Dream team : how Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever / Jack McCallum.
"They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona. For the duration of the Olympics, he lived with, golfed with, and--most important--drank with some of the greatest players of the NBA's Golden Age: Magic Johnson, the ebullient showman who shrugged off his recent diagnosis of HIV to become the team's unquestioned captain and leader; Michael Jordan, the transcendent talent at the height of his powers as a player--and a marketing juggernaut; and Charles Barkley, the outspoken iconoclast whose utterances on and off the court threatened to ignite an international incident. Presiding over the entire traveling circus was the Dream Team's beloved coach, Chuck Daly, whose laissez-faire approach proved instrumental in getting the most out of such disparate personalities and superstars such as Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, and Scottie Pippen. Drawing on fresh interviews with the players, McCallum provides the definitive account of the Dream Team phenomenon. He offers a behind-the-scenes look at the controversial selection process. He takes us inside the team's Olympic suites for late-night card games and bull sessions where the players debate both the finer points of basketball and their respective places in the NBA pantheon. And he narrates a riveting possession-by-possession account of the legendary July 1992 intrasquad scrimmage that pitted the Dream Teamers against one another in what may have been the greatest pickup game--and the greatest exhibition of trash talk--in history. In the twenty years since the Dream Team first captivated the world's attention, its mystique has only grown--and so has its influence. The NBA is now flush with international stars, many of them inspired by the exuberant spirit of '92. Dream Team vividly re-creates the moment when a once-in-a-millennium group of athletes came together, outperformed the hype, and changed the future of sports--one perfectly executed fast break at a time. The Dream Team was. Michael Jordan, Guard, Chicago Bulls Magic Johnson, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers Larry Bird, Forward, Boston Celtics Charles Barkley, Forward, Phoenix Suns Chris Mullin, Forward, Golden State Warriors Scottie Pippen, Forward, Chicago Bulls John Stockton, Guard, Utah Jazz Karl Malone, Forward, Utah Jazz David Robinson, Center, San Antonio Spurs Patrick Ewing, Center, New York Knicks Christian Laettner, Forward, Duke University Clyde Drexler, Guard, Portland Trailblazers."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345520487
- ISBN: 0345520483
- Physical Description: xxix, 352 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Before The Dream -- Chapter 1 Inspector of Meat-Pros in the Olympics? It Was His Idea, and Don't Let Anyone Tell You Different 5 -- Chapter 2 Chosen One-Sneaker Porn Is Born 10 -- Chapter 3 Commissioner and the Inspector of Meat-The NBA Sticks a Tentative Toe into International Waters 15 -- Chapter 4 Legend-"I'm the Three-Point King" 19 -- Chapter 5 Outcast-Isiah Throws It Away ... Then Throws It AM Away 25 -- Chapter 6 Magic Man-With a Junior Skyhook, He Claims' His Place on Top 28 -- Chapter 7 Shooter-Mullin Puts Down the Bottle and Puts Up the Numbers 34 -- Chapter 8 Christian Soldier-The Admiral Takes an Olympic Fall 38 -- Chapter 9 Chosen One-And So Does a Fork Become a Holy Relic 44 -- Chapter 10 Old Guard-Here Today ... Gone Real Soon 48 -- Chapter 11 Shadow Man-For the Kid from Nowheresville, Arkansas, Playing Alongside Michael Could Be a Real Headache 55 -- Chapter 12 Coach-A Man of Both Style and Substance 66 -- Chapter 13 Jester-Sir Charles Wants to Be an Olympian ... He Just Doesn't Always Act Like One 74 -- Chapter 14 Committee and the Dream Team-Okay, Superstars, Prepare for Deification. ... Uh, Isiah? Not So Fast 81 -- Chapter 15 Chosen One-Michael Seems to Have It All... But 'All" Comes with a Burden 90 -- Chapter 16 Spokane Kid and the Outcast-Isiah Sends an Olympic Message ... and the Mailman Follows with a Special Delivery 95 -- Chapter 17 Dukie-Wanted: College All-American ... Must Perform Scut Duty on Summer Vacation 103 -- Chapter 18 Glide-Clyde's on the Team, and Jordan Shrags 109 -- 2 Dream Unfolds -- Chapter 19 Writer-And So It Begins ... at a Cattle Call in San Diego 121 -- Chapter 20 Magic Man-For a Man Who's Dying, He Sure Looks Pretty Alive 128 -- Chapter 21 Coach-Chuck Has a Message for His Assistants: Make Sure to Ignore 143 -- Chapter 22 One-Day Wonders-These Were the Best Days of His Life. ... Surely Grant Hill's Wife Understands 150 -- Chapter 23 Writer-The Action Begins in Portland and Everyone Wants a Piece 256 -- Chapter 24 Legend-Larry Shoots and Scores ... and at Night Lies Awake in Pain 164 -- Chapter 25 Kid from Spokane-Daly Had a Pistons Phone Number in His Hand ... and It Wasn't Isiah's 176 -- Chapter 26 Chosen One-So Many Balls to Sign ... and Jordan Almost Reaches His Breaking Point 184 -- Chapter 27 Writer, the Jester, and the Christian Soldier-Monsieur Barkley Will Indeed Take a Hit on 19 192 -- Chapter 28 Greatest Game That Nobody Ever Saw-"They Just Moved Chicago Stadium to Monte Carlo. That's All They Did" 210 -- Chapter 29 Writer-"There's Helicopters Up There-This Shit Is Serious!" 231 -- Chapter 30 Jester and the Angolan-"I Did Not Know That He Would Make Violence with Me" 241 -- Chapter 31 Kukoc Game-"They Were like Mad Dogs on Toni" 250 -- Chapter 32 Coolest Room in the World-"Charles, We're Sorry, but This Is a Ring Table. ..." 258 -- Chapter 33 Tie-Dyed Darlings-Sabonis Wins Bronze, Then Sleeps It Off 278 -- Chapter 34 Gold, the Flag, and the Chosen One-Some Wear Old Glory ... Though Not in the Service of Patriotism 286 -- Chapter 35 Aftermath-Michael/Magic/Larry ... and Then There Were None 297 -- Chapter 36 Impact-"We Were Like Actors in a Play" 311.
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