mullin light em up like a Christmas tree. You also have to understand that Larry Bird was so damn smart, his basketball IQ was so high it makes it hard to believe that the players of today would be able to stand up to him. He didn't depend on physical gifts to dominate. but he would struggle a lot on defense. Then you go to the PF spot! There is no way Lebron/Love/Griffin would even have enough to guard Barkley/Malone/Leadner as they played way more physical then any of these guys. Todays team would be faster, but they would be limited as the dream team would slow down the game and take it inside with really good shooters limiting fast breaks. Then C... D12 is great, his current numbers are almost inflated, meaning that his competition on a nightly basis are J Anthony, D. Diop, J McGee, J. O'Neil ...and the list goes on! He only faces decent centers about 10-15 games a season (A Bynum, T Chandler, J Noah, A Horford, A. Bogut, M Gasol). In the 90's he would play top centers for about half the season (P Ewin, D Robinson, A Mourning, H Olajuwon, R Smith, D Mutombo, Shaq, B Divac, A Sabonas, K Willis). These are complete bigs that can score with their back to the basket, face up and actually hit fts. Plus they were GREAT defenders. Robinson and Ewing who would just shut down teams trying to get to the hoop. I dare Howard to play either one of these players with only two moves! His numbers then may have been different...may! And after D12 gets in foul trouble who would play center? That alone gives the W to the dream team. Then... On the SG spot...no need to go into details! Kobe and wade is not enough. Wade is average at best on defense plus Jordan would lock up wade no doubt, Wade is not a good shooter, good slasher, and driver, but he ain't going to the hole. Kobe love yea (No Homo) he will still get his though but Jordan's defense was surreal. The bench, uh! Have to give it to today's team as they may be to fast, but, I wouldnt bet on it as they don't have anyone to guard Robinson nor Barkley. Not to mention the Stockton Malone pick and role. It would be great to see. But, I would put my $$ on the dream team. Every player on the dream team was basically all around. Too big, savvy, physical and clutch. And did anyone mention MJ...does anyone really think that MJ would let his team loose? The defense is there (Pippen, Ewin, Malone, MJ,)...3pt shooting is there (Bird, Mullin)...discipline would keep order (Magic, Stockton, MJ)...clutch would be taken care of (MJ, Magic, Bird, Drexler-who people don't really know how good he was).

I never said that Dream Team would blow them out i even said that it could be something close.

What I mean by Barkley being MVP at the time meaning he got MVP over MJ, very hard to do at that time since MJ was MVP twice in a row before and won the championship that year and Barkley was coming off a great season that year. Meaning you don't have no one to guard him at that point, game over. And Wade third best of all time? Don't get me wrong wade is my third fav player in the NBA but LMAO guess you never heard of Maravich, West, Gervin, Miller, Drexler, Monroe, Allen, Dumars. Edit: And since you wanna bring up age with Magic/Rose(Magic still was very effective) then Im going to bring it up with Michael/Kobe. Now I'm BIG Kobe fan but Michael will torch Kobe, and it's not even funny.

LMAO some kill me! are u serious? please tell me you're just playing

Barkley( Was the MVP at the time.), Ewing, Malone, and David Robinson...four of the most complete big men in NBA history. We have Magic and John Stockton, the two greatest PGs of all time. Larry Bird, one of the best all around players of all time and was just as good at shooting as Lebron is athletic, Larry Bird was at the end of his rope at the time due to back issues but still could shoot lights out even though the Dream Team didn't need him. By the way Chris Mullin and Larry Bird would consistently drop 3 balls on them, I dare you to leave one of these players open! Pippen, who was the FIRST Lebron, and is actually better defensively, Clyde Drexler extraordinary leaping ability, defense and effortless swoops to the basket,.... and JORDAN... not even going to go there. All were just as potent offensively as they were defensively. Basketball was harder to play back in these guys' day. The NBA has changed recently to make it easier to score and harder to be as potent defensively because more numbers on the scoreboard equals more revenue. Nobody asked who were the more athletic team, because the 2012 team would edge them on that...slightly, but the DREAM TEAM is the greatest sports team ever assembled. It features the ORIGINAL players of who these 2012 players are trying to emulate. All of the 92 teams members were fundamentally sound and athletic, not to mention they all had high basketball IQs. The 92 team would be significantly better. I'm not saying they would blow out the 2012 team...even though they possibly could, but the difference would be noticeable.

LMAO

That dunk was ight. I mean, anybody could of dunked over K. Hart, but he should of took the hat off of Hart put it on his head then dunked, would of been better.

haha u can't be serious. It was either PG or JE...all of the dunks was ok, still was a weak dunk contest though but everybody did good. voted for JE.

Whatever the hell he want to lol

Howard is an IMPACT player but his too often sunny disposition isn't the necessary mindset for winning. O'Neal was jovial for sure though he would no sooner abuse his defender [and help] in the paint. All the great centers have that killer mentality... Howard is questionable despite his athletic prowess. Gutting the core for him wouldn't make sense. Plus if you're on a average team and you're the number 1 option, and touch the rock damn near every play, you'll be scoring 26 points too.

Hello! It's all star weekend. Exciting dunks though, Irving was beasting.

http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/naikkiz/CR_235709_yao_ming.jpg Funny, but yes! :glasses:

what ever we don't need to change nothing but our PG and SF Edit: Yes I understand that. That's why we get a younger sf and pg so when Kobe, pau fish leaves we can build around three young players instead of just Howard. He damn sure carried us to two rings, Kobe got us there but without bynum we don't win. That is why Bynum played hurt because that is how important he was to the team.

He's the number one option on a average team of course he is going to perform/score more then Bynum. Damn sure not better then him on offense though. Edit: plus i never said he was better I said he will be better. Another thing he was damn sure not the reason Magic made it to the finals Turk played a big part in that too.