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The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled.
Here's a guide to everything you need to know about the "Dream Team," which changed basketball forever with its run to the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics.
Dream Team, nickname given to the 1992 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, which went undefeated in eight games at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the first U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team to include professional basketball players from the NBA .
The original Dream Team was the first USA Olympic Team to feature active, professional NBA players and has been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled. During the 1992 Olympics, the Chuck Daly coached Dream Team defeated their opponents by an average of 44 points on their way to defeating Croatia 117-85 in the Gold Medal game.
Watch in full every single match of the US men's basketball team that made history at the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics
After professional basketball players were finally allowed to compete at the Olympics, a pack of NBA legends steered Team USA to victory at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Widely considered to be the greatest basketball team ever assembled, many have tried to replicate the magic of the 1992 Dream Team at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, but that’s the...
The USA Dream Team 1992 redefined the sport of basketball and helped make the NBA a global phenomenon. All 11 professional players in the 12-man roster, arguably the greatest squad ever assembled, are individual members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the team inducted in 2010.
Athlete Bio. Read Less. Hall Of Fame Bio. The 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team was commonly referred to as the “Dream Team” after winning an Olympic gold medal and logging a perfect 8-0 record at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992.
The original Dream Team, the U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, was a phenomenon on and off the court. It mattered not that it dominated the...