Days before the current U.S. squad takes the court in London, James made his boast in a recent television interview.
LeBron James says the United States Olympic team would beat the 1992 Dream – ESPN.
A boast, snarfs?
“As a competitor you never want to say that you will lose, no matter who you are going against,” James told ABC News “Nightline” anchor Cynthia McFadden.
“The ’92 Dream Team paved the way for all of us … We understand what they did for our game, but we also are big-time competitors as well, so if we got the opportunity to play them in a game we feel like we would win, too,” James said.
Hmmmm.
James’ comments echoed those of Bryant [SNARF NOTE: NO THEY DON’T!], who two weeks ago made a similar proclamation.
“It would be a tough one, but I think we would pull it out,” Bryant said at a news conference. “People who think we can’t beat that team for one game, they are crazy. To sit there and say we can’t, it’s ludicrous. We can beat them one time.”
Now it’s all clear: a clever attempt to make this into something. James is just stating the obvious, much different than Bryant.