The dream of the American basketball team, the first team

The American basketball team was nicknamed "Dream Team" from 1992. Four years ago, on 1988, the American Olympic national team led by "Admiral" david robinson played as a team for the last time (due to labor disputes, some players in the 1998 World Championships were college students except CBA players from the United States) and defeated the Seoul (now Seoul) Olympic Games.

1989 fiba changed the rules and allowed professional players to participate in international basketball events. This made the American Basketball Association decide to form a national team with NBA professional players as the team, so as to show the top prestige of the United States in the world basketball. So in 1992, the American Basketball Association immediately found the best players in the NBA at that time and formed the best basketball team in history.

Thus, after winning all six games in the US regional qualifiers, this "dream team", the first in history to recruit many NBA star players, immediately entered the summer Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain from 65438 to 0992 as the American men's basketball team.

Because this collection is mainly based on famous players, the players are older. Except leitner, who is still studying at Duke University, all the other contestants are in their prime. The youngest players, david robinson and Scott Pippen, are both 27 years old. Other players, such as Jordan, stockton, Buckley, Mullin and Ewing, are all 30 years old, while Magic Johnson and Bird are legendary veterans over 33 years old. This team swept the NBA superstars at that time, including 10 famous players who were later selected as the 50 greatest players in NBA history. So that the magician joked before the game that if he could not win the championship, the whole team would commit suicide. However, due to some "behind-the-scenes" details, Dream Team 1 is still controversial.

Because Michael Jordan didn't pass the ball to the trapeze in the first All-Star Game, the Detroit Pistons, with teammates such as Du Masi, ranbir, Rodman, Mahon, Sally and aguirre, suppressed the Chicago Bulls rising in the east in the late 1980s, and isiah thomas, one of the piston leaders and captains, had bad blood with Jordan. When the Dream Team was recruited, Jordan publicly claimed to the Basketball Association that he was sworn in with Isaiah. As a result, one of the greatest point guards in NBA history missed the Dream Team, and the quota was replaced by John stockton, who was promoted to the championship of steals/assists in NBA history after being injured. Later, in the fight between Pistons199117 and Utah Jazz, Thomas gave a hard one-on-one lesson, bombarded the injured stockton, and let the old four teammate "postman" Malone elbow on the spot, causing the "smiling assassin" to have a concussion. In a fit of pique, Jordan would rather recommend stockton, who is diligent and conscientious, to replace Thomas, who has excellent offensive and defensive skills, and indirectly agree with the way that dream team friend Malone retaliates himself. It is precisely because of this that the black and white villains in Salt Lake City can go to Spain together.

In reality, Thomas offended Jordan more because he was the chairman of the players' union. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the salaries of superstars rose rapidly, but in contrast, the salaries of middle and lower-level players decreased significantly. As the chairman of the players' union, Thomas advocates raising the average salary of players, but the management requires that the overall salary level of players can be raised, but the maximum salary limit must be set. Limiting the maximum salary touched the interests of a group of superstars headed by Jordan. The conflict between Thomas, who represents the interests of the middle and lower classes, and Jordan, who represents the top superstar, is actually the core of the tension between them. The confrontation on the court is only a small part of the feud between the two sides. In fact, when Jordan retired for the third time in 2003, the head coach of the Eastern Star Team was Thomas. He didn't limit Jordan's playing time at all, so Jordan could play his best in the last All-Star Game. After the game, Jordan and Thomas embraced and smiled, and the two operatives who had long understood the world finally ended the contradiction many years ago.

In fact, in addition to isiah thomas, tim hardaway and kevin johnson, the outstanding point guards in the league at that time, and shaquille o'neal, the superstar of Louisiana State University, were all recognized as having the strength to enter the dream team. However, chris mullin, God's left hand, and christian laettner, a white student (neither of them was selected for the top 50 NBA50 teams) were not convinced by the public, which is the only defect of the dream team.

But this did not prevent them from winning the 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion after sweeping their opponents by 44 points in each game. Charles barkley also became the scoring champion of the Dream Team with an average score of 18. At that time, when teams from all over the world competed with the dream team, they were proud to get the signatures of the dream team members. The Dream Team can get nearly 60% shooting percentage per game, while keeping the opponent's shooting percentage down to 36%, averaging 44 points and even winning as many as 32 points with the least difference. 4 Christian Laettner, retired from Duke University.

Patrick Ewing retired from the new york Knicks.

David robinson retired from the San Antonio Spurs.

Larry bird, retired from Boston Celtics.

Scottie pippen, retired from Chicago Bulls.

9 Michael Jordan, retired from Chicago Bulls.

10 clyde drexler, Portland Trailblazers retired.

Karl malone, retired from Utah.

12 john stockton, retired from Utah jazz.

13 chris mullin, retired from Golden State Warriors.

14 charles barkley, retired from Phoenix Suns.

15 ervin johnson, retired from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Note: When charles barkley was selected, he still played for Philadelphia 76ers.