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The majority of pieces I write on here are rants so I hope that you guys are okay with that. I feel like I’ve held this one in long enough…

Everyone wants to compare the 2012 US Mens Basketball team to 92. Why? Because of Kobe saying that if they played the 2012 team could win? Let’s be clear, he never said they were better he simply said they could take a game. However, those comments opened the flood gates for the media. “Bryant Proclaims 2012 Is Better Than 92.” Get out of here with that mess because they are incomparable. The 92 team had better all around athletes hands down, BUT international competition has significantly gotten better.

Yes, they had a scare against Lithuania today after a blowout win against a Nigerian team that had no business being in the same arena as the U.S. team. Now that same media that blew up 12 vs 92 begs the question “Should they be worried?” The answer is a big resounding no. Lithuania hit on all cylinders and caught the U.S. slipping. That’s why it’s not crazy for Kobe, LeBron, or Count Chocula to say the current team could beat the Dream Team. Move on, cover something WORTH this amount of coverage.

Maybe I’ve just been watching Newsroom too much…