Great break down of the two Olympic Teams. Overall if the 2012 version had Dwight Howard in the middle I think the young gunnas would clearly take it to the old skool.

Just don't how the old timers would be able to hang with LeBron, Kevin Durant and Kobe.

=====SHOOTING GUARDS=====

1992: Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler

2012: Kobe Bryant, James Harden

Key facts: Jordan was the Dream Team's lone full-time starter and its No. 2 scorer. He's the best to play the position and was in his prime in 1992. Drexler was an efficient scorer and an unlikely, efficient point guard on occasion for the Dream Team. Bryant was the intense leader of Team USA in 2008, and he's coming off his best season since 2007-08. Harden's an international rookie.

Outlook: Jordan and Bryant would go head-to-head all game, and we'd see a battle of two of the fiercest competitors in NBA history. But 29-year-old Jordan beats 33-year-old Bryant every day.

Advantage: 1992


=====SO, WHO WINS?=====

These teams are evenly matched. Whereas the Dream Team relied on star power, the 2012 iteration is chock-full of role players who can execute specific tasks. It's built more like a team and still may have four of the five best players on the court in James, Durant, Paul and Bryant. (Barkley would have a good argument alongside Jordan on that list.) In a best-of-seven series, we might give the advantage to the younger team. But in a single game, where Bird and Johnson could lay it all on the line, it's tough to imagine anyone beating the Dream Team. The injuries to Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh and others hurt the 2012 team, but it's still a collection of players in their primes, unlike a few of the big names on the Dream Team.