It was only a matter of time before we came up with this one.

With the latest rendition of the U.S. basketball team, now dubbed as the ‘’Redeem Team'’, ending up with the gold at the recently concluded 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the United States has returned at the top of the basketball world, justifying the amount of money these Americans actually spend on their own talent.

The ‘’U.S. Redeem Team‘’, the USA Team made up of NBA Superstars, had a handful against team Spain in their gold medal match up. USA won 118-107 with help coming from Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dywane Wade of the Miami Heat.

Now, many experts want some answers on who is the better team between the 1992 U.S. Dream Team and the 2008 Redeem Team. If they play, who will win and what are the possible match-ups?

Redeem Team averaged 26 point-game winning margin against their opponents except in the gold medal game, which they only had an 11-point cushion. This team is comprised of young superstars such as Chris Paul and Dwight Howard to join Kobe Bryant, James and Wade.

Meanwhile, the Dream Team composed of NBA Hall-of-Famers Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, and Magic Johnson JUST to name a few. Those guys won by an average mark of 44 points. Hell, those guys were so dominant, their head coach then, Chuck Daly, didn’t even had to call timeouts.

OBVIOUSLY, the better team between these two talent-laden squads is of course the 1992 Dream Team not that they crushed their opponents but they definitely have a huge advantage in terms of experience, size and love for the game.

We’ll try to break down each of the Olympic teams’ positions and determine who has the better player on each of ‘em for part number two.

Who will win the 2009 NBA Finals? Bodog sportsbook has the EARLY odds.

Boston Celtics 4.00

Los Angeles Lakers 4.50

Detroit Pistons 9.00

San Antonio Spurs 9.00

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