Jordan: 1992 Dream Team better than 2012 USA squad
By Steve ReedBy Steve Reed, AP Sports Writer?
?FILE -In this Aug. 8, 1992 photo, the USA's Scottie Pippen, left, with Michael Jordan, center, and Clyde Drexler, pose with their gold medals after beating in Barcelona. Jordan tells the Associated Press that? he laughed when heard Kobe Bryant said this year's USA Olympic basketball team could beat the Dream Team that Jordan played on. Jordan said "It's not even a question" who would have won that game. "We had 11 Hall of Famers on that team. Whenever they get 11 Hall of Famers you call and ask me." (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)
FILE -In this Aug. 8, 1992 photo, the USA's Scottie Pippen, left, with Michael Jordan, center, and Clyde Drexler, pose with their gold medals after beating in Barcelona. Jordan tells the Associated Press that? he laughed when heard Kobe Bryant said this year's USA Olympic basketball team could beat the Dream Team that Jordan played on. Jordan said "It's not even a question" who would have won that game. "We had 11 Hall of Famers on that team. Whenever they get 11 Hall of Famers you call and ask me." (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)
USA men's basketball national team member Kobe Bryant (42) shoots over Jrue Holliday during practice at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas on Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean)
Coach Mike Krzyzewski, left, and USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, right, stand with the 12 players named to the U.S. men's basketball team, Saturday, July 7, 2012, in Las Vegas. From left in front are Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams, James Harden, Andre Iguodala and Kobe Bryant. At rear are Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love, Kevin Durant and LeBron James. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean) LOCAL TV OUT LOCAL INTERNET OUT LAS VEGAS SUN OUT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? Michael Jordan says there's no way Kobe Bryant and this year's USA Olympic basketball team could've beaten the 1992 Dream Team.
Jordan told The Associated Press Thursday that he laughed, "I absolutely laughed" when hearing Bryant's comments that the squad training in Las Vegas could take Jordan and company.
Jordan says there was "no comparison" which team was better, adding that Byrant comparing the two teams "is not one of the smarter things he ever could have done."
Jordan spoke prior to a celebrity golf tournament in Charlotte.
He says the 1992 team, which included 11 future Hall of Famers and won its six games by an average of more than 43 points en route to capturing the gold medal, may not have been as athletic but was definitely smarter.
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