I think it would be a fairly close match with the Oldies just getting up. The only concern for the oldies is that the current players probably have a better bench than what the oldies do.

You really think better bench for the new guys?

IMO Stock v Kidd would be very close but I think Stock had a slightly higher bball IQ.

I think Clyde would probably get beaten by AI but you just never know The Glide in his prime was pretty outstanding.

Pippen v Lebron now that's a great match up. I personally think that Pip could shut down Bron which would cause Lebron to force up shots while Pip would just let the game come to him.

I think KG would be the Mailman purely because of the height and athlethic ability.

As much as I am a Wallace fan I think the Admiral would beat him.

Use the original dream team vs todays usa team as a guide.

Oldies win easy, all they would have to do is get the ball to MJ and nobody would stop him.

If they did cut his pathe to the bucket hit gets it to Larry for the 3.

Robinson won an MVP, scoring title and defensive player of the year in the mid 90's, but around 92 Ewing may have been just ahead of The Admiral. Hard for me to say that. Robinson made me a Spurs fan.

Kent, how can you use that as a comparison? Today's dream team consists of third team ranked players! The best players either couldn't be f@$*ed or were having off season surgery (or in court on rape charges!!!).
Bizzy, I have to disagree with you on the bench comparison. I would take Kidd over Stockton any day. Even you said in your original post that Kidd averages almost a triple double every night!
AI is definitely a better scorer than Drexler but Drexler is bigger.
I am Pips number one fan but I don't see him shutting down Lebron the way he shut down Magic. Lebron winning that battle.
I think the last two positions were it comes down to it. KG and Malone, now there's a match up Malone's got more muscle but KG's taller and more athletic. Who wins...who knows!
I think the centre position would be one by Robinson but only just. Wallace isn't much of a scorer but he could definitely do a job on Robinson defensively, but saying that David would still out score Big bad Ben.

Just for something a little different im going to DISAGREE with you Panther !

I think Pippen in his prime would have shut down LeBron easily. LeBron can be forced into low percentage shots (turn around fadeaways mostly) and Pippen had the right kind of size,speed and most importantly SMARTS to do it .

I have watched a lot of LeBron this year and he gets a lot of open shots because he pushes the ball up the floor so quickly. I think Pippen would stay with him and make it too tough.

This is an interesting topic, basically you're putting up the Dream Team, a team that won every game by 40+, a team that was all chemistry, the best team ever....

Then you have a bunch of stars with mass egos just thrown in to make a team... Look at the 2004 Olympics, the team you made Bizzy would play something like that unless Nash was on for the whole game. Honestly, the Old team would just walk all over the new team by around 25 points. No contest!

Cans, the team I chose was the best players in the league in that era same with the current stars.

Do people think that the players of the era above (88-92ish) are better/worse than the current players?

I'd say better, they were more about the love of the game and the team as oppose to the razzle dazzle arrogance of todays players. (of course some from both eras don't fit into that stereotype)

Defense wins games too , the old schoolers would keep the new guys to under 100pts!

Also the old guys were better shooters i think . Fundamentals were important back then to those guys.

I think the current guys would win in a pretty close match, but to be fair most of the 88-92 vintage are into their 40's by now!!

The old guys for me - plus they were so much more fun to watch! I remember watching the bball on a sunday morning - Lakers V Celtics with Magic, Worthy and co against Larry, Mchale, Parish etc etc. Back then they all played for the team - doing whatever was needed to win. These days some players just seem to concerned about personal stats and looking good for when its contract time

T-Mac starts over Lebron?

The way he's travelling id go as far as saying Olajuwan has a stronger back!

Old timers for me. bball smarts can win a game over pumped up players anyday. totaly difernt game styles back then. more team oriented and pass first now its all a big show(but i love the show)

Only concern is whos gonna guard iverson?? Magic @ Stockton would get left behind.

MJ would score 40 and all the others would teach the new kids a lesson.

Shaq v hakeem would be nice to see also. pure power v more finess.

ONE THINGS GUARENTEED THE NEW KIDS WOULD SEE THE HOOK SHOT COME BACK INTO PLAY. hakkeem and magic money in the bank all night.

M dizzle is right, there is no way lebron is not starting in the current best 5. Id also probably have garnett ahead of duncan in the starting 5. Old timers would pump them i reckon. I cant see a matchup that will be won by the new age players.

Duncan and KG as massively athletic talls would cause a lot of headaches for the shorter Barkley/Malone. If there is any disparity in the teams, that is probably it.

But given the match ups, can't go past the old guys, just thoughts of the Magic - Bird - Jordan combo sends shivers down the spine... As long as those guys don't miss too many shots, won't need to cough up too many boards to the young guys!

Old School would win, simply because they relied more on skill, basketball IQ and heart more than todays NBA players exception TD, Nash, KG, Kidd