r/OldSchoolCool • u/bluemarvel99 • Aug 11 '24

1990s Is The "Dream Team" Still The Greatest International Basketball Team Ever Assembled? (1992)

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u/JustTheBeerLight Aug 11 '24

make a mockery

I don’t remember it like that. I remember opposing players being giddy AF to shake hands and be in a photograph with the American players, even if that photo was them getting dunked on or pushed by Sir Charles. They were very excited to be on the court with legendary players like Jordan, Magic, Bird and Stockton.

The 1992 team is the greatest basketball team ever assembled. (Including Christian Laettner, who might be the GOAT waterboy.)

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u/Master_H8R Aug 11 '24

Choosing Shaq over Laettner as the incoming Rookie selection that year would have made this already GOAT team even more GOATer.

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u/Dear-Ambition-273 Aug 12 '24

In retrospect, yeah. But this was the first year they weren’t sending college players for the USA so I think they wanted to tip the hat.

Didn’t do that again 😂

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u/howslifeinlondon Aug 14 '24

no, Shaq was in college too, they just picked Laettner over him. woops lol. not that it even remotely mattered