Speaker 1: Coming into the nine Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea,
Speaker 1: the United States had compiled an astonishing seventy one and
Speaker 1: one record in men's basketball. Basketball was our game, and
Speaker 1: in no other venue was that so apparent as in
Speaker 1: the Olympics. But that year was different. While the rest
Speaker 1: of the world, who had been learning the game from
Speaker 1: the Americans, were sending their best players, the American team,
Speaker 1: made up of all college players, struggled to an embarrassing
Speaker 1: bronze medal finish. That was the last time we sent
Speaker 1: our boys. Now it was time to send our men.
Speaker 1: Larry Bird studied Tippy Michael sure john stuffed Tris Mullet. Well,
Speaker 1: let's see. Patrick Johnson said it was his best memory ever.
Speaker 1: I finally got stand till with Michael and Layer and
Speaker 1: also know him at me, and that that right there
Speaker 1: for me was the best all the ninth Michael Nax
Speaker 1: Days Chairs Michael Jordan used it as a scouting expedition
Speaker 1: like me. For me because I never got to see
Speaker 1: how the better got lived. It was more of a
Speaker 1: scouting for me. I wanted to see how Maddie ja.
Speaker 1: Larry Bird said, well, good thing. It didn't go on
Speaker 1: any longer. I always say, if that team was together
Speaker 1: another two weeks, we would had a lot of problems.
Speaker 1: You can see it. And the late great David Stern,
Speaker 1: who died on New Year's Day, Wait a minute, called
Speaker 1: me a Bozoh. Now when people don't remember, it's like
Speaker 1: boose like you that would say, this is now the
Speaker 1: dream Team of flessed memory. They forget Charles Elbows, the
Speaker 1: angle in you know, bad sportsmanship, the US. This is crazy.
Speaker 1: What are we doing going? And hope you go back
Speaker 1: and why are you sending these things? This is the
Speaker 1: humili eight people. Michael covered up this logo with the
Speaker 1: American plague. I mean it was a you know now
Speaker 1: it becomes the atified. That is just a small sample
Speaker 1: of what I got during the two years it took
Speaker 1: me to right. Dream Team, the two thousand and twelve
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Speaker 1: the greatest team of all time. The Dream Team Tapes
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