Dream+Team

= The 1992 Dream Team = Often credited as being "the greatest team ever assembled—in any sport"(Whitaker), the 1992 United States Men's Olympic Basketball team, was the spawn of none other than David Stern. Although it was popularly known that the U.S. had the best basketball players in the world, Stern finally decided that it was time to let the professionals play. Prior to the Dream Team, the U.S. was represented by ammeter college players. While every other country allowed professionals to play, the players of the NBA were not eligible because they were considered professional. That was until 1991 when FIBA came out and said that any player, professional or ammeter could play. The only rule was that there had to be at least one ammeter player on the team. The video below describes how the Dream Team was assembled. = media type="youtube" key="Unz_cpuydKk " width="560" height="315" =
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 * From Left to right: Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, Larry Bird, and Scottie Pippen. (Not Pictured: Clyde Drexler, Christian Laettner) ||

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= Effects of the Dream Team = The success of the Dream Team put the world on notice. Never before had anyone seen such an array of talent and showmanship. The spectacular plays, marvelous steals, and emphatic dunks spread the popularity of the NBA across the world. It wasn't long until countries all over the world were streaming NBA games live. The NBA had become a global sensation through and through. Today there are preseason and regular season games played in countries in Europe, Asia, and South America. There were four preseason games played all across Asia this year. = =

Whitaker, Lang. __The Dream Will Never Die: An Oral History of the Dream Team__. June 2012. 24 November 2013 .

Discount Poster Store. __Dream Team__. 24 November 2013 .