Paul Pierce believes the “Dream Team” doesn’t have the defenders capable of containing the 2024 teams’ superstars, particularly LeBron and Steph 🔗👇

Paul Pierce believes the “Dream Team” doesn’t have the defenders capable of containing the 2024 teams’ superstars, particularly LeBron and Steph 🔗👇

Paul Pierce drops wild take on how 2024 Olympics Team USA would beat Dream Team
The Truth strikes again with a hot take about Team USA vs. Dream Team.

They call him The Truth, but former Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce just raised a lot of eyebrows with his recent hot take about the 2024 Team USA and the 1992 Dream Team. For Pierce, the United States men’s basketball team that’s currently competing in Paris would beat the 1992 squad that blew away the competition in the Barcelona Olympics.

“This [2024 Olympic Team] would dominate the [1992] team,” Pierce said during Tuesday’s airing of Undisputed.

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?”

“This [2024 Olympic Team] would dominate the [1992] team… 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?”

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At the end of the day, there is no definitive answer to this type of debate because one would need a time machine to settle such an argument once and for all.

Team USA off to a strong start in Paris