Stockton broke his leg about a month before the Olympics and still played

May 27, 2020
11:07:57am

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limited minutes; he would be the most likely choice if it was based on ability to play.

U.S. team's Stockton breaks leg, is out of Americas tournament

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The U.S. Olympic basketball team announced late Monday night that guard John Stockton would be lost for the rest of the Tournament of the Americas -- and possibly the Olympics -- because of a broken leg.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-07-01-1992183221-story.html

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POLL: If Isaiah Thomas made the Dream Team who do you kick off the team to free up a spot for him?

Cosmo4life

5/27/20 10:59am

Anybody voting for Chris Mullin doesn't know that era of basketball.

RyneK

5/27/20 11:03am

Nor remember he was the second or third best performer

bluelands

5/27/20 11:07am

Wow, took a quick look at his stats. He dominated in the early 90s. (link)

Vincent's Picks

5/27/20 11:13am

So dumb they put laettner on the team and not Shaq

Cougero

5/27/20 11:03am

I agree. Shaq could have actually played at a high enough level to matter.

ReyOso

5/27/20 11:08am

Laettner really did earn it though based on his college career. Looking back

Thrill

5/27/20 11:10am

"Earned it"

Cougero

5/27/20 11:17am

I would have picked Shaq and I hated Laettner at the time, but it was hard to

Thrill

5/27/20 11:27am

I respect this take.

Cougero

5/27/20 11:57am

Why was Bird on the team, then?

messi

5/27/20 11:37am

Non Sequitur

Cougero

5/27/20 12:01pm

No it’s not. The situations are similar. Laettner was rewarded

messi

5/27/20 12:07pm

If you want to believe that Laettner deserved to be on the dream team as much as

Cougero

5/27/20 12:15pm

You are not following. Try again.

messi

5/27/20 2:05pm

RE: You are not following. Try again.

Cougero

5/27/20 2:21pm

Plus, Shaq was just stronger. Easier for him to carry everyone's luggage.

Eddie

5/27/20 1:32pm

RE: Plus, Shaq was just stronger. Easier for him to carry everyone's luggage.

Cougero

5/27/20 1:39pm

Nah, Laettner earned it.

messi

5/27/20 11:13am

The obvious answer is Laettner but

FootBackwards

5/27/20 11:04am

The obvious choice was Shaq, the hey you have participated in all these things

Cougero

5/27/20 11:06am

people forget just how dominant Laettner was in 92. he did everything; Wooden award, NCAA tourney champ & MVP, etc.

byujag

5/27/20 11:22am

Laettner had a Great College Career.

Cougero

5/27/20 12:04pm

Laettner

bluelands

5/27/20 11:04am

This is the question that I've not heard national media types answer.

JJCoug

5/27/20 11:05am

Stockton broke his leg about a month before the Olympics and still played

Thrill

5/27/20 11:07am

Nique was more deserving anyway

Odysseus

5/27/20 11:08am

Probably not popular, but Magic had retired due to HIV and knee problems.

CocaColaRecovery

5/27/20 11:12am

Bird and Magic were both well past their primes at this point

donnerstag

5/27/20 11:14am

Easy answer here is Jordan. It was an either or situation here. So Thomas means

Baron

5/27/20 11:13am

I believe it wasn't just Thomas or Jordan. It was Thomas or Jordan AND Magic AND Bird AND Malone AND Barkley.

SpiffCoug

5/27/20 11:20am

and Daly

BlackBart

5/27/20 2:43pm

I personally think Terry Porter and Kevin Johnson were both better options than

jreid191

5/27/20 11:20am

Drexler was the last selection. In the lens of 1992, he probably gets left off.

OPINIONS

5/27/20 11:26am

Bird and Magic were both WAY past their primes. Magic was literally retired.

OPINIONS

5/27/20 11:27am

Magic may have been retired, but he was still a top five player at the time.

Josef K

5/27/20 11:45am

Drexler was first team all NBA. 25/7/7

bluelands

5/27/20 12:38pm

This is a good poll question

Linescratcher

5/27/20 11:27am

I think they got it right. Thomas didnt deserve to be on the team.

Josef K

5/27/20 11:42am

The uproar is because the media doesn't look to exclude anyone in the argument.

JJCoug

5/27/20 11:45am

Those voting Stockton are obviously trolling knowing the make up of the board

RockyBalboa

5/27/20 12:50pm

Exactly.

MaxxPower

5/27/20 1:01pm

Up to that point in 1992, Stockton and Malone had never won a Western Conference

JordanSpieth

5/27/20 2:10pm

Says the Gen X golfer

Josef K

5/27/20 2:15pm

There wasn't a better distributer than Stockton.

Eddie

5/27/20 2:52pm

Thomas was good before the dream team assembled, but at the time, Kevin Johnson

MaxxPower

5/27/20 12:54pm

The travesty was having two Jazz players on the team.

JordanSpieth

5/27/20 12:54pm

Who would you remove, the all-time top point

MaxxPower

5/27/20 4:50pm

Again, you're confusing Stockton's later success with what he and Malone

JordanSpieth

5/28/20 10:22am

Bird - it was a token gesture. His back was wrecked by then.

BlackBart

5/27/20 2:42pm

Even with his wrecked back, Bird provided shooting which was the one area where

Josef K

5/27/20 2:50pm

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