Paul Pierce likes to talk in his retirement and he gave his slightly controversial take on the 1992 Dream Team vs current Team USA.
“This 2024 Olympic Team would dominate the 1992 team,” Pierce said during Tuesday’s airing of Undisputed.
Paul Pierce tried to support his argument by also pointing out that in 1992, both fellow Celtics legend Larry Bird and Los Angeles Lakers icon Magic Johnson were in the twilight years of their careers. That may be true, but Pierce can’t say the same about the other guys on that 1992 unit. Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, and David Robinson plus a guy named Michael Jordan were all at their primes at the time.
Pierce then tried to theorize individual matchups, implying that Golden State Warriors superstar sniper Stephen Curry would be too much to handle for John Stockton. Now, Stockton did not have size and athleticism, but he was well known for being among the toughest players ever, and there’s a reason why he is still the NBA’s all-time leader in steals by a huge margin.
“Who’s gonna guard LeBron? Style of play would have been too much for this Dream Team… Who’s gonna guard Steph Curry? John Stockton?”