USA Dream Team 1st Game Together in 1992 Olympic Qualifiers vs Cuba - NASTY Highlights!
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Greatest basketball team this planet will EVER see.
With no close second, either.
Almost unfair
I agree, this was an incredible amount of talent and skill on a team. They moved like liquid, just absolute perfection in motion.
You nailed it. Best ever and no close 2nd.
Now that I think about it, it was the best team assembled in any sport, ever.
That save by Jordan and the pass to Bird in the first half. You just knew Larry wasn't going to miss that shot.
As a non-American, I remember everyone was super pumped to have the privilege to see the Dream Team in action. Nobody seemed to care that their country got completely destroyed by them.
I think that team, more than anything before, was what got basketball really going internationally. There was some stuff already running, but this Olympics really showed international players what the standard was that they needed to be aiming for. And some great early international players in the NBA have even mentioned it. And about ten years after the Dream Team is when the influx of international players into the NBA really started to pick up.
As an American I remember myself and other people I knew who didn’t really care about basketball getting super excited to watch the dream team.
They were like rock stars. Someone said they were like the Beatles, everyone was in awe. The opponents would ask for pictures and autographs from them…
It would have been interesting to see a "dream team vs. the world" scenario. Knowing the talent on the dream team, allowing a concession for the sake of the sport, let all of the competing countries put up their best players onto a team, and watch that game! I am not sure how the players would have felt about the idea, but as a fan of sports and competition, I think that would have been such a cool game to watch.
@@moerush04 they did that, it was called the Olympics.
Another thing that really makes this team special is that every player was FUNDAMENTALLY great. These guys were basketball geniuses. No team can ever beat this one.
El mejor equipo de baskeboll de todos los tiemposcon un jugador de otro planeta como mayquel jordan se suspendia en el aire genio le queda chico
meh
and that no one of them would call themself the GOAT. Just the best generation.
@@lasttou what is meh? shut up u imbecile
@@coreyortiz9913 moron lmao
Bird and Magic were on their last ride together as teammates. Imagine them in their prime at these games!
Imagine if the team woulda been nba players in the 88 olympics. Bird and magic in their primes.
@@MJIZZEL one word "slaughter"
A clinic and a track meet that you'll nev-ver see again.!
i forgot just how incredible this team was. Still, even today, no combination of players could match the talent on this team.
Best from new era easy beat this team
@@dragondragon5437 lol with their ego problems the best current players don't even play in the Olympics together because they are incapable of it. They can't beat them if they failed to forum a team to begin with
"Easy"? Nope. I'm guessing you didn't live thru 80s-90s basketball. Jordan is still the best player ever and Johnson and Bird are pretty much on everyone's top 10 players of all time list. Modern era has 2: Lebron and Durant. Also, A significant part of determining who would win is which era rules they'd play by (Think zone defenses, hand checking, greater physicality allowed in the 80's).
@@shamancolin Dude 80 defense sucks.. PACE was even maybe higher..You gays are full of nostalgia.. And dream team was full of playoff bad players
@@dragondragon5437 Stop embarrassing yourself. NBA Playoff games in the 90's ended in the 80-90 point range. Jordan scored 54 on the Knicks with zero layups and nothing but in your face jumpers. Meanwhile LBJ is a career 35% shooter outside of three feet. These guys don't have to clear out and dribble 15 times between legs like some overhyped And 1 mixtape clowns while they try to get a bucket, with wide open lanes and without the defender touching them. The passing and the basketball IQ of these guys compared today is like Nobel prize winners vs Trump supporters. Show some respect.
I know Bird wasn't a guard (he only ran the floor, passed and shot like one), but watching Magic to Bird, I'm just imagining them as guards on the same team. Two 6'9" guys who pass like magicians. The other takeaway is how freakishly athletic Charles Barkley was. I was watching the NBA his entire career, but it's easy to forget that he was a hell of an athlete.
Bird was a small forward tho
@@patsfan4life And Bird was well into his decline at this stage.
@@kerry1111111 Bad back....his skill was still there but his athletic ability was there.
@@JamesGraydon Yeah right thats what I meant to say.
@@patsfan4life Maybe you missed the part where I said "I know Bird wasn't a guard (he only ran the floor, passed and shot like one)." It was easy to miss, since it was only the FIRST sentence!
These were the best years of basketball. I had the best childhood watching these guys in action.
This may be the greatest group of passers to ever play in basketball. They were so unselfish, and it all starts with the influence Bird and Magic had the entire league beginning when they both entered the NBA. Magic and Bird made passing cool and - more importantly - effective for winning championships.
That's the first thing I thought of. Seems like the assists weren't maybe as celebrated back then as they are now. Good god - they were all so insanely good...
@@cornfilledscreamer614 Magic to barkley and that huge pass from MJ to Bird was something else
@@pedrosilvamusician Definitely!
Larry Bird man! That guy is supremely phenomenal. Aging. Bad back. Couldn’t even stand at that particular point for long periods of time. Yet he’s so great, he’s still gonna find a way to torch you. Top 10 player of all time for sure and in my top 6 or 7. Favorite historic player ever
He was technically retired at this point in his career. One of my favorites is his final game in Boston. For being say run down he played amazing. I think what would have been had he not been injured. I don't think any records would stand.
No doubt. you probably still can’t leave Larry open.
@@jam1ga Facts 🤣
There will never be a basketball team as complete as this. Greatest team ever assembled in any sport
I'll never forget watching this team. The level of talent and skill was insane. What made it so special is that all these guys spent years competing against each other and then to have the chance to see them work together was out of this world. Throughout these Olympics, the U.S. was playing chess and everyone else was playing checkers. There's never been another team this good, and there likely never will be.
No, the US was playing basketball, and everyone else was playing checkers.
I had the pleasure of seeing the Dream Team play in person. So glad I did, because today's NBA does not even interest me.
It's not just the collection of talent. It's that collection of talent focused on being the best team possible. It would have been easy to have ego problems, and infighting that derailed them, but the friction they did have seemed to be of the creative type. There will probably never be a more dominant international team in any sport.
Ego and infighting is exactly what derailed the team in 2004.
I would highly disagree about dominant international team in any sport. If you want to talk about football for example, you have Brazil in the 90s and Spain in late 2000s early 2010s. But this team in basketball is by far the best that's ever been
@@pedrosilvamusician Even Brazil in the 90s has teams that might beat them. This dream team didn't have anyone that had a chance. 1994 world cup champions won on penalty shootout. You could have put together an all star team from around the world and they wouldn't have a chance. Now, while the US is still the best at basketball, other nations are catching up, its more competitive. You may get a dominant team but not like this.
This game showcased the basketball IQ all these guys had. I have never seen so many no look passes with no time to think about it. Truly awesome.
The first dream team is the only one dream team. This team incredible and invisible. Unbelievable
Back then this was the only time the Superstars of the NBA were on the same team. Now they group together to make an all-star team and then act like spoiled little babies. My how times have changed.
Facts
Incredible what bird can do with the vast majority of his mobility erased by severe back injuries! I can't imagine anyone else playing through that kind of pain. What a thing of beauty to see magic deliver the assist to his once greatest rival. Playing together at last!
The Golden Age of Basketball.
Holy shit! You forget how awesome this team was. What is there, 10 hall of famers on it? Including Bird, Jordan, and Magic ON THE SAME TEAM????? Damn.
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@@emilechang5882 Yep, all of the players except Laettner. And three of the four coaches, Chuck Daly, Lenny Wilkens (in the HOF as both a player and a coach), and Mike Krzyzewski.
I can remember watching all of these games as they were played. No disrespect whatsoever to any current player but there will never be a team as good as this one here. It's not open for debate with me either.
Agreed
Shows how good Stockton was, with his height he was able to stand out on this team. Truly an underrated PG.
Not so underrated brother. Who knows, knows. I loved MJ and the Bulls and I still do but in 1998 I really rooted for Utah only because of Stockton. He was like a God damn surgeon.
Watching Bird let that ball fly is a thing of beauty. I don’t know why most people never mention him when they discuss the greatest shooters in the history of the game. Steph is obviously the greatest shooter, but after him people say it’s Ray Allen, Klay Thompson, Reggie Miller, or maybe even KD. Only a few mentions Larry Legend in their top 5.
“If I had to choose someone to take a shot to win a game, it’s Michael Jordan. If I had to choose someone to take a shot to save my life, it’s Larry Bird”
Mullin
What a showcase of style, skill, confidence, athleticism, teamwork. Surely one of the greatest teams assembled.
Where is your Avatar picture from , please?😮
@Leo-qe3gl Tis an illustration from an old book. Cannot recall the title.
@@HeyCupertino thanks 👍. Looks interesting.
@@HeyCupertino looks like a character from "the adventures of Tintin."
I'm not sure there anything as satisfying as watching Magic pass the ball off. It's the way he did it, the body position, the leg, you never knew where it was going to go. To see that again in the opening minutes is just like yesterday. He just had such style, he really was Magic.
Exactly! MJ is undoubtedly the best player ever, but Magic will always be my favorite!
Saw every game through to the gold medal in the Olympics and to say it was phenomenal would be an understatement.
It wasn't even a contest. Every single match was complete domination. They weren't even trying half the time, just show boating and goofing off.
The NBA could learn a lot by watching this video.
Bird was just a rebounding and 3 dropping machine.
Bird was a Absolute 3pt Wizard. Loved watching him play.. Jordan and the rest are also Legends.. Greatest Team ever assembled. ❤️
1:18 that behind the back pass by MJ... damn
they were all playing lmao
I wonder if there was ever a crisis of faith in your teammates during this run?......Nah.
Iif I had a chance to see this for the first time again, Hell yeah.
Funny to hear Mike Fratello say: "You just KNEW that Larry Bird was not going to miss that shot..." Mike Fratello knew very well how damaging Larry could be to an opponent after he torched Mike's Atlanta Hawks with his 60 point game! I'm sure he never forgot that night, the night when his own Atlanta players were high-fiveing each other on Larry's phenomenal shooting.
If I was the other team I would not have cared if they won I just be proud to play against those legends on one team
5:48 was so awesome...Magic to Bird...Awesome!
It’s amazing how underrated Robinson is He was so dominant
Robinson is not underrated by his opponents!
That's why I love the original 1992'S DREAM TEAM!!!!!
Loved to watch all of these guys but I still think Drexler was over looked. He could fly. Man, this team was awesome.
El mejor equipo de Basketball de todos los tiempos, el Dream Team.
There're so many talented NBA players today. Why do I love watching this previous generation of greats, so much more?? It almost seems like a different game they were playing back then. And those guys were such a bunch of _characters!_ Barclay, Malone, Bird, Drexler etc etc - god I miss watching those guys! :^}
It WAS a different game back then! The physicality of each game was unreal - you could damned near kill you opponent before a foul was called. The is almost NO play in the paint today - go back and watch McHale's moves with 3 or 4 guys on him right under the basket. The best players played with both physical presence, and with their brains ( with Bird making most look stupid!).Today, they rely solely on talent, not smarts.
I'm sure older people that grew up watching Bill Russell, Wilt etc... thought the same.
The players on the other teams were in awe of these guys. It wasn't really a competition, it was an exhibition.
I remember Barkley screaming at one opponent " Play the damned game!!!!"
Just imagine throwing Stockton, Malone, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Chris Mullin.. Into the game for "filler minutes" in the second half, when up like 80 to 30 lol
It's not only how they shoot the basketball. The way they play "Defense" is pure solid.
Best basketball you’ll ever see in your lifetime. I was in graduate school when these Olympic Games were held. And I used to duck out of class when I could to watch these games on Tv. Thank God I still graduated. Lol
Jordan, Magic, Bird... what else!
It's such a treat to be able to see Bird and Magic, playing together. To see all these great players from a classic NBA era working together, and having enormous fun, kind of lifts my spirits.
Greatest team of all-time, never to be surpassed.
Holy shit. What a roster. We'll never see a team with that amount of legends ever again. And here's the thing. They all stood for the anthem and loved America.
1. So much fun watching these great push the pace and run. 2. It's hard to defend Charles and his 13 inch vertical. 😊
The greatest show on earth by the dream team,they gave the world a prize never to be forgotten
Amazing game, USA team was unreal. But kudos to the Cuban team for not giving up. I know that they knew there was no chance at winning so atleast they can say they played against the best basketball team ever assembled.
They all put their egos aside and turned this whole thing into a smorgasbord of highlight reel assist plays. Some of these assists were legend!
Barkley really played well on fastbreak.
"Bird for three"...just automatic.
When we watch a normal game, even if an NBA finals or other basketball leagues that are playing a finals game, considering a wide margin of lead, you will not bother to watch it in the end. But this original Dream Team, from start to finish you will always be glued to your seat, you don’t want to miss any action on every play
We need a Dream Team 1992 video game.
I love this so much! That team!! I remember. I was a senior in high school. The pure definition and epitome of world DOMINATION!!! And the world's best!! Also, the documentary on the Dream Team is outstanding!!!
best of best dream team 😍
The names on the backs of the U.S jerseys...holy cow! The only one missing was Isaiah Thomas!
That was a great summer. Love seeing retro Portland and the Memorial Coliseum arena. A great year for Drexler.
Barkley was like Wilt Chamberlain in this game. Another thing, you don’t leave Larry bird open for even a second.
made me happy watching this team USA.
these highlights will never get old! love this team
bird was so good even dealing with a painful back injury and that stroke is still so smooth
The excitement and attention this brought to the NBA and Euro league changed the game completely. Ignited international player scouting and players funneling in. Just an incredible time to remember and cherish. I love this game ❤️
Wow... seeing these guys play, and react in sync with each other. Like being able to read each others minds and anticipate each other's moves in milliseconds. Even though this was an important game like the opening of the Olympics qualifier game, they were so good, so in sync and so in tune with each other as an entire team, it ceased to be a game. It was FUN. Unadulterated professional fun. It no longer mattered what the score was. They were so good at their individual craft and so in tune as a team, it didn't matter it was a sport or a serious game. Simply being in the zone was a shared collective experience and all of them working together in perfect harmony. This was the funniest moments of their entire lives living in the moment on the basketball court. This was passion beyond the telling of it. But more importantly, it was a shared professional bond of the sport they all were masters in. This was ART.
It is SUCH a joy to watch this team play. Every time they pass the ball, it goes to yet another one of my all-time favorite players! It must have been tough being one of the Cuban players though. Even the second stringers on this team are all Hall of Famers. What a team! The best ever!
This is simply the best basketball team ever put on the floor, but I would have loved to see Shaq out there with them.
And kobe
@@pedrosilvamusician Kobe was 13 at that time
Shaq's ego may, may not, have blended well within the team. He'd just graduated?
Laettner was the better college player. They wanted one college player
Damm what I would give just to go back and see this historic 79 point blowout victory of the True Dream Team.
The greatest collection of talent ever created...
Это были цари и боги баскетбола, я с России и помню какой кайф смотреть на Джордана и всю легендарную команду мечты!!!! Хорошее было время!
Best team ever assembled!
this DT is the love o' my life
The awareness of Robinson at 1:05. Magic man…magic.
I was at that game. I won tickets from KGON the local radio station. Nosebleed seats, but you could walk right down to courtside back then. I stood there watching M.J. and Bird warm up. It was surreal to see all of those legends in person. Thanks KGON.
This is so good! I don't want to pile on the new generation, but I will anyhow. Just look at the tempo in which these guys played, and their knowledge of where to be on the court to receive a pass. Best team ever assembled. Today's game is way too slow, and guys don't take what they're given.
None of today's players can come close to matching "The Dream Team"
Haha, of course you know that’s not true, but nostalgia is a very powerful thing
@@gregbors8364 it is true
@@Fabulos1 So, nobody in the NBA today is better than Chris Mullin or Christian Laettner? K.
Not even King James
You would never expect it watching Barkley and Shaq go at it in inside the NBA. But Charles Barkley was a straight up savage in his prime. Obviously the whole team was great but old Chuck was tearing it up full court.
I was 22, life was great and the dream team was icing on top of ice cream cake 🙂
Lol that MJ save to Larry was amazing
You'll never have another era of Basketball like it was in the 1990's. Which is a great thing but also sad at the same time. I miss Marv Albert giving the play by play as well.
Raw talent…. This was the greatest show on Earth…..
Props to Miami for not quiting after 1st quarter and hanging in for this ass whooping
The absolute apex of Basketball 🏀!!! Thank God I was able to watch every second of it as it happened!!
3:09 Casually two of the best passers ever connecting for a sick highlight
Pippen?
These guys were THE AVENGERS of the NBA. Hands down.
Such a privilege to see this group together
I've watched the NBA since the mid-60's and have had many discussions, recent and past, on who I would put on my own dream team. I could go 15 deep easily but my starters would be Jordan, Magic, Bird, LeBron and Wilt.
There's really no arguing with that lineup
Maybe Jordon, Magic, Bird, Kareem, and LaBron?
@@magarcia6873 No argument from me, Kareem was a force unto himself, no doubt. But seeing Wilt (he of a 100 pt game and averaging 60 PPG in one season) was like watching a monster on the court. For all his graceful calm I cannot see Kareem being able to stop the power of Chamberlain. Wilt ran the 40 in 4.6 seconds, had a 45 + inch vertical, and could bench over 500 lbs at 7’2, 280.
@@beaux2585 Trust me I would never take anything away from Wilt, I totally agree with you. Either one, Kareem or Wilt, would have been great on the Dream Team.
there are so many "great"s that I refuse to list any more than the first three... Micheal, Magic and Byrd
The herd of GOAT’s!! They will never be another
09:16 MY GODNESS, JORDAN!
1:14 That Magic/Jordan/Bird sequence it's enough to bring one to tears it's so beautiful
Those guys played together so much against each other they knew everybody's moves they know where you're at Watching that was an incredible thing Jordan and magic on the floor together the 2 best point guards that ever played the game Is snow chance for anybody in the world
Those fast breaks are just insane!!
Best Team in the History of Sports! MJ MVP
Master class by arguably the best team to take the court ever
I was at this game when I was a little kid, huge blazer fan. All the stockton and drexler steals and passes were so smooth and awesome but also kind of like catching your dad out with another woman LoL.
Imagine you play college basketball and you get chosen to be on the Olympic basketball team and find out you're be playing with the greatest players from the NBA and you're the only college player USA Basketball picked. Ask Christian Laettner. Myself, I'll be in awe!
The scariest thing about this team was it never mattered who was on the floor, the opponent was facing a future HoF'er (ex CL). Can you imagine an NBA team with the "second" squad and how good THAT team would be? Cheers....
You could legitimately have a 2nd team of Stockton, Pippen, Malone, Clyde Drexler, and f'n Patrick Freekin Ewing. Don't like Malone? Here comes Christian Laetnear to sit him down. That team would probs have gone undefeated... And they're 2nd string. 😳
the other team must have been in awe shaking the hands of Basketball Immortals, starting w/ Bird
I hadn't seen this in years and it's almost even better. They are true legends ...so cool, what a team!
Give the coach much props! He got them to give up their egos and play like kids just out to have fun! When they had possession, the game just flowed !
@5:40 you can hear magic calling out for Larry. From fierce rivals to teammates, what a way to end their dominant careers.