mephew1029:

A team :

Hakeem Olajuwon

Karl Malone

Larry Bird

Michael Jordan

Magic Johnson

 

B team :

Shaquille O'Neal

Kevin Garnett

Dirk Nowitzki

Kobe Bryant

LeBron James

Which team is better ?

Team A was the original Dream Team if you consider the fact that the only reason the dream was not on it is because he was not ineligible due to Citizenship status. 

Karl Malone at age "40" as a defender at Lakers that year single handedly KO all the best and much younger PF at west including KG.
Larry Bird in his entire career was never known for being labeled as soft both mentally or physically and was openly being said by Jordan as the dirtiest player(also possibly smartest player).  The only defensive hole I can see on team A is Magic Johnson but he is a 6'9 point guard who can also play as a center in a nba final at rookie season and won the game with 42 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists, and three steals. 

Jordan and The Drean took 8 champions in the 90s.  Larry the legend and Magic Johnson took another 8 in the 80s.  Makes it total of 16 in 20 years of nba history. 

Team B with MDE 4, Kobe 5, KG 1, Dirk 1 and lets just add Duncan for another 4 is still short of 1 to match team A's achievements not to say there are 3 overlapped ones and Duncan is not on team B( and Why????) 

 So besides all the stats facts just mention above, lets' step bake to the second paragraph again.
Karl Malone as possibly the best PF in NBA before Duncan (and why isn't he on the team again??) but still the weakest link on team A played at age 40 could still handle players at their young or prime age.  Team B is pretty much losing in every category besides being always younger and a little taller!