000455540 000__ 04292cam\a2200361\a\4500
000455540 001__ 455540
000455540 005__ 20210513160500.0
000455540 008__ 120302s2012\\\\nyua\\\\\\\\\\001\0deng\\
000455540 010__ $$a  2012006253
000455540 019__ $$a802291646
000455540 020__ $$a0345520483
000455540 020__ $$a9780345520487
000455540 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn758388812
000455540 035__ $$a455540
000455540 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dBDX$$dUKMGB$$dIEB$$dCDX$$dMLY$$dPUL$$dVP@$$dIXA$$dCGP$$dYUS
000455540 042__ $$apcc
000455540 043__ $$an-us---$$ae-sp---
000455540 049__ $$aISEA
000455540 05000 $$aGV885.49.O43$$bM35 2012
000455540 08200 $$a796.323$$223
000455540 1001_ $$aMcCallum, Jack,$$d1949-
000455540 24510 $$aDream team :$$bhow Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever /$$cJack McCallum.
000455540 250__ $$a1st ed.
000455540 260__ $$aNew York :$$bBallantine Books,$$cc2012.
000455540 300__ $$axxix, 352 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bcol. ill. ;$$c25 cm.
000455540 500__ $$aIncludes index.
000455540 5050_ $$aBefore the dream -- The dream unfolds.
000455540 520__ $$a"They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona. For the duration of the Olympics, he lived with, golfed with, and--most important--drank with some of the greatest players of the NBA's Golden Age: Magic Johnson, the ebullient showman who shrugged off his recent diagnosis of HIV to become the team's unquestioned captain and leader; Michael Jordan, the transcendent talent at the height of his powers as a player--and a marketing juggernaut; and Charles Barkley, the outspoken iconoclast whose utterances on and off the court threatened to ignite an international incident. Presiding over the entire traveling circus was the Dream Team's beloved coach, Chuck Daly, whose laissez-faire approach proved instrumental in getting the most out of such disparate personalities and superstars such as Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, and Scottie Pippen. Drawing on fresh interviews with the players, McCallum provides the definitive account of the Dream Team phenomenon. He offers a behind-the-scenes look at the controversial selection process. He takes us inside the team's Olympic suites for late-night card games and bull sessions where the players debate both the finer points of basketball and their respective places in the NBA pantheon. And he narrates a riveting possession-by-possession account of the legendary July 1992 intrasquad scrimmage that pitted the Dream Teamers against one another in what may have been the greatest pickup game--and the greatest exhibition of trash talk--in history. In the twenty years since the Dream Team first captivated the world's attention, its mystique has only grown--and so has its influence. The NBA is now flush with international stars, many of them inspired by the exuberant spirit of '92. Dream Team vividly re-creates the moment when a once-in-a-millennium group of athletes came together, outperformed the hype, and changed the future of sports--one perfectly executed fast break at a time. The Dream Team was. Michael Jordan, Guard, Chicago Bulls Magic Johnson, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers Larry Bird, Forward, Boston Celtics Charles Barkley, Forward, Phoenix Suns Chris Mullin, Forward, Golden State Warriors Scottie Pippen, Forward, Chicago Bulls John Stockton, Guard, Utah Jazz Karl Malone, Forward, Utah Jazz David Robinson, Center, San Antonio Spurs Patrick Ewing, Center, New York Knicks Christian Laettner, Forward, Duke University Clyde Drexler, Guard, Portland Trailblazers"--Provided by publisher.
000455540 61120 $$aOlympic Games$$n(25th :$$d1992 :$$cBarcelona, Spain)$$xHistory.
000455540 650_0 $$aBasketball teams$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000455540 650_0 $$aBasketball players$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000455540 650_0 $$aBasketball$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000455540 85200 $$bgen$$hGV885.49.O43$$iM35$$i2012
000455540 85642 $$3Cover image$$u978-0-345-52048-7.jpg
000455540 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:455540$$pGLOBAL_SET
000455540 980__ $$aBIB
000455540 980__ $$aBOOK