Video (Game): Dream Team vs. 2008 Men’s Olympic Basketball Team

All, Video, Video Games Stephen Douglas July 26th. 2012, 11:29am

People have been debating the Dream Team versus this year’s London Olympic team for the last few weeks. We will never know who would win if those two squads played, but we can dream. And with video games, we can simulate. Someone did just that using NBA 2K12 and the results are kind of cool. That’s not to say that like The Dark Knight Rises, there aren’t plenty of problems.

Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade are prominently featured. Also, Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince and Michael Redd make appearances. I’m not even going to mention the Carmelo Anthony 360-alley-oop. Finally, how can you make this and not show us how the simulation ended? Not that I need a video game to tell me LeBron scores the last 10 points of the game for the 2012 and then blocks Jordan at the buzzer. [via Nate Jones]

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34 Responses to “Video (Game): Dream Team vs. 2008 Men’s Olympic Basketball Team”

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I'm a Horse Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
People have been debating the Dream Team versus this year’s London Olympic team for the last few weeks.
I feel like this is a thing, that isn’t really a thing. Only Kobe thinks its true.
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illformula Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
what if michael vick was white?
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José Pippen Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Tayshaun Prince
Completely forgot he made that team.
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scripty Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
child please
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
TWITTER IS DOWN OH NO
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njensen79 Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
TWITTER IS DOWN OH NO
Oh good! I thought work had blocked it
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José Pippen Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
I feel like this is a thing, that isn’t really a thing. Only Kobe thinks its true.
To me it’s only a healthy Dwight away from being a thing.
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Oh good! I thought work had blocked it
Yeah, I can’t even get the fail whale now. Just times out.
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njensen79 Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I kinda want the ’12 team to get Silver. After Wade’s “pay” comment, Kobe creating this whole “we are better” thing, part of me hopes they don’t get the gold just to shut them up.
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kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
what if michael vick was white?
I will always read this with Matthew McConaughey’s Time to Kill voice.
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SouvenirCity Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
I fear that Chip Douglas has been a LeBron apologist/satirist for so long that he’s actually starting to believe what he writes and tweets about the young man.
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Nada Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
what if michael vick was white?
What if the white Mike Vick was black?
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mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Melo getting a 360 alley-oop dunk with Ewing or the Admiral and Malone or Barkley down low isn’t happening. The ending is the Dream team realizing that there isn’t anyone on that team that can fuck with the two centers on their team so they just let those two abuse chandler and dwight
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Der Kaiser Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
What if white Mike Vick was black but acted white?
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cracker jack Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Its crazy how often Twitter goes down. For all the flack Facebook gets, Ive never had issues with it being down. Has there ever been any explanation for it?
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ButtersBC Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Has there ever been any explanation for it?
Too many people re-Tweeting Adarn Shefter at once
Can’t watch this video, is it actually Jordan in the game or G#23, the greatest video game basketball player of our youth?
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Der Kaiser Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Whenever twitter goes down, I feel jittery. Been trying to refresh the site countless times over past hour. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of twitter. Such a great tool.
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razeup Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Also, ESPN’s front page has headlines from July 6. Is the internet coming apart at the seams?!?
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cracker jack Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Also, ESPN’s front page has headlines from July 6. Is the internet coming apart at the seams?!?
LOL at the first 5 links on ESPN.com headlines starting with the word ‘SOURCES:’ So annoying.-
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ButtersBC Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
LOL at the first 5 links on ESPN.com headlines starting with the word ‘SOURCES:’ So annoying
Are sources bribed by writers to spill the beans or is most of it team controlled but they just don’t want to fully tip their hand about stuff?
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KC Resident Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
I’m not even going to mention the Carmelo Anthony 360-alley-oop.
You just did.
LOL at the first 5 links on ESPN.com headlines starting with the word ‘SOURCES:’ So annoying.-
Do you prefer, “We’ve been told…” instead “sources?”
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cracker jack Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Do you prefer, “We’ve been told…” instead “sources?”
It’s a headline. Why the need to qualify at all?
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KC Resident Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
It’s a headline. Why the need to qualify at all? CJ
Oh, I mostly agree. “We’ve been told” is TBL’s way of doing it.
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cracker jack Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
I mean really “Sources: Revis reports to camp” is pretty easily verified. You dont need to hedge. Reporters have always had sources, that’s how things are written. Why the sudden need for everything being qualified nowadays? Scared to be wrong or something?
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I'm a Horse Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Do you prefer, “We’ve been told…” instead “sources?”
Personally I like “Hey yo check this out”
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SouvenirCity Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Why the sudden need for everything being qualified nowadays? Scared to be wrong or something?
Culpability. It gives the reporter a scapegoat should the information be invalid. The source was wrong then, not the reporter. It’s just a safety net.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Uhoh there’s also a story on there about MLB contraction.
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ButtersBC Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Uhoh there’s also a story on there about MLB contraction
Reinsdorf’s still holding out hope that the Twins get the ax
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molemaninthemorning Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
So is this site going to have any kind of Olympic preview post in the next day or so?
How about just any posts?
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cracker jack Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:23 PM
So is this site going to have any kind of Olympic preview post in the next day or so?
/looks at next post
//giggles
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Razor Shines Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:29 PM
A better debate is the ’96 team against this team.
Shaq, Olajuwon and Robinson taking turns at center.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
I’m not even going to mention the Carmelo Anthony 360-alley-oop.
You just did.
I’m not even going to mention how good this comment is.
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Diesel Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
No need for the dramatic music considering the Dream Team would have won by 30
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heldover Says:
July 26th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Diesel gets it.