In the history of sports, there is a movie that left a deep impression on people, and that is the famous movie "Munich". In this quite inspiring movie, the American basketball team became a part of the background. Basketball has always been the dominant sport for Americans. Before that, they would select a team of college students to compete in every Olympic Games. However, since the boat capsized in the gutter, the American Basketball Association learned from the painful experience and added the World Basketball Federation. There are quotas for professional players to participate in the Olympic Games. Therefore, at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the US men's basketball team sent a star-studded team. 11 of the 12 people on the team were top stars in the league. This was only symbolic. They brought a college player with them, and this was the famous "Dream Team"

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the American men's basketball team, which claimed to be the "Dream Team", presented itself to the world for the first time. It shows that basketball can still be played like this. In that Olympic Games, the US men's basketball team won all eight games, averaging more than 100 points per game, while its opponents only scored a maximum of 80 points, with an average margin of 43.8 points per game. This This performance can only be described as fear, but what is even more exaggerated is that in that Olympics, the US men's basketball team never called a tactical timeout, and sometimes even played without relying on tactics, relying entirely on the players' individual talents!

In the 1990-91 season before the Barcelona Olympics, the contenders for the NBA regular season MVP included Jordan, Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Admiral Robinson, and these five were just They are the starting five of the Dream Team, with Stockton, Malone, Drexler, Scottie Pippen, "Gorilla" Ewing, Chriss and Laettner on the bench. , except for Laettner, who is the only college player, the other 11 people are all the top 50 stars in NBA history.

As for why Laettner was selected as the only college player in this team, on the one hand, the US men's basketball team also wanted to show that it was not a team composed entirely of NBA stars. Secondly, Laettner was He is also a decisive figure in the American college league. He led the team to win the NCAA championship for two consecutive years. His inclusion in this dream team is even more convincing. Of course, the most critical point is that the head coach of the Dream Team, Chuck Daly, and the assistant coach, Coach K, both have a background in Duke University, which will certainly help the Duke-produced Laettner.

However, the election of Laettner made one person slightly embarrassed, and that was the "Shark" O'Neal, who was also well-known in the United States at that time. At that time, the US men's basketball team planned to start from Laettner, O'Neal, Jim One of the four college players, Jackson and Harold Miner, was selected, but in the end O'Neal was unexpectedly undrafted. This has become something that O'Neal has always been worried about. The Internet also called him "the dream undrafted". It was an embarrassing title, and many years later, O'Neal was still brooding about it, but he could understand it, because being a member of the "Dream Team" was such an honor in history.