The System of Basketball Becomes a God

Chapter 201 Dream Team ([-]) (Already dying, I will update it seriously in the future!)
The U.S. men's national basketball team is a team that represents the United States in various international basketball competitions. The current nickname is the Dream Team (DreamTeam).In a narrow sense, the "dream team" is the name of the American men's basketball team that won the gold medal in the No.20 five Olympic Games held in Barcelona.Because this team included almost all the top players in the NBA at that time, it was regarded as the most powerful basketball team in history [1], which is really like a dream.But there was no later name "Dream Team" at that time, and the team itself was only called "Dream Team" instead of "Dream Team One"[2].In a broad sense, the "dream team" refers to the American men's basketball team that has participated in the Men's Basketball World Championships or the Summer Olympics since 1992 (not 92 years ago). (Note: The Continental Basketball Association CBA/U.S. college team that participated in the 1998 World Basketball Championship is generally not considered a dream team), and they were dubbed the second dream team and the third dream team according to the order of formation... known as.The second Dream Team ("Dream Team Two") won the championship at the 1994 Toronto World Basketball Championship.In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Dream Team [-] and the Dream Team [-] also won Olympic gold medals.

Although people use the dream team to call almost every subsequent American men's basketball team, but the performance of the American team that participated in the 2002 World Basketball Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympics (only the sixth and third place respectively, is the "Dream Five Team" and " "Dream Six") are difficult to bear this title, and many people think that the future of the US men's basketball team may be the same. In 04, the U.S. men's basketball team, which won the third place in the Athens Olympics, lost a total of 3 games in the current Olympic Games, which is more than the sum of the previous U.S. men's basketball Olympic teams in all Olympic cycles. many.This is also the first time since NBA players entered the US men's basketball team that they have not won a gold medal in the Olympics.

The U.S. National Men's Basketball Team has been dubbed the "Dream Team" since 1992.Four years ago, in 1988, the U.S. Olympic national team led by "Admiral" David Robinson played for the last time with college players (due to labor disputes in the 1998 World Championships, in addition to American NBA players, some players were college students ), defeated the Olympic Games in Seoul (now Seoul), South Korea.

In 1989, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) changed the rules to allow professional players to participate in international basketball competitions.This made the American Basketball Association decide to form a national team with NBA professional players as members, in order to show the top lineup of the United States in the world basketball.Therefore, in 1992, the American Basketball Association immediately found the most outstanding players in the NBA at that time to form the best basketball team in history.

Therefore, after winning all six games in the Americas qualifiers, the first "dream team" in history that included many NBA star players immediately entered the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ​​Spain as the U.S. men's basketball Olympic team. [4]
Since this collection is mainly based on famous players, the players are all older.Except for Laettner, who is still studying at Duke University, other players are in their prime. The youngest David Robinson and Scottie Pippen are 27 years old. Other players such as Jordan, Stoke Dunton, Barkley, Mullin, Ewing, etc. are all 30 years old, and Magic Johnson and Bird Bird are all legendary veterans over 33 years old.This team swept the superstars of the NBA at the time, including 10 famous players who were later selected as the top 50 superstars in NBA history.So much so that the magician joked before the competition that if he couldn't win the championship, the whole team would commit suicide.However, due to some "behind the scenes" details, the Dream Team is still somewhat controversial.

Because he did not pass the ball to the "Flyers" in Michael Jordan's first All-Star Game, and personally led the "bad boys" who had teammates such as Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman, Mahorn, Salley, and Aguirre. The Detroit Pistons suppressed the rising Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference in the late 80s. The "Smiling Assassin" Isiah Thomas, the Pistons leader and one of the captains, had a long-standing rift with Jordan.When recruiting for the Dream Team, Jordan publicly declared to the Basketball Association that he and Isaiah were not in conflict. As a result, one of the greatest point guards in NBA history passed by the Dream Team, and his spot was replaced by John Stockton, who was injured and later promoted to the league's history steals/assist double champion.Later, in the Pistons' match against the Utah Jazz on December 1991, 12, Thomas severely beat Stockton, who came on the field injured, with a one-on-one lesson, which annoyed Thomas' teammate "Postman" Malone to wave on the spot. Iron Elbow beat "Smiling Assassin" into a concussion.In anger, Jordan would rather recommend that the organizing committee choose the hard-working Stockton to replace Thomas, who is both offensive and defensive, and indirectly agreed with the way that Dream Teammate Malone's retaliatory actions vented his anger. It was also because of this Salt Lake City Only the black and white Shuangsha can go to Spain together.

In reality, Thomas offended Jordan more because he was the chairman of the players union. The wages of the superstars in the late 80s and early 90s rose very fast, but in contrast, the wages of the middle and lower players were sharply compressed.As the chairman of the players' union, Thomas advocated increasing the average salary of players, but the employer's request is: the overall salary level of players can be increased, but a maximum salary limit must be set.Restricting the maximum salary has 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 tense relationship between the two.The confrontation on the court is only a small part of the grievances between the two sides.But when Jordan retired for the third time in 2003, Thomas was the head coach of the Eastern Stars. The total score in the history of the first.After the game, Jordan and Thomas hugged and smiled to put an end to their grievances. The two old Jianghu who had been well versed in the world finally put an end to the contradictions many years ago. [5]
In fact, in addition to Isaiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway and Kevin Johnson, the outstanding point guards in the league at the time, and the superstar Shaquille O'Neal of Louisiana State University are all recognized as having the strength to enter the dream team. , and the final selected "God's Left Hand" Chris Mullin and the white student Christian Laettner (also the only two in the team who were not selected for the NBA's 50th) are not convinced by their strength. This is also a dream. The team's only flaw.

However, this did not prevent them from winning the 44 Barcelona Olympic Championship after sweeping their opponents with 1992 points per game. Charles Barkley also became the scoring leader of the Dream Team with an average of 18 points per game.At that time, when teams around the world played against the Dream Team, they were all proud to get autographs and photos from the members of the Dream Team.The Dream Team averaged close to 60% shooting per game and suppressed their opponents' shooting percentage to 36%, winning each game by 44 points. Even the game with the smallest point difference was won by 32 points. [2]
Barcelona's "Dream Team" roster

4. Christian Laettner, retired from Duke University

5 Patrick Ewing, retired from New York Knicks

6 David Robinson, retired from San Antonio Spurs

7 Larry Bird, retired from Boston Celtics

8 Scottie Pippen, retired from Chicago Bulls

9 Michael Jordan, retired from Chicago Bulls

10 Clyde Drexler, retired from Portland Trail Blazers

11 Karl Malone, from Utah Jazz retired

12 John Stockton, from Utah Jazz Retired.

13 Chris Mullin, retired from Golden State Warriors

14 Charles Barkley, retired from Phoenix Suns

15 Earvin Johnson, retired from Los Angeles Lakers

Note: Charles Barkley was still playing for the Philadelphia 76ers when he was selected [76]
Introduction

The head coach of the Dream Team is Detroit Pistons (Detroit Pistons) head coach Chuck Daly (Chuck Daly).They have the most outstanding group of basketball players in history, and as many as six members have won the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) title in their careers. The team's combat power is quite amazing: Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler have similar ultra-long flight distances and ultra-long air time; Larry Bird and Chris Mullin's three-pointers and free throws are very accurate and can be called white forts; Johnson's no-look pass and fast-down offense are known as "show moments" to dominate the entire 80s; John Stockton and Karl Malone's internal and external pick-and-roll pass offensive and defensive cooperation is known as unsolvable; Charles Barkley, Patrick Both Ewing and David Robinson are extremely strong inside players in the history of basketball. They frequently performed dunks, slam dunks, rebounds, blocks and even steals and assists; even if they were not selected by the NBA at the time The white rookie forward Christian Laettner also led the Blue Devils title Duke University (formerly Trinity College) to two NCAA championship titles.The dream team has the title of the strongest team, especially Michael Jordan, nicknamed "Flying Man", who is known as the best basketball player in the history of world basketball.

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