This was back when basketball meant something and had heart and soul. Those guys are legends. Not because of huge contracts. It was pure talent, drive and determination.

@joncabotxox9389

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@BSworldX

3 ай бұрын

Bird was laying on the floor before games becose he couldn't seat up of the pain. That is determination

@TerryT0114

2 ай бұрын

Today's defense is a joke, it's a hard game to watch now

@cliffallstadt3981

2 ай бұрын

Now it’s all about money, and putting All-Stars together,??

@clyde642006

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. And it was the love of the game.

30 Years ago, Magic happened and the Bird flew for the Last time.

I am a Barcelona native,the best Olympics ever made us proud of our city but that Olympics were just about one thing,the dream team.God,what a time to be alive.the best nba era and along with the 80s,the best time of my life.please,someone built a time machine

@cliffallstadt3981

2 ай бұрын

Great statement,🙏🏽🏀

For me , nothing can match Earvin and Larry together, always brings a year, thinking back at how two rival rivals became Brothers !!!!!

@cliffallstadt3981

Ай бұрын

Check out 1976 playoffs New York, Nets versus Denver Nuggets, David Thompson, verse, Dr. J, incredible series, 🙏🏽🏀

Magic was like a kid in a toy store. Not being able to play because of his medical problems brought him back to life. God bless Earvin

I remember watching this team as a teenager way back then and thinking "This is the best team EVER" and they showed that they were. They were larger than life at that point! As a grown man almost 30 years later I watch this with a big smile and a tear in my eyes remembering what used to be. Loved the Dream Team!

@venomsymbiote7555

Жыл бұрын

Yep the greatest team of all time. The 90s was the last great decade👍👍

@Mrd9960

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same here, they were the greatest basketball team ever assembled, hands down!

@joncabotxox9389

Жыл бұрын

Perfectly describes my thoughts too. I was 14 at the time.

@ShaWiffle

17 күн бұрын

I was 13 at the time. These players made me and a whole generation fall in love with the game of bball. While bball used to be a strange sport here in Europe it was now the number 1 sport overnight. Magic, Bird and Jordan were respected and revered around the bball world by other international players. Still gives me chills when I watch this shortened re-edited version of the dreamteam doc. Thank you all for watching

In the summer of 92 I was 10 years old and barely ever heard about basketball. Then the Olympics came along and I saw the first Dream Team... I fell in love with that game immediately and started to train and play it myself. Some months later I joined our local club and realized that many, many boys in my age did the same all around the country!

@signa3348

Жыл бұрын

Me too,i was also 10 years old,living in Curaçao and barely heard about basketball😁

I'm so glad that Scottie got his recognition..

The current NBA players can directly thank this group for the money they're making today. It was these Olympics that opened up the worlds eyes to the talent in the NBA. The TV money today's players get a chunk of is unbelievable

@dec9164

Жыл бұрын

'ZACKLY!!!

@mansisity

Жыл бұрын

They can thank shaq

@dawnstar81

Жыл бұрын

No one I knew watched the nba, I was young when Magic and Bird came into the league and it changed everything from there on.

@8CSKN8

Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that they sent the game global in an age when social media did not exist and the internet was in it's infancy

@janisstepanovs6201

Жыл бұрын

At first i thought - man, this is not about the money. But than I realise that you are right. These guys played for the love of the game, but the value of money in the league reflected only 20 years later.

I was from Portland Oregon so l was a very lucky lady to see the dream team play the college basketball 🏀 guys. And l was glad l did because I am a 76 year old little old lady and have been able to afford a ticket to see the Trailblazer game since. I know it was because people's eyes to the talent the pro players have. Thank you Dream Team for showing just how talented pros you all were! Sincerely Miss Shirley 🌹

For better or for worse, Chuck will always be Chuck. Respect.

I'll never forget watching the Dream Team in '92. I was 23 and a sports fanatic!

The most star-studded team ever assembled in sports history.

The dunk has always sold this sport😄🇨🇦🔥🇺🇸

I'm so glad that i grew up in the 60's to watch the best of the best

I can see how Kucoc was furious in the game against Croatia - but years later, he's just gotta know that it was the ultimate compliment. The Dream Team was steamrolling everyone, but *one man* intimidated them to the point of special plans. What an amazing player he was.

@thesnorman-graffiti3315

Жыл бұрын

Not hating on or downing Kucoc but the goal of any team, no matter how good, is to shut down the best player. So of course they locked him up, he was the star. That being said, the man was a great player. He shot the lights out!

@CaliforniaCarpenter7

Жыл бұрын

@@thesnorman-graffiti3315 I see what you're getting at and I partially agree with you, but you're leaving one glaring point out. There were not many (if any) "great international players" to be worried about for Team USA in '92. As far as I know, the only one they tried to snuff out was Kukoc. Imagine Jordan *and* Pippen on a mission to destroy *one man.* I think the goal of any team is to shut down the opposing team. They only swarm one guy if he is the biggest threat. He definitely was a great player, I'd even go so far as to say one of the top 50 all time.

@P4PKing

Жыл бұрын

@@CaliforniaCarpenter7 They shut him down because the Bulls were trying to replace Pippen for Kukoc around that time. They didn't do it as a strategy to win the game. They did it as a way to make Pippen look like the much better player.

@nhbfan

Жыл бұрын

Right, as one person said, the Bulls players just shut down Kukoc hardcore to embarrass their GM Jerry Krause. We was a hated guy by fans and players alike in Chicago 🤣

@peejaydemira

Жыл бұрын

@@P4PKing yes Jordan and Pippen want Krause to realize they're actually hurt bringing some kiddo in their club

This video is by far the best documentary of the Original Dream Team. Kudos to the team who created it

@patriciamccormick9321

Жыл бұрын

There is a longer version of this documentary up on line.

@carlosanaya4149

Жыл бұрын

@@patriciamccormick9321 indeed

@jayjay-71

Жыл бұрын

Maybe..but its not made it massive around the world....North America and Japan.. thats it...

@luvmusic4507

Жыл бұрын

@@jayjay-71 Yes there is, and it shows most of the Olympic BB games w/ the Dream Team in full. Fantastic!

@csom465

Жыл бұрын

Class is class! behind the cameras or on the courts. You can’t miss it. 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅

Magic is one of the greatest story tellers of all time. Him describing the one on one match-ups is priceless.

@tianzi49

Жыл бұрын

and yet he actively campaigned to get his BFF Zeke scratched from the dream team ... a guy who had just won two in a row ... upshot: friends, don't let your so-called friends knife you in your back when you ain't looking!

@BingCherry11

Жыл бұрын

@@tianzi49 In my old neighborhood whenever street ball games were played people who choose sides. People would always pick their friends (people who they liked). They would never pick someone they did not like even if they were the best player in the whole neighborhood. If they don't like you ... they don't let you play!!! So it's not a question of skill it's a question of hatred. If the other Dream Team players all vote to see if Zeke should be on the team, I really don't believe Zeke would get a lot of votes ... if any!!! Before I heard all the facts I was surprised that Zeke was not on the team.

@tianzi49

Жыл бұрын

@@BingCherry11 in my hood we always in it to win it ... in order to not get next-ed ... feel me. w/ one exception, I always picked my boy Van Buren because he was my ace boon and also he was good ... I would have co-signed hard for Zeke over Christian Laettner, no offense, 24/7/365, especially if that is my ace boon brother ... it's done w/ no questions asked. I am glad I don't live in your hood ... so you do you, and I promise I won't stop your progress! also, we don't choose unproven new friends over proven old friends, as a cardinal rule, where we roll ... feel me! so does the "B-ballgame" imitate "life" or does "life" imitate the "B-ball game"? ... I rest my case!

@BingCherry11

Жыл бұрын

@@tianzi49 I hear you. I am sure there were many non basketball factors that kept Zeke off the team. However, I don't understand why he did not play on Dream Team 2. I know Shaq did so why not Zeke???? In my old hood I was picked often because I would pass the ball! Passing the ball was not popular in my hood and rarely done. So when I would come on the court and started to pass the ball it always would catch the defenders not expecting a pass to be thrown to anyone even an open man at the rim!!!! Lol!!!

@tianzi49

Жыл бұрын

@@BingCherry11 listen Zeke paid his due and won two titles for Detroit w/o the likes of the Celtics or the Lakers all-star roster, I mean he won it w/ Laimbeer for god's sake ... also did he score 25 points in the 3rd qtr. alone while playing on one good leg in that play-off against the Lakers? ... he was a true soldier, bar none! it's all good tho!

I miss those guys in their prime the game of basketball won’t ever be the same without them

This really takes my breath away, all the memories back then. Wish we could go back and live it again…

@kidcudi908

Жыл бұрын

Heeee heeee

@rocksnmortarlb8907

2 ай бұрын

One of the great eras in all of sports. What a special time.

Watching this team play in the olympics with my father, both of us basketball players and fans, was one of the greatest moments of my life.

One of most enjoyable documentaries every made. The smiles and friendship that shone through were real. We don't get characters like this now, so glad i witnessed this in 92.

Basketball was just different back then. All these players were special with Micheal at the top. He will never be forgotten.

@Afterlife7377

Жыл бұрын

Racist Malcolm X hat at the end

@johnnymosley3304

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@jero184

11 ай бұрын

These guys were in every sense animals. Don't get in there way

@RemoWilliams1227

8 ай бұрын

​@@jero184Jordan in particular didn't want to just win the game. He wanted to beat you down, step on your neck, kiss your wife, and then tell you how easy it was for him to do it.

The 3 time MVP. That's 3 years in a Row. Only Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell had done it before Bird. NBA History.

Fought back some tears watching this, but I couldn't do anything about the goosebumps...I wish today's game was like how it used to be.

@Bambino1974

Жыл бұрын

I like both eras.

@Prashanthestics

Жыл бұрын

They soft now, Soft calls, Soft refs, Soft players

@wessteinfeld3337

Жыл бұрын

I'm Bi

@t-bonejones

Жыл бұрын

These guys would crush todays nba

@davidca96

Жыл бұрын

@@wessteinfeld3337 eew

Every doc on this subject fixes on Ervin, Bird, and Michael. The mind-blowing part is that Malone, Robinson, and Patrick, etc. were there to score and win, equally. Turn the camera away from the personalities, and you have supreme basketball talent from top to bottom. Feels surreal, even 30 years later.

Larry and Magic will forever be one of the greatest stories in sports for all the right reasons.

An absolute pleasure to have lived through this time. I watched this game on TV. I was glued to the monitor. I get chills just remembering their dominance on the court. Outstanding sportsmanship and unparalleled in their skills.

Definitely a golden era of NBA right there.

The greatest time of watching NBA. Bird vs Magic will never replicate.

some of the biggest goose bumps and excited I felf was magic assisting Larry, a very special moment

This has to be best team, ever in any sports team

When Magic and Bird started in the NBA the attendance was down with many empty seats and the finals were tape delayed and shown at 11pm with little interest and those two guys changed that. The CBS contract paid a high price and players benefitted. It was remarkable what those two players had on the game of BB. Like Arnold Palmer in golf all players should thank these special players for the impact on their respective sports. Absolutely remarkable.

They was the best there was ,God Bless them all, love the old days when it was real basketball,

Imagine what MJ's trophy case must look like. Two Gold Medals on the second shelf...insane.

Indeed a once in a lifetime team that ever assembled to play in the Olympic.

THEY REALLY DID!!! I was 7 and from Germany! That was the moment my love for the game of basketball was born!!! I am so thankful that they came over and showed me. :) There is only sport I love even more, but Basketball is a very secure 2nd place. And no its not Football, its Hockey. ;)

@mauricefarr8531

8 ай бұрын

Hello my mom from Munich Germany

@chrisbee9643

8 ай бұрын

@@mauricefarr8531 Munich is Bavaria... Bavaria is not really Germany. :) Its the part of Germany ever non german thinks about, when talking about Germany. We "rest" Germans dont really like Bavarinas... Greetz from Thuringia. :) Plus Bavarians eat disgusting sausage. xD

Couldn’t stop crying during this. Everyone loves these wonderful athletes

@wussrestbrook1200

Жыл бұрын

No one loves these china loving anti- American spoiled brats

Remember watching live on tv in Australia it was magic.

I feel so lucky to have witnessed this historical moment as a kid in the 90s, and made me feel proud to be American, and feeling that for the first time

The greatest team of athletes ever assembled, cemented in history forever. Truly a dream team.

@garyhost354

Жыл бұрын

It’s a African team. Not a American team though

@tropicalterrarium1742

Жыл бұрын

@@garyhost354 no , they are americans.

@garyhost354

Жыл бұрын

@@tropicalterrarium1742 keep dreaming. Race hater.

@4smereka

Жыл бұрын

@@garyhost354 what? Stop trolling

@garyhost354

Жыл бұрын

@@4smereka hehe

The biggest team ever asembled in any sports .... !! We have already miss them ....

Larry played though pain back then that would knock out a horse , his 3 years in the league he played with a broken back , just amazing grit that you don’t see today in the NBA.

@jamesbuckner8974

Жыл бұрын

Larry Legend!

@pogingkritiko4748

2 ай бұрын

Lebron and Kawhi left the chat 😂

@tennsmoothie

13 күн бұрын

Good Gawd, can you imagine the prima donnas of today doing what Larry Bird did his last couple of years in Boston and for this Olympic team ?

I remember watching their games on TV. A sight to behold.

Still brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful. Truly a dream team in every sense. A dream come true.

it's truly sad that Coach Chuck Daly wasn't there with them when they were ìnducted to the Hall of Fame....RIP Coach D.

@arielaustria8-587

Жыл бұрын

Chuck daly the man thats builds this dream team

More talent on this team, than in the entire NBA now.

I'll never forget watching this team when I was a kid back then I'm really happy and grateful for being around to see them play in the 90s 👍🏻

@markanderson3669

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. And it really just seems like yesterday…

@Mrd9960

Жыл бұрын

@@markanderson3669 Definitely, 30 years ago! Damn time flies!

Watching this team as a kid made me fall in love with the game of basketball!!! And to watch Jordan in the years after just tempered that love of the game!!! To watch these players now, being so entitled, breaks my heart!

Christian was on the ride of his life. He was in a team of hall of famers, champions, whose motivation aside from winning the Olympics was to show who was top dog in the team.

This Team brought the NBA to the world and that will be their legacy for future basketball players since Barcelona Olympics aspired to emulate anywhere in the world. Greatest team of all times.

1:47 "I don't want to play WITH him, I want to play AGAINST him" Words you rarely hear, nowadays.

Greatest Basketball documentary of all time. Credit to the creators.

Anyone who watched NBA in the 90s knew of Jordan's greatness.

@davidfaxon3336

Жыл бұрын

Anyone who watched it in the 80's knew of Bird and the Celtics sweeping MJ. MJ Magic and Bird are all three tied as the goats 🐐 imo

the legendary team of all time

The most positive outcome of the Dream Team was giving worldwide basketball players the chance to go down in history as the only foreign players who get to meet and play with the world's greatest athletes. A dream come true for these athletes.🏀🏀🔥🔥

You know, 3 HOFs played for Croatian side in that final game (Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja) , so the Dream Team didn't have some bad oponents on the other side as you may think watching this film. They were just that good nobody could touch them. So, when you hear speaker saying: "The best team ever to walk this earth" ... thats not exaggeration.

@jlmusic1469

Жыл бұрын

Radja is in the HOF???

@patriciamccormick9321

Жыл бұрын

No

@sluzbakristova7489

Жыл бұрын

@@patriciamccormick9321 Yes

@rancheroskitchenph8882

Жыл бұрын

Kjj

@ZdenekLU

Жыл бұрын

@@jlmusic1469 he is, since 2018. Larry Bird introduced him.

True brotherhood doesn't always come from blood these men are still living legends and will be long after they are gone from us

The Legendary DREAM TEAM Ever ,Forever !

Those were the days! Living in Samoa at the time, and being a part of the Pacific team it was such a great motivation to me to see these players who I idolized. And be able to use them as an example of what a team should be! Great time in life.

Jordan,Bird,and Majic. Man💪

This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen! Made me tear up! These players were bigger than life.

@ 3:04 Bobby Hurley was selected in the first round (7th pick) of the 1993 draft by Sacramento. He played six years in the NBA and today is the head basketball coach of the University of Arizona. Duke University retired his number 11 jersey - he a 1st Team Al-American at Duke and where he won two national championships. He was also high school 1st Team All-American and a McDonald’s All-American.

What an amazing bit of history, and so very well put together. Thank you.

First off, they couldn't have picked a better coach than Chuck Daily. He knew what it would take to bring all these BIG heads together and make them 1!

Magic’s embrace by the other players on the dream team, yes I know all about the earlier controversies over his HIV status, tore down walls that fear and misunderstanding about the disease had created. BILLIONS globally re-examined their preconceptions and that was an even bigger accomplishment than making basketball a global game. You can argue that is why Magic and millions of others have survived AIDS and the research also led to better treatment of other diseases caused by viruses.

@redmustangredmustang

Жыл бұрын

Plus thankfully modern medicine has caught up. Now today there are HIV medications where you only need a pill or two a day to live a normal life and in some cases can get HIV down to undetectable levels. HIV is not a death sentence like it would be back in the 80's.

@bbmtge

Жыл бұрын

There is absolutely no truth to your statement.

excellent documentary. i wasn’t born yet when this happened, but man. This was absolutely glorious. Nothing will ever compare to this moment in time. It truly was a special time. Nothing like it, ever again.

the best times of my life watching starting as a 10 year old, all these super stars!!playing basketball from thee earlly 80s,to 2000,s were the greatest ever!! for me,. never be duplicated!! and 25 or so years watching my lakers!!

Will we ever see basketball at its finest ever again?

I´m from argentina and watching this made me cry. Also, loved when they showed Manu our biggest basquetball hero

31:29 when i see Scotties Face in a moment of Proud, i got tears in my eyes. He is such a nice guy full of respect! 33 forever!

Came back to watch my dream team era...good times

I am so glad that I got to live through this…

That first gave was a slaughter! No other word for it. Sincerely Miss Shirley 🇺🇲🏀🌹

Because of the Dream Team, i got the chance to become a Mavs fan due to Nowitzki and Doncic. They were the reason why basketball became global and stars emerged from different.countries.

What a great decade the 90’s was.

“For my country.” I love it!

OMG.. I remember that Olympics and that Dream Team! I remember all of them.. each player! Jeez.. I cried when I watched this video. Thanks! )

I was 9 the Summer of '92. In my little town of Fairview, Oklahoma, EVERYONE got together at SOMEONE'S house every night there was a Dream Team game on. I can remember the nights where the neighborhood ended up at my house, 25 people +/- in our little 1300sq ft home, in the living room, watching on our heavy ass 32" Zenith, kids on the floor, adults on the couches or just standing, having pizza and Pepsi, watching the good old US of A just kicking the ever loving shit out of whoever we were playing that night. Everytime we scored or made a steal or a block, the whole house would rattle from the thunderous of my friends amd neighbors. Looking back it was a magical time.

i really enjoyed this, thank you :)

Chuck Daly- Master and Commander.

That 1992 Dream Team team overshadowed every other competition and even for people like me who weren't basket-ball fans, they became basket-ball fans. Plus this team had fun playing together and you thought it was the Harlem Globe Trotters on tour. The basket-ball competition wouldn't had been as exciting without them. For those who critisize the score difference they don't know what they're talking about. It's the same in every sport. I'm a soccer fan and if you can win by the highest margin then you do it. If you don't then you're not respecting your opponent full stop.

Incredible piece of film. Extremely well done. Loved that moment in my life I was 13

In the history of basketball this team was the only one in won all their games by 30 points or more, absolutely the best team on any sport of all time 👏👏👏

@JulioLeonFandinho

Жыл бұрын

the squad that played in 1960 olympics did the same, the 84 olympics the same... and there's been other dominant teams in other sports... you can't make a comparison

@rusbenreyes5695

Жыл бұрын

@@JulioLeonFandinho this team won all their games by more than 30 points to everyone, Tournament of America first and Olympic games, there not comparacion

@mobetta2092

Жыл бұрын

@@rusbenreyes5695 that’s because the rest of the world weren’t as great as they are now. No prime Luka, Anterkumpo, Joker, Dirk, Joker, 04 Spain, 02 Serbian or Lithuanian quality players in 1992. Also, the 1992 Dream Team was the only genuine time that the NBA sent its combined best players (with the exception of Isiah and Shaq instead of Stockton and Laetner).

@THEREALLORDJ

Жыл бұрын

YOU CANT BE THE BEST WITHOUT PLAYING THE BEST!!@

jordan through legs into seamless spin move at 14:37 just insane

@jakevitolio2850

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that, dang he was good. Never forget this Olympics.

The announcer calling the first game the biggest mismatch in Olympic history got me 🤣

Toni Kukoc must’ve thought what have I done to deserve this? It wasn’t so much as welcome to the real world, it was more a case of welcome to hell.

@rjperfetto584

Жыл бұрын

If he was drafted Kukoc by the Bulls in 1989, why did it take 5 years until 1994 to finally arrive there?

While they are all great players, it was Chuck Daly that made it happen! Much Respect!

With the chemistry and them being competitive that much, I don't think LeBron, Durant and Curry team can beat em.. Their the greatest team ever assembled..

@bookert1707

Жыл бұрын

These OG's would destroy the rookies

@byunhagui

Жыл бұрын

Ngl tho, I would LOVE to see that 🤩

@serious409

Жыл бұрын

@@bookert1707 they got destroyed BY rookies lol

@bookert1707

Жыл бұрын

@@serious409 only for once!

@bbmtge

Жыл бұрын

@@serious409 I guess you missed something in the documentary.

Simply amazing. That level of talent is almost unimaginable.

This was a great documentary thanks for uploading

a special time in history the best basketball team ever, ever, ever.

the best team of basketball athletes ever assembled. now all hall of famers. there's no other team as great as the dream team. my favorite on the team was Michael Jordan

This guy's are GREATNESS for ever.

I love how everyone is perfectly framed in the Hall Of Fame photo…except that college player trying to peek over Barkley’s head 😂! Did he think if he didn’t wear a black jacket that he would stand out? 😂

When nba players loved their country ❤️

The sad part is that due to fall out of Yugoslavia their greatest rival was being divided and only part of it won the silver medal as Croatia. Even to this date ex Yugoslavia is the greatest pool of talent outside of the US. Still amazing accomplishment making this dream team work.

@jirimijirimijirimi

Жыл бұрын

facts

@jakeyb25

Жыл бұрын

How do you think things would of panned out if Yugoslavia wasn't being broken up? Considering that Croatia gave the USA their most competitive game?

@toastedt140

Жыл бұрын

@Jacob Bolton I was interested so i read up on it. The dream team was made because Yugoslavia was beating them at junior and olympic tournaments. The biggest loss is the legendary coach Duda Ivkovic (huge inspiration for Pop) who went on to coach serbia. Player wise Jure Zdovic (starting point guard) and Vlade Divac (starting center) jump out right now i'll update if i find anything. So better coaching and a better starting 5, more depth on the bench. It would have been a lot more competitive, but USA probably still gets the win. Edit: Zarko Paspalj was another serbian, scored 15 on USA in 1990

In the history of sport, no matter which it is, there will never be another squad assembled to rival this one!

I saw these guys on TV that time ! They played basketball from another planet. WoW

Greatest basketball team to ever play.