{"id":167968,"date":"2019-08-08T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/?p=167968"},"modified":"2019-08-08T16:27:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:27:36","slug":"dream-team-wins-gold-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/dream-team-wins-gold-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Team Wins Gold in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day 27 years ago, the Dream Team put an exclamation point on its unforgettable existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team USA men secured supremacy at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a 117-85 thrashing of Croatia in the gold medal game, a margin the Americans were very familiar with by the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R2Ua7524CKI\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Affectionately known as the Dream Team, Team USA won its eight games by an average spread of almost 44 points. Croatia came the closest in the gold medal game with the 32-point defeat, with only the Croatians in the group stage and the Puerto Ricans in the knockout round managing to stay within 40 otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Charles Barkley Vs Angola\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lgLVkcecP8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 1989, FIBA passed an agreement that permitted Team USA\u2019s professionals to play in the Olympics, opening the floodgates for what would become what is widely considered to be the greatest basketball team ever assembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before, the Americans sent amateur college players to play against the adult professionals from other countries. That changed with FIBA\u2019s 1989 decision, much to Charles Barkley\u2019s excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kinda disappointed the teams from the United States have lost the last couple of years, and it\u2019s frustrating, especially the way those other teams be running and jumping around like they\u2019ve done something special,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F1AS5t6-JCY\" data-lasso-id=\"696\">Barkley said<\/a>. \u201cIt kinda really makes me mad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100818075707\/http:\/\/www.hoophall.com\/hall-of-famers\/tag\/1992-united-states-olympic-team\" data-lasso-id=\"697\">the organization described the Dream Team<\/a> as \u201cthe greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Barkley (age 29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Bird (35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clyde Drexler (30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Ewing (29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/magic-johnson-dishes-24-assists\/\" data-lasso-id=\"698\">Magic Johnson (32)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Jordan (29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Laettner (22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl Malone (29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Mullin (28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scottie Pippen (26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Robinson (26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Stockton (30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coaching Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Coach &#8211; Chuck Daly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant &#8211; P.J. Carlesimo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant &#8211; Mike Krzyzewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant &#8211; Lenny Wilkens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this day 27 years ago, the Dream Team put an exclamation point on its unforgettable existence. 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