Lebron James And The "Redeem Team" Beats Jordan and The "Dream Team"

Leave your emotions at the end of this paragraph.  You don’t like Kobe’s ego, Carmelo’s braids, or Dwight Howard’s free throw percentage, but the facts are the facts.  It is sacrilegious to say it, but it is the truth.  At this high level of basketball skill, athleticism will win out, and Michael Jordan is the reason that the ‘92 Olympic team could not beat the ’08 Olympic team in a seven-game series.   It all started on a sunny day in May.  Michael Jordan hits “The Shot” in front of Craig Ehlo as a 4-year-old LeBron James watches his Cavaliers from Akron and a 7-year-old Dwayne Wade cheers in Chicago.  Little did Jordan know, the killer instinct and will to win he showed in that game would mold a generation of basketball players that would drive the NBA in years to come.   Michael Jordan was not the first athlete of his type to play professional basketball.  He was the first player that we saw use his ... (link)