The U.S. men's national basketball team is the team that represents the United States in various international basketball tournaments, and is currently nicknamed the Dream Team. The narrow term "Dream Team" www.biquge.info is the name given to the U.S. men's basketball team, which won gold at the XXV Olympic Games in Barcelona. The team was considered the most powerful basketball team of all time because it included almost all of the top NBA players at the time,[1] and it was a real dream. However, at the time, there was no later name for the "Dream Team", and the team itself was only called the "Dream Team" rather than the "Dream Team"[2]. In a broad sense, the "dream team" refers to the United States men's basketball team that participated in the Men's World Basketball Championship or the Summer Olympics since 1992 (not 92 years ago), which was composed of professional players from the United States Professional Basketball (NBA) as the backbone (Note: the CBA/American college team that participated in the 1998 World Basketball Championship is generally not considered to be the dream team), and was named the Dream Team II and Dream Team III respectively in the order of succession...... called. The second Dream Team, known as the "Dream II Team", won the World Basketball Championship in Toronto in 1994. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Dream 3 and Dream 4 teams also won Olympic gold medals.

Although people refer to almost every subsequent U.S. men's basketball team by the Dream Team, the performance of the U.S. team that competed in the 2002 World Basketball Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympics (finishing sixth and third, respectively, the "Dream Five" and "Dream Six") is difficult to live up to, and many believe that the future U.S. men's basketball team may do the same. The U.S. men's basketball team, which finished third at the Athens Olympics in '04, lost a total of three games in that year's Olympic Games, which is more than all previous U.S. men's Olympic teams have lost in all Olympic cycles combined. It was also the first time since NBA players entered the U.S. men's basketball team that they did not win a gold medal at the Olympics.

The U.S. men's national basketball team has been known as the "Dream Team" since 1992. Four years earlier, in 1988, the U.S. Olympic national team led by "Admiral" Robinson played for the last time with college players (due to labor disputes, in the 1998 World Championships year, in addition to the American NBA players, some players were college students), and 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 tournaments. This led the United States Basketball Association to decide to form a national team with NBA professional players as members to show the United States' top reputation in the world basketball arena. Therefore, in 1992, the United States Basketball Association immediately sought out the most outstanding players in the American Basketball League at that time to form a basketball team that was recognized as the best basketball team in history.

After winning all six games in the Americas qualifiers, the first-ever "Dream Team" to include many NBA star players immediately advanced to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, as the U.S. men's basketball Olympic team. [4]

Since this collection is dominated by famous players, the players are all older. With the exception of Leitner, who is still studying at Duke University, the youngest players are in their playing years, the youngest David Robinson and Scottie Pippen are 27 years old, the other players such as Jordan, Stockton, Barkley, Mullin, Ewing and others are also 30 years old, and Magic Johnson and Big Bird Bird are all legendary veterans over 33 years old. The team included the NBA's superstars at the time, including 10 players who were later selected as the top 50 superstars in NBA history. So much so that the magician joked before the tournament 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 a little controversial.

Because Michael Jordan did not pass the ball to the "Flyers" in his first All-Star Game, and personally led the "bad boy" Detroit Pistons, who had Dumas, Ranbir, Rodman, Mahon, Sully, Aguirre and other teammates, suppressed the rising Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference in the late 80s, and Isaiah Thomas, one of the Pistons leaders and captains, had a disagreement with Jordan. At the time of the Dream Team's solicitation, Jordan publicly declared to the Basketball Association that he would not agree with Isaiah. One of the NBA's greatest playmaking guards of all time missed out on the Dream Team, with the spot being replaced by John Stockton, an injured man who was later promoted to the league's all-time steal/assist double. Later, in the Pistons' match with the Utah Jazz on December 17, 1991, Thomas gave a one-on-one lesson to blow up Stockton, who was injured on the court, and annoyed that his teammate "Postman" Malone swung an iron elbow on the spot to beat the "Smiling Assassin" into a concussion. In a fit of rage, Jordan would rather recommend the organizing committee to choose the diligent and conscientious Stockton to replace Thomas, who is both offensive and defensive, and indirectly agrees with the way Mengyi's teammate Malone retaliates for himself, and it is also because of this that Salt Lake City's black and white can go to Spain together.

In reality, Thomas offended Jordan more because he was the president of the players' union. The wages of the superstars of the late '80s and early '90s rose very quickly, but in contrast, the wages of middle and lower players were sharply compressed. As president of the players' union, Thomas advocated raising the average salary of players, but the demands of the management were that the overall salary level of players could be increased, but there must be a maximum salary limit. The restriction of the maximum salary touches the interests of a group of superstars led by Jordan, and the conflict between Thomas, who represents the interests of the middle and lower classes, and Jordan, who represents the top superstars, on this issue is actually the core of the tension between the two people. The confrontation on the pitch is only a small part of the feud between the two sides. But when Jordan retired for the third time in 2003, the head coach of the Eastern Conference Stars was Thomas, who did not limit Jordan's playing time at all, so Jordan was able to play as hard as he could in his last All-Star Game and cut the all-time leading scoring team at that time. After the game, Jordan and Thomas hugged and laughed, and the two old rivers and lakes, who were already well versed in the world, finally drew an end to the conflict many years ago. [5]

In fact, in addition to Isaiah Thomas, Tim Haddawi and Kevin Johnson, the league's outstanding organizational guards at the time, and Louisiana State University's superstar Shaquille O'Neal were all recognized as having the strength to enter the Dream Team, and the final inductee, Chris Mullin, the "Left Hand of God", and the white student Christian Leitner (who were also the only two on the team who were not selected to the NBA's Top 50) were also not convinced, which is the only flaw of the Dream Team.

However, that didn't stop them from winning the Barcelona 1992 Olympic title after sweeping 44 points per game, and Charles Barkley also became the dream team's leading scorer with 18 points per game. At that time, when teams around the world played against Dream Team, they were proud to get autographs and group photos from Dream Team members. The Dream Team averaged nearly 60 percent shooting per game while pushing opponents to 36 percent, scoring 44 points per game, and even winning the game with the fewest points margin by 32 points. [2]

List of Barcelona "Dream Team" players

4 Christian Laettner, retired from Duke University

5 Patrickewing, retired from the New York Knicks

6 David Robinson, retired from the San Antonio Spurs

7 Larry Bird, retired from Boston Celtics (Bostonceltics).

8 Scottiepippen (Scottiepippen), retired from the Chicago Bulls

9 Michael Jordan, retired from the Chicago Bulls

10 Clydedrexler, retired from the Portland Trailblazers

11 Karlmalone, retired from the Utah Jazz

12 John Stockton, retired from the Utah Jazz.

13 Chris Mullin, retired from the Golden State Warriors

14 Charles Barkley, retired from the Phoenix Suns

15 Earvin Johnson, retired from Los Angeles Lakers

Note: Charles Barkley was still with the Philadelphia 76ers when he was selected[2]

Brief introduction

The head coach of the Dream Ones is Chuck Daly, head coach of the Detroit Pistons. They have some of the best basketball players in history, and as many as six of them have won the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) title during their careers, and the team is quite impressive: Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler have similar long flight distances and long air time; Larry Bird and Chris Mullin's three-pointers and free-throws are accurate, and they are white turrets; Magic's no-man passing and quick-down offense, known as "showman's moments," dominated the '80s; John Stockton and Karl Malone's inside and outside blocking and passing, offensive and defensive coordination, known as unsolvable; Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and David Robinson are all extremely strong interior players in basketball history, with dunks, slams, rebounds, blocks, and even steals and assists. Even Christian Leitner, a white rookie forward who had not yet been drafted by the NBA at the time, led Duke University (formerly Trinity College), known as the Blue Devils, to two NCAA titles. The one who gave the Dream Team the title of the strongest team was Michael Jordan, nicknamed "The Flyer", who was hailed as the best basketball player in the history of world basketball. (To be continued.) )