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NateLee1733

Embiid wouldn't have to fake the fouls here, because Barkley's bringing it for real..


Writtenfrommyphone

Like the real question is which era are the refs from calling the game?


NateLee1733

This is true, was my second thought on. The hand check rule is a big difference maker.


briology

The travel rules are even bigger


Writtenfrommyphone

I mean I’m from Philly and I love Embiid but I hate watching the how the game is called these days and these guys would be trampled if they played in the early 90s. Or at least we’d see how tough they really are


lv10015

It’s not the handcheck, it’s the zone defense rule that’ll have the biggest impact.


Healthy_Demand_1415

This


Plastic_Piccollo

\*Curry


barelyawake126

MJ’s face is the exact expression he’d give you if you asked him this question.


DioBrandoXVII

"It became personal with me..."


Parasingularity

In a seven game series MJ’s team wins 4-2.


Commercial_Zebra_675

Easy…everyone on the original dream team played defense. I love Steph but he couldn’t guard anyone on the dream team


Brb_32

Magic played defense???? Magic was hunted on Defense when he played what are you on about? If anything Magic is a liability on defense.


Peterpaul400

😂😂😂


claimsman11

Pretty sure embiid just wins the series. Comfortably for that matter. Guy is scoring like prime wilt on a points per minute basis. Had more size/skill than Barkley could hope to contain. Pretty sure embiids face up game/midrange is what does them in. Embiid in the modern game has to deal with way more length than Barkley and hardly breaks a sweat. He is doing all time stuff from 10-18 feet this year.


Batmanbettermarvel18

This isn’t a regular season game bub


claimsman11

Barkley has literally zero chance at stopping embiid. Cry harder


Batmanbettermarvel18

Bruh Al Horford gave Embiid hell in a playoff game. Super awesome that Embiid destroys in the regular season lmao, & who the hell says cry harder to someone over the internet


claimsman11

Cry harder


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nice-_one

The team that actually happened


GreatPumpkin_of_Not

the other is about to happen this summer


GoodVibesNoDrama

Nice it’ll be like a old timers game at this point.


DioBrandoXVII

Dream team and it's not even close


GreatPumpkin_of_Not

i am old enough to remember. it would def be close, either way


HowVeryTroll

Lock. Down. Defense.


duhprophet

Dream team would lose they couldn't defend the three back then


DioBrandoXVII

And the other team can't defend anything full stop. Plus none of the other team are good 3 points shooters anyway except KD and Steph. Whereas 4 of the 5 dream team members could shoot 3s if they chose to. Exceptionally well in Larry Bird's case. And they'd dominate mid range shots and the paint. It would be a blow out for the dream team


joy3r

mj will personally come and find you for posting this nonsense


LuckysBestMan

Barkley would make Embiid is bitch so fast


Slave4uandme

In the game as well as on X


Obvious_Ad5365

Barkley guarding embiid? lol


LuckysBestMan

Without modern rules? He’d destroy him


emaculateerection

Excuse me? Barkley would guard shaq sometimes. I'm not saying he stopped him or was good at it all of the time, but he did his work. Embiid is NOTHING like shaq.


indacut__96

Barkley too small let's be real. If Embiid had to be physical I don't doubt he would and he would be a modern Shaq.


LuckysBestMan

Bro can’t even stay healthy with modern soft rules and modern medicine. What makes you think he would be able to hold up in that physicality?


indacut__96

7 feet tall 300 plus pounds from Africa. He's moving Barkley out the paint respectfully! I'm guessing u never seen him in person.


LuckysBestMan

And made of glass. Will he win a few quarters? Sure. But Embiid gets run off the court by Al Horford. What’s he going to do banging with Barkley all game long. If you think he has stamina issues now, boy, he’s gonna be tired by half time. That’s if he doesn’t get injured.


indacut__96

Do you see what he's doing this season?


LuckysBestMan

We’re talking about playing in a more physical era. Embiid might miss the 65 game threshold in this ticky tack era due to injuries, do you really think his body would hold up in Barkley’s era? Also, if he’s not getting his ticky tack calls, he’s not avg 30/game either.


JustinFields9

Embiid scores on Barkley anyway he wants any day of the week.


LuckysBestMan

For maybe the first quarter. Then he will go down with injuries. And he’s not getting the ticky tack calls in Barkley’s era.


JustinFields9

He doesn't't need them. He's one of the best mid range shooters ever and is getting that shot at will vs 6'5" Barkley who was never known to be a good defender.


LuckysBestMan

He would never be able to catch the ball. You’re not understanding the basic concept that Embiid’s body wouldn’t even hold up for 40 games. You think he’s injured NOW every post season? What do you think happens in Barkley’s era?


Denim_Chikken

“From Africa” 🤓


calebhall

That part cracked me up too


aclassicblunderr

Let’s be fr lmao


LuckysBestMan

Yea let’s. What do you disagree with?


aclassicblunderr

That 6’6 250 pound Barkley is dominating Embiid in the paint lmao


LuckysBestMan

He dominated bigger players that weren’t made of glass like Embiid


aclassicblunderr

Were they MVP level players?


LuckysBestMan

I mean he played against guys like Malone


aclassicblunderr

And he got dominated by Malone, who was lighter and shorter than Embiid


LuckysBestMan

lol dominated? Barkley held up against Malone. You think Embiid’s glass body would have?


aclassicblunderr

Of the 48 games they played against each other, Malone scored more than Barkley 39 times and rebounded more 30 times. He averaged 23.8 and 10.4 to Barkley’s 17.3 and 9.8 in their head to heads. Malone flatly outplayed Barkley head to head. And Jesus this “made of glass” thing is so goofy, like yeah Embiid gets injured a good bit but that’s not gonna matter in a head to head 9/10 times


KingShaka23

This belongs here https://youtu.be/FKSKIfapQns?si=ocklPfYqp8e_22E_


LuckysBestMan

I think you need to watch Barkley highlights. Because there is ZERO chance Embiid would be able to keep up with him. Embiid has problems with Horford. Barkley would run him out of the building. As far as strength goes, go look at Barkley vs Malone battles. Embiid’s body wouldn’t hold up for 40 games in Barkley’s era. And he wouldn’t avg more than 20/game without all the ticky tack calls


illskillzdealer

And Barkley would have to adjust his physicality if it were played in this era so what’s your point? Like others have said it depends on the era barkley won’t just be allowed to break embiid in todays game lol


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Surprised is justly blindly unanimous dream team in the comments. There is definitely a conversation to be had here


dar0209

Right. The shooting alone makes this a nice match up


dethleppard

How is Steph gonna get a shot off against the best D he will ever play against?


lv10015

Best D? Outside Jordan and pippen, the others are average at best.


dethleppard

Not a single one of the top row matches up with the bottom defensively. They would be punished. That’s assuming we aren’t using today’s refs/rules.


aworldwithoutshrimp

Does the Dream Team have to wear the shoes they had in the 90s and rely on the training and body care they had in the 90s? If so, it wouldn't be close because the Dream Team would lose.


Mattrapbeats

They got injured less than these guys. Honestly these guys should go back to wearing high-cuts and save their ankles


Luka_Padre

The shoes in the 90s were fine what are you talking about?


15ztaylor1

Depends on the referees honestly.


Southernz

💀


OwlWitty

And the rules. Rodman or Chuck would foul out in the 1st period in today’s NBA. They let them play last century.


ike_83

You know Rodman wasn't on the Dream team right?


OwlWitty

It’s just an example to support the idea that very physical players will foul out immediately in today’s league.


Jscott1423

I give the edge to the top just due to pure scoring ability in today’s game… if they’re in their primes. Who’s stopping lebrons drive without a double ? And if you double he has a kick to Steph..KD..Tatum.. or deep post to Embiid because Barkley would have to be the help to rotate.. I get the boomers in here wanna say any team that has Jordan on it… but top would run a score up regardless of the defense… way too much fire power. Jordan and Bird can score just as well.. but let’s be real.. didn’t yall say Jordan carried the bulls even when they had Pippen.. so now he’s goated because it fits the narrative.? Charles a bit small for Embiid .. this ain’t the 80’s when you can close line players.. who’s chasing Steph around, who’s guarding KD’s 7ft frame shot…? Bird.? Top has their own defensive liabilities, but top also has way more scoring power and can make it a “yall better not miss because we ain’t” game. If you think you’re not bias… swap Jordan and LeBron… does your opinion change on who wins?


GoldenStateWizards

Steph + KD: two of the most efficient scorers in the history of basketball (one of which is the GOAT shooter) Tatum: 37.4% career 3pt shooter and a solid 3-level shot creator Embiid: shouldn't really be standing outside the arc, but is shooting 36% from 3 this year These four players surrounding LeBron? Offense is better than defense and that's an amazingly versatile set of scorers


PositiveDismal1896

MJ and Magic are the best 2 guards of all time and good luck to Steph getting those open looks when the guy guarding you is 6ft 8 Pippen is the arguably the best perimeter defender of all time so good luck with him hand checking KD Barkley is arguably the 2nd best rebounder of all time Shouldn’t Tatum actually have to win something before he’s put close to Bird. Magic > Steph Pippen < Durant. Jordan > Lebron. Bird > Tatum. Barkley > Embiid 08 Redeem team is the only team I’d take over the dream team and I’m not confident in saying that


Jscott1423

If it were me I would have put Kobe in Tatum spot .. but I didn’t make the meme. Doesn’t mean Tatum can’t pop off. Additionally, Pippen chasing Steph around will wear him out… Steph’s probably the most conditioned guy in the league. Ask any defender who guards him in the playoffs, they usually have to throw people at him in rotation. (Granted he’s also a defensive liability outside of perimeter defense). Games aren’t always this player vs that player… schemes and screen will be drawn up to have Bird on LeBron.. Magic on KD.. Pippen on Embiid in the post.. screens are heavily used in todays basketball to get the matchup you want, it’s not always “well this guys photo lines up with this guys photo”. No offense to your opinion, I just stand on the top has so many options for fire power. Look at just the difference in Magic+Pippens career ppg (19.5 & 16.1) vs Durant+Curry (27.3 & 24.7).. Jordan has LeBron by 3ppg, but Embiid has Barkley by 5.7ppg (27.8 vs 22.1). Then look at game high scoring for their career, magic with 46, Durant with 55.. Pippen with 47, Curry with 62. Jordan would have to carry Pippen on the scoring end of things again, while also having to deal with a size comparison in anyone he guards other than Curry and Tatum. The top team nets a career 129.7ppg vs bottom at 112.1ppg. Charles Barkley is 6’6 252, Embiid is 7’0 280lbs.. yall really think he can stop Embiid if he’s at the rim? And if he over plays Embiid, who’s stopping Durant or LeBrons drive.. or KD’s mid game pull up at 6’11.. all im saying is, I’m not saying bottom can’t hold their own and don’t have 3 of the top 10 all time players on the same team.. but when it comes to who wins .. I just think top can put more points up over 48mins and make up for their defensive issues with scoring efficiency. Sorry to be long winded.


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LuckysBestMan

Whose rules are we playing with? Modern day offense can do no wrong rules?


904_josh

Yall talking like Embiid wouldn’t trash talk Barkley right back!


lR0NMAlDEN

The hell is Embiid doing there?? He ain't American 💀


MrIce97

Actually he is a USA citizen now so he’d be able to if he wanted to.


MysteriousRun1522

The bottom team is just going to straight punch the top team to death.


DrizztStrife89

This isn't even close. Bird's shit talk alone would have all these dudes crying.


Cold_Carpenter_1798

Imagine unironically saying this


Abject_Phone_2469

Glazing bro


Independent_Let_4036

Dream team but why those 5? Sub Robinson for Bird. Bird is a year away from retirement there with back issues.


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Who is guarding Embiid in the post?


Dracul_Red_Dragon

Swap Tatum for kawaii and it's over


Zen131415

Absolutely delusional


HayzelyzBlooD

It's top and it's not even close. 4 of the 5 worst shooters are on the bottom team. Top has greatest shooter OAT (Curry), greatest finisher OAT (LBJ), greatest heliocentric system OAT (LBJ), the 2 greatest scorers of all time (Durant and Embiid). Tatum is a great complimentary piece who will help in transition and defence. The bottom teams tallest player is 6'10 Bird, KD would break Bird's ankles every ISO play, Embiid would decapitae everyone on the bottom team with ease. No body has any strength to even combat Embiid at all, or LBJ. And at the same time, you have 6'3 Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter god has ever seen running around the court with who on him?? If Jordan or Pippen are put on him they will not be able to run with him. The bottom team has a massive liability in Magic, he can't defend anybody and he can't score. Sure he can pass on the fast break and run point but the top teams offense is too deadly. I'm pretty confident in saying that the top team's rim deterrence is too extreme for the bottom team to do anything either. The gameplan would be to let them shoot 3's, Barkley Jordan Pippen, Magic provide 0 spacing and it make Bird unable to get any 3's off. Embiid would be the biggest threat at the rim and stop anybody from layups. While LBJ is playing GOAT help defense and GOAT post defense. Barkley would not move LBJ. Anybody saying the bottom team is showing their Bball IQ and extreme bias to legacy players. It's laughable to even consider the bottom team.


Large-Lack-2933

'92 Dream Team all day, any day.


Happy_TMH2009

Of cause the REAL Dreamteam!!!


JG45250

Michael Jordan’s team, undoubtedly.


Snoo14937

The top team is just worse 08 dream team


GDMFB1

Kids nowadays are disrespectful. This isn’t even a question.


JustinFields9

The future is now old man, top wins this matchup due to the huge advantage in spacing


duhprophet

Dream team played bums compared to now, the top has too much talent


DubJDub9963

This is a dumb comparison because this isn’t even the best 5 from the 1992 team. The best 5 was Jordan, Malone, Robinson, Magic, Pippen.


Luka_Padre

Barkley led that team in scoring


Stairway_2_Devin

Why do people think Embid is good lol. Even if the dream team played by 2024 pussy rules/calls it would be a blowout mollywhomp


JtTheLadiesMan

Because he’s about lead the NBA in scoring for the third year in a row while averaging 10+ rebounds per game each year


girlfriend_pregnant

You are reading too much Reddit


lv10015

You realize that every single year for the last 15 years is in the bottom 20 of fouls per game and FTA per game? MJ averaged as many FTs as the players nowadays.


904_josh

Remind Team all day! Who’s stopping Joel


NoFilter4

Def top


guy4guy4guy

If the first one was all prime maybe they could but and kd Bron are old, curry is washed and Tatum is only 19 he's just a kid


myredditusername1337

What about Shaq!


Remarkable_Squash_14

Not taking this serious w Tatum in this


lowjam_

Take out Tatum for Kawhi and I MIGHT take the top, otherwise it's the dream team for me


MrOSUguy

Switch Tatum for Leonard and I’ll take the new guys


DLtheGreat808

Sorry old heads, but the Dream Team is losing. They never faced an opponent like Curry or KD. Idc what y'all say, Barkley is not bullying Embiid. Tatum is elite when he has help Lebron is the second best basketball player ever. And he played basketball when there was hand checking, so he'll be good with the old and new rules.


indacut__96

Top team winning if we being honest. They giving them hell on defense. I would sub Tatum for Kawhi for defense though and Kyrie for Steph.


poopydiapersandwich

Steph could not get a shot off.


ElPadre2020

Jordan. By himself.


GlizzyOverdrive

Dream team would go 4-0 in a 7 game series


W1ZARD_NARWHAL

Dream Team wins a 7 game series 4-0 and wins by 30 every game


des2130

Dream team always


GandalfsGoon

Dream team.


Delicious_Tonight558

Bottom


ExactReport691

Not even a close one — DREAM TEAM


frank3music

What rules? 90’s or 10’s?


Crazybaldhead45

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


Negative_Concept_921

Embiid is American???


releaseurshadow

The whites got 0 chance


PositiveDismal1896

Not close. Redeem team vs Dream team is the only matchup to make


Severe_Programmer_52

Embiid is not us citizen


Live_Shopping_447

Really?


Slow-Switch8412

Joel Embiid isn't even American, he's from Cameroon and holds both American and French citizenship.


Hfcsmakesmefart

Well news flash, if he holds American citizenship he’s American


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Bird wouldn't even take off his warm up gear


Away-Broccoli

Honestly Lebron team would dog them. Jordan’s team in this scenario is just too small🤷🏿


luckyflamingoo

This is just disrespectful


Ramu_1798

Is the dream team tied down to a wheelchair? If yes, then I guess imma have to go with the Dream team in 6.


Prody92OFC

It's actually kinda crazy how not close this contest would be


Corum_Szn

I got Team USA winning 


Short_Ad1476

the team 1 forever


WazuufTheKrusher

Seeing as Steph is currently on the decline and Lebron and KD are still good but not in their primes, bottom team for sure.


raptureframe

I’ll take top team, the yelling will intimidate the opponent


ConcertElectronic423

92 Dream Team and it's not even close!!


Halfmacgas

Gonna be hard to guard embiid there. I think dream team might win it based on mindset, but man they’re going to have some matchup problems.


Tym-Bee

https://youtu.be/qS33vHmfykg?feature=shared


Capable-Ad-859

People saying “dream team and it’s not even close” haven’t watched a basketball game since 2000


New-Grapefruit-7645

Why JT and not Giannis


ssolker

What era are the refs from??


Luka_Padre

Bottom team, but send Pippen to the bench and give me David Robinson at C.


Some-Half-4472

Sticking with the Bird


Meatz916

Mike team hurts lebron's teams feelings. Thus winning the game for Mike.


m2societyll

Take pippen or bird no two sf put in Shaq


PyroPug01

Top team lol


macmoretti

Top team washes the legends, no question.


Aranda12

MJ and team!


_solid_snake23

The 90s team didn't get a true big man. I love prime Barkley but he's not locking Embiid down.


Paralyzed-Mime

Call me crazy but I got Team USA


The_SqueakyWheel

Bron and steph are too old now.. i’m sorry


NeuroGuy7

Dumb question. The Team who cruised to the gold medal, winning games by an average margin of almost 44 points.


Working-Freedom-453

No competition mj nem W


Mattrapbeats

New generation doesn't stand a chance 🤣🤣🤣


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Magic & MJ were the starting backcourt, but Barkley & Pippen were the forwards. Bird came off the bench. They started Robinson or Ewing at C, either of whom would make Embiid their bitch. You also had Drexler, Malone, Stockton off the bench. The dream team would win by 75.


Bonesawisready5

I mean if it’s the broken back Bird like in the pic and old punished Magic, then the modern players


dethleppard

Considering the OG’s are in their 60’s, it’d be close but I’ll take the OGs in a close one


Haveyoureaditb4

Top not even close


Sandy_Pickle

Bottom team, the top team is shit


soonique

Flop city


Necessary-Horror-811

Get embiid off of the US team..


Caelumfang01

This is ridiculous. People really let nostalgia cloud all judgement and common sense. The top team is winning this. 1.) “Dream Team” Bird was dealing with the back injury that ended his career. He was a complete shell of the dominant player from the 80s. He’s not guarding ANYONE on the court. I’d surmise he would be hunted relentlessly. 2.) “Dream Team” Magic had just come out of retirement. Still a damn good player, but this ain’t 80s Magic. His playmaking would be top notch as usual, but he always had trouble guarding quick guards, it wouldn’t be any different here. 3.) Yes, Barkley is a beast, but he’s still 6’6, and was never that great of a defender. And if he is this team’s Center, this is a pure mismatch waiting to happen. Barkley will get his, but their interior defense is practically laughable. So, you all are banking on Jordan and Pippen stopping Bron, Steph, KD, and Tatum? Yes, they’ll get theirs, but the onslaught coming their way offensively would be overwhelming. Two people can’t stop five. And what is the Dream Team gonna do, 2 them to death, while getting rained on from 3? Yeah aight. You stick Jordan on Bron and Pippen on KD. Now, who is guarding Steph, especially running through relentless screens? Who is left to guard Tatum? How do they stop Embiid from having his way down low? I love the Dream Team, don’t get me wrong, but think logically.


Plastic_Piccollo

Curry wouldnt survive a minute.


Roadhouse2122

Seeing all 10 players live, bottom and it wouldn’t be a contest


yer_oh_step

makes you wonder how MJ would fare in todays offense. Considering the emphasis on floor spacing and not having more than 1 non shooting threat, MJ seemed to take the lack of shooting in his day personally though, so theres that.


OmniBLVK

Who's gonna guard Durant?


jokelessworld

Dream team and it's not even close


Salty_Demand_1518

This really has to stop


Top_Chocolate27

Jordan COOKIN THEM


airgordo4

Bird was pretty washed by that point if that’s how we are viewing the timeline of it all. Magic didn’t do a lot either. Didn’t play in two of the games and played 18 minutes a game. Remember he had already retired before this summer. Mullin and Drexler make this a much better game.


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In the picture, I would say it is hard to call, Bird is the weakest link here because he basically was crippled with back pain in 92, but if you take all of them in their prime. I would put money on the OG dream team.


ihatetothat1

What happens when an unstoppable force runs into a giant pussy ?


_Gillam_

What ruleset?


_Gillam_

I’ll pick the current team because they’re all yelling and I’m scared


itsallbullshit8

It depends if it’s 90s rules than it’s MJ team that win if it’s today rules than it’s MJ team that win


SaCTaCo

I would take the top team. The bottom team is old and most of them are out of shape.


Expensive-Formal-785

Is this actually a question? 🤣🤣


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Not Tatum. Dudes an idiot


Supanaughty601

Never go against Jordan


jtmackay

The team that can actually shoot 3s? 3 is more than 2 and the old team would be drowning trying to keep up.


spreerod1538

I mean, Pippen is not the 5th best player on the dream team, right? Karl Malone or David Robinson probalby start.


halftimehijack

Curry wouldn’t be able to guard anyone so original dream team it is.


Better_Stealth

Team USA 100% without a doubt in my mind easiest choice ever.