Were British Guys Impressed by The Dream Team? (FIRST TIME REACTION)

Basketball / NBA Reaction video, with British Guys watching the 1992 Dream Team, following the 1992 United States men's Olympic Basketball Team! Possibly the greatest sports team in terms of raw quality, EVER SEEN!
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[@Magravator1671]

Check out the Harlem Globetrotters if you want more hoops. They were a group of black guys that were put together in the 1930's as a group of ambassadors. They went around the world playing the Generals, a team of players who would help set up their opponents, the Globetrotters, to do trick plays. The group went on for decades and was always a favorite on TV. I loved Meadowlark Lemon when I was a kid. They were so funny and the whole neighborhood shut down when they were on TV. You couldn't miss it. We didn't have archival footage at the tips of our fingers. Chances were, if you missed it, you never saw it again. Anyway, I know you'll enjoy it if you like hoops and comedy.

[@trekkiexb5]

Do "Courtship of Rivals" it isn't blocked on KZbin. It's about Larry Bird and Magic.

[@edwardfrench475]

I don't think they ever copy this again. But should

[@trekkiexb5]

@@edwardfrench475 I think to get this energy, this excitement again, they would have to do something different, maybe not NBA players, since they don't to want to play.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

This must be a cut up shortened version! So much is missing...sadly

[@peterhineinlegen4672]

By far the best team ever assembled.

[@DNReacts]

Incredible amount of talent! Scary even

[@gregcable3250]

Not even close for any other team.

[@TheIcemanthomas]

@@gregcable3250debatable. Dream team two was deeper and younger.

[@aidanbogursky2581]

The dream team is not much better than the Redeem team if better at all lmao it just happened first and was more iconic.

[@heartland4915]

Without question or debate.

[@bleachedbrother]

This team is why many European boys at the time were inspired to drop their soccer ball and pick up a basketball. Today's NBA is loaded with European star players because of the 1992 Dream Team.

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

They had a global impact that no other team has ever been able to match! No other team has been comprised of 11 hall of famers ...ever!

[@AkrAcre]

That team Won every single game, on their way to gold by 30+. The world of Basketball got embarrassed that year, but the weird part was, it felt like the most of the world was happy to get embarrassed by them, if it meant they got to touch the same court.

[@SRone45]

What's crazy is that neither Magic or Bird were in their primes. If it would have been 1988, it would have been even worse.

[@DNReacts]

Way way worse!

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

And Kareem would have made it in 88

[@katyas-mom]

Dr J may have hung around another year for 88.

[@1destinyslegacy]

They would've scored damn near 200 a game if Magic and Bird were in their prime...games would've been over by halftime of not the 1st quarter...

[@coryng9139]

You may have missed it, but Toni Kukoc of Croatia had been drafted by the Bulls, and so Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, the two Bulls players, were debating who were going to guard him and, in essence, shut him down

[@DNReacts]

We’ve just done this episode on The Last Dance. They went quite in-depth. Seems he was collateral to get to Jerry, but glad he came back for the Final and pushed through. Kukoc seems like a tough guy. Appreciate the comment 🙏

[@jesses5463]

Scottie is a piece of crap but Kukoc ended up getting the last laugh.

[@blakfloyd]

@@jesses5463 No tippin Pippen. 8-figure net worth and stealing labor from service industry ppl.

[@awelch31]

@@jesses5463Dang. Scottie has his issues, sure. But “piece of crap”? Might be a bit much. Envious, jealous, broken by his ex… debatable points. Wouldn’t go that far though

[@cavaleer]

Not because they disliked Kukoc. Because they LOATHED Bulls GM Jerry Krause. Kukoc was just the poor kid in the middle of a bitter war.

[@EwAndIReact]

Several teams after were referred to as “Dream Team Part…whatever”. While those teams were legit NBA All Star teams, this was the ultimate collection of talent that just happened to come together at the perfect moment in history.

[@JT-Rebel]

Ironically, The Domination of every Country in 1992 with nothing but NBA Hall-Of-Famers from the U.S- sparked a generation of non-Americans who they themselves would be future NBA Hall-Of-Famers and has made the rest of the world more competitive in the game of Basketball and 1992's dominance has never nor will ever be repeated again.

[@cygnusx-3217]

The 92' Dream Team fully transformed the NBA and basketball into a global game.

[@DNReacts]

Love this! Not too surprising I guess given the sheer talent on a World Stage. Thanks for the comment 🙏

[@joeblow9374]

The transformation began in the 1972 Olympics when the US team (comprised of college kids) lost a disputed game to the USSR. it became harder and harder to win after that, and then finally lost fair and square to the USSR in the 1988 Olympics. That's when it was understood that the US could no longer count on slapping together a team a few weeks before the Olympics started, made up of college kids and had to use PROs.

[@lyricsking754]

@@DNReactsFormer NBA commissioner David Stern used that moment of The Dream Team to promote the NBA on a global scale. Luckily for him, it was at the time when Michael Jordan’s prime was happening.

[@lll9416]

Fun Facts: The members of the Dream Team combined for 23 NBA championship rings. The Dream Team roster combined for 15 NBA MVP awards. When the NBA at 50 released its top 50 players of all time in 2017, a total of 10 members of the Dream Team made that list. The only players that were not on the top 50 were Chris Mullin and Christian Laettner. The 12 players on the Dream Team combined for 117 NBA All-Star Game appearances. Jordan and Malone led the way with 14 appearances each over their entire careers. Eight of the top 50 NBA scorers of all time played on the Dream Team. That list includes Karl Malone (36,928), Jordan (32,292), Patrick Ewing (24,815), Charles Barkley (23,757), Clyde Drexler (22,195), Larry Bird (21,791), David Robinson (20,790) and John Stockton (19,711).

[@GABE98godislove]

Dream team moved basketball to a global scale where everyone really understood how good the US was and inspired tons of people to start playing in other countries. That’s why we see other teams are so much better now

[@DNReacts]

Interesting to know, appreciate the context, thanks 🙏

[@Will_JJHP]

The NBA also invested millions into other countries to develop their domestic talent and sent players and coaches as ambassadors to essentially transfer US knowledge of the game overseas. It's the single biggest reason why other countries are so competitive on the world stage today

[@awlabrador]

As any number of KZbin videos will attest, professional basketball of the 1990's was not at all the same as basketball today. So, what kind of basketball do the other countries play? (FWIW, I'm a 1970's-1990's fan.)

[@DurkMcGerk]

David Stern was right

[@jerryfranke9745]

Every single player on this squad except one (Christian Laettner, the college player selected over Shaq) is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. And Laettner is even in the college basketball hall of fame. I don’t think there’s ever been a team assembled with all individuals recognized separately as the best at their sport ever. Definitely the greatest team ever.

[@DNReacts]

Love this, thank you for the comment and context 🤝

[@terryduke6502]

​@DNReacts The Dream Team was put in to the NBA hall of fame as a unit. So technically he is in the NBA hall of fame. He also played 13 season in the league so he wasn't a bad player at all.

[@lilsneady]

I hate Laettner. Go heels!

[@nolanrussell6326]

​​@@terryduke6502he was even an All-Star in 1997 and had overall averages of 17.2/8.2/3.1/1.2/1.0 over his first 5 NBA seasons

[@conman1495]

And the Dream Team itself is in the Hall of Fame as a collective unit.

[@SpaceShot]

It has long been said that the greatest basketball ever played was in practice for the Dream Team. They brought a healthy dose of pride not only for their country, but for basketball and their own ability to be the very best that was ever assembled. And yet did not allow ego to be an issue of any sort.

[@jp3813]

Funny that you guys mentioned The Avengers b/c there are definitely some parallels since The Dream Team's players were competitive against each other due to their huge egos. But then in their first practice game against college players, they started to lose b/c they didn't immediately gel. Made worse by coach Chuck Daly not making any adjustments and ending the game before they could make a comeback. Which mirrors the events of the 2012 film where the superheroes lost against Loki after arguing against each other, then Nick Fury gives them a "push" by lying about where Phil Coulson's trading cards were found.

[@HarveyWallbangers2]

They chose one college kid for the team. They chose Christian Laettner over Shaq. Of course, Shaq had a better NBA career, but Laettner was college player of the year and probably had the most decorated college career ever. He led Duke to four Final Fours and two championships-including game winning baskets twice to get them to two of those Final Fours. They probably should have just picked 12 NBA players though, and Isiah Thomas probably should have been the 12th guy, but guys on the team (particularly Jordan) had a beef with Thomas.

[@PixelPro-4000]

I’m not sure Shaw was in the NBA in 1992.

[@trekkiexb5]

@@PixelPro-4000 Shaq was in his final year of college in 1992. Laettener had a much better college career.

[@cindyknudson2715]

Some people weren't happy about the US moving away from its carved-in-stone tradition of the Olympics being an all amateur athletic competition. Having one college player on the roster was a nod to that longstanding tradition to smooth the transition. . Laettner was the best college player that year.

The difference IMO is Laettner could make a basket more than 3 ft away. Shaq will use his body to get close to the basket before he would even attempt to shoot. Barkley was a much better player than Shaq. Shame he didn't win a championship and has to have Shaq throw it in his face constantly. Its not the best players that win championships in many cases. Look at Luc Longley...perfect example.

[@Cornan1980]

The Dream Team was the single best basketball team ever assembled. It was amazing to watch at the time. It really was a watershed moment in sports.

[@DNReacts]

Love this! Thank you for the comment 🙏

[@whitesox4524]

Not only that but I think it inspired so many talented international players growing up

[@dsfddsgh]

Not best basketball team ever assembled but best sports team ever assembled period. I was a bit to young to remember Beatlemania but the reaction the Dream Team had at the 1992 Olympics was the closest thing i ever saw that came close to it. It almost felt wrong for them to be competing at the Olympics because they were so good and you never saw domination like that at the Olympics.

[@JoeVideoed]

@@dsfddsgh Actually the Soviet hockey team from the mid 60s onward was probably the greatest collection of athletes up until the Dream Team. They routinely blew out other countries to get the gold medal which is why the USA beating them in 1980 was such a huge upset.

[@iretsia5275]

There's a full length documentary on this (probably more than one) that I recommend you watch even if you can't post it on KZbin. This video felt a little too short to really do this team justice. There was a lot of context that was missing, like some of the guys on the team weren't even sure they wanted to accept the invite. This was like a last hurrah for Magic because he had already retired from the NBA. Bird had retired too, so his back problems were at their peak. And yet, these 2 retired players were both named captain of the team. It sort of feels like the happy ending of the sports movie that was their rivalry.

[@AllUpOns]

Yeah to be honest this video doesn't do the full one justice at all. It's just stolen clips with cheesy music added. The controversy of player selection, the egos of all the players involved, the genius coaching to manage those egos, the initial awkward practices, the passing of the torch from the old guard to the new king, the gradual friendships that formed, and even just the players' experiences traveling around the world are way more interesting than this.

[@kenhaworth6530]

I love how the players were all swarmed if they left the hotel.... all accept John Stockton. No one ever even recognized one of the greatest guards to ever play. Wild

[@Ooohyeah024]

Greatest sports team ever assembled

[@DNReacts]

I wouldn’t argue against that!

[@bradleynugent4991]

you guys should definitely check out john stockton, that dude showed up to games in a mini van looking like an accountant, but he is the all time assist leader and it isnt even close, and the all time steals leader and it isnt even close

[@DNReacts]

Wow 😂 Appreciate the suggestion Bradley, thank you 🙏

[@mattcalifornia7318]

Perfect description. He was a magician with the ball. The craziest part is that for almost his entire career, the Jazz were mostly a 2-man show: Stockton and Malone. Everybody knew that he was going to pass to Malone, and they still couldn't defend it.

[@CheekandBluster]

Charles Barkley was saying how even in that 1st round game against Angola, he was playing his hardest because "If we lose, it'll be the greatest upset in sports history," and they'd never live it down. He got a bit of criticism for one point in that game where he threw an elbow that got a skinny Angolan right in the chest and sent him flying. When they asked the Angolan player about it after the game, he said he was honored that Barkley had thrown an elbow at him.

[@NickPR87]

Y'all can't probably react to the Dream Team documentary on the channel because of length, copyright and whatnot. But do yourselves a favor and watch it on your own time. The behind the scenes aspect of how the team was put together, their individual experiences, how they bonded, the public's reaction to their mere presence are all super interesting aspects of the team.

[@DNReacts]

Appreciate the suggestion, thank you 🙏

[@cygnusx-3217]

The difference between the Dream Team and everybody else was larger on defense than offense. The level of defense the US played did not exist in any other league in the world at that time. Jordan and Pippen were apex defensive predators. The Dream Team could basically write the final score for most of these games.

[@andrewverburg1805]

Imagine if they included Isiah or Dumars

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

I went out of my way to catch every game on tv to see this team. The sheer talent and class of this team was unparalleled. The other team members would line up to try and take pictures and "touch" them, like they were gods. It was unreal. Edit: Not even the greatest team ever in soccer (Barcelona of 08/09 I think, with Messi, Ronaldinho and all those guys) can't even touch this team.

[@MichaelW969]

Shaq was still in college. The player that wasn't picked you may be thinking of was Isiah Thomas, the great point guard for the Detroit Pistons. He and MJ had a beef and Jordan basically made that caĺl.

[@NorthAveBeachBum]

They wanted one college player on the Dream Team and it ended up being Christian Laettner over Shaq because Laettner won back to back titles with Duke.

[@brendawalters3728]

It wasn't just MJ that didn't want Thomas. Thomas was Magic's best friend and was the first to ditch him when he got HIV insinuating that magic was gay, just one of several reasons some players on the dream team didn't want him to be on it. including the 2 captains and others.

[@MichaelW969]

@@brendawalters3728 Wow. That is sad. Thanks for sharing.

[@zionthedon7745]

​@@brendawalters3728damn I didn't know that

[@lyricsking754]

@@brendawalters3728yup. But Isaiah is still bitter to this day about not making the Dream Team and thinks its all because of MJ lol.

[@LD-fc2jv]

This is the best sports team ever assembled, the only other team with even a small argument is the 2008 Olympic redeem team, or the 2012 Olympic team, who had Kobe, Lebron, Durant, Carmelo, Dwight Howard, D Wade etc. even with this stacked team, the sheer amount of superstars that played for the dream team puts them a level ahead for me

[@NorthAveBeachBum]

'92 Dream Team had the highest average margin of victory in the Olympics.

[@isaiahpavia-cruz678]

USA basketball continued a run of dominance up until 2002-2006, underperforming in both FIBA and Olympic tournaments as the rest of the world caught up. What followed was revamp of USA Basketball up until the 2008 Olympics on Beijing. The team that played in 2008 is known as the Redeem Team. Good doc on Netflix about them.

[@DNReacts]

Appreciate the info and suggestion, thank you 🙏

[@darrinlindsey]

It's not often that a team full of the greatest players in the game, can actually rise above the individual greatness, and form a cohesive team. When Quincy Jones was assembling the talent for We Are The World by U.S.A. For Africa, he had a sign made for all of the talent to read, as they walked into the studio. It said "Check Your Ego At The Door". That's what had to happen with this team. The Gold Medal is bigger than the sum of all of those players. There will never be a better team than that, unless human beings mutate into a more perfect form.

[@DNReacts]

Love this! Great comment, thank you for the info too 🔥🙏

[@scotthill1600]

That final sentence hits deep, couldn’t agree more

[@trekkiexb5]

Ohhh! good comparison! The Dream Team is USA for Africa of the sports world!

[@cindyknudson2715]

I believe Barkley was also on the next US Olympic team. He has said that the spirit of that next team was nowhere near the Dream Team. The original was a once in a lifetime experience. A true _team_ with a common goal.

[@trekkiexb5]

@@cindyknudson2715 True that!

[@mattcampbell334]

I think the only team that would stand a chance against the 92 team would be the 96 team because of their size. There were moments that the 96 team would have Shaq, Hakeem Olajuwon, and David Robinson on the floor at the same time. If you know anything about all 3 of these guys, you know that is an unstoppable beast of a front court. David Robinson was also on the 92 team you just watched

[@DravenCult]

Yeah this team was straight filthy top to bottom....they all set out to reassert their dominance in the game on the global stage

[@DNReacts]

And they did just that! What a team!

[@RozexBang]

The only other team i can think of with this level of dominance is the 1928-1956 India Men’s Field Hockey Team, they were not as popular but they won every single gold medal in that timespan

[@Roland2665]

Greatest team of any kind, ever. Every pro player on this team, is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. No other team can say this.

[@DNReacts]

Appreciate the comment and context, thank you 🙏

[@Lava1964]

The USA's first game was against Angola. A couple of days before the game, Charles Barkley was asked by a reporter what he knew about Angola. He replied, "All I know is that they're in trouble."

[@DNReacts]

Love this! 😂 They covered this scene in The Last Dance too where Charles Barkley said that. Appreciate the comment 🙏

[@Marthyboy88]

It's honestly insane this team even existed. Every single one of these names is legendary... unreal

[@iamfodder1017]

To all the young people, please remember that for all the decades prior to this team, only amateurs were allowed to participate in the Olympics. This was the first time America put together a team of professionals and sent them to the Olympics. The results speak for themselves. The whole world was shocked, it was amazing to watch.

[@stischer47]

Also please notice how much they are enjoying playing together.

[@DNReacts]

Yeah they really were!

[@jaydisqus3353]

They made basketball better around the world.

[@DNReacts]

Love this. Thanks for the comment 🙏

[@mayorjimmy]

this is beyond the most dominant team ever in any sport. if this was American Football, this would be the Prime Brady Patriots playing a bunch of High School kids.

[@johnkendall6558]

this is the greatest team ever assembled, period

[@mbroussardnthaboot]

If there was ever a documentary of "where they are now", that I'd like to see, it would be the players from Angola that participated. I'll bet they don't lose too much sleep over that as life continued

[@DNReacts]

That would be an interesting documentary for sure! Got my attention already 😅

[@stubigstu]

Not just the greatest basketball team ever assembled the greatest team in all sports nobody had a chance of beating them

[@pastawasta7916]

I think besides the talent what sets the 1992 team apart is that (1) they had perfect balance with historical greatness represented in all phases of the game (inside shooting, outside shooting, passing, defense at every level, quickness, physicality, etc), and (2) you had three of the most mentally unbreakable players ever in Magic/Bird/Jordan, as well as others like Barkley that were so highly motivated. They could handle the pressure of "if we lose it's the greatest upset of all time." There are other teams with a lot of talent, but not these two added factors to the degree that this team had them.

[@cindyknudson2715]

When they were playing in the Tournament of the Americas, held in Portland, to qualify for the Olympics, Bird didn't play a lot because of his back issues and the fact that they had a long transatlantic flight ahead of them. Flights were very hard on Bird's back. In fact, his back doctor went with him to Barcelona. Anyway, at one point, while Bird was sitting or lying on the floor on the sideline, the crowd started chanting "Larry, Larry, Larry..." His teammates seconded that and had Larry check into the game for the fans. In another of those games, as they were starting the 4th qtr, I believe, one of the referees who was from a South American country, I think, came to Larry and the bench and asked that Larry play, if only for a few minutes, so that he could tell his family that he had refereed a game that the great Larry Bird had played in. ❤️ ☘️ Larry Legend

[@stonemansteveiii3135]

Shaq was still playing for LSU when Dream Team 1 was formed!

[@robwebnoid5763]

Dream Team 1992 is the best dream team (there were more than one) for me because they made the most impact for their intentions as they were the first reaction to how some other countries were using pro-athletes for the Olympics beforehand since 1986, but not the US yet. You have to remember that during this time, the world was not ready to see NBA-level athleticism & scoring in the Olympics. Sadly, I was able to watch only 1 or 2 games though as I was busy then, heh. My favorite player of all time is Clyde Drexler & I was happy he was the last pro to have been chosen just in time. That is because Clyde made a huge statement with his playing during the 1992 All-Star Game a week before the Olympics, which was probably one factor for getting him selected asap for the Dream Team. Since then, the world has slowly been catching up to the NBA as far as world basketball games, pro or amateur, such as in Olympics, FIBA etc & the US has lost a few of those.

[@freeflare6338]

My favorite Dream Team fact came from another documentary on it (I forget which one), but most everyone on the Dream Team wasn't really able to do much without getting mobbed (Even a 'smaller' person like Charles or Chris Mullin are still 6'6" and stand out a lot). John Stockton on the other hand was able to just go out and be part of the crowd, do touristy stuff with his family etc. They had one time where their bus got stuck and he just got off and walked and it wasn't a problem, to the slight envy of some other people on the bus.

[@NickJaime]

Why Tony became one of my favorite players. The first game he was surprised by how aggressive the dream teams defense was since Euro basketball wasn't playing that kind of defense. The second game he rebounded and played good. The guys thought he was soft but didn't know the man grew up in q wore torn country. He was a teen when his country was in a conflict. Tony is also known as the MJ of European basketball.

[@tomtalley2192]

The toughest games the dream team played were in practice. They were legendary, and it’s just too bad they didn’t film them.

[@BradleyChristmas]

The only team I can think of that could have possibly challenged the 1992 Dream Team is the greatest Harlem Globetrotters team ever assembled.

[@stephensharp3543]

There is a great documentary about this team from nba tv. I think it's on you tube. It's a a hour but a very good watch if you want to learn a lot about that team when it was going on.

[@DNReacts]

Appreciate the suggestion, thank you 🙏 a whole episode of The Last Dance covered this but I’d definitely be up for seeing more documentary’s.

[@stephensharp3543]

@DNReacts the last dance is a great documentary also love Jordan and the bulls in those years.

[@33RoyCorpPor]

Thanks for the reaction! KZbin has full barcelona dream team videos with no commercials/commentary, watching any of them I don't know what sports team was ever better. Every second is a highlight.

[@DNReacts]

You’re welcome and thank you 🙏 Will give these a search

[@33RoyCorpPor]

They're so brutal you start to cheer for the other team

[@RealDiehl99]

I come back to this video periodically and I'm still amazed at the overwhelming talent on this team! Many of the players are considered among the 50 best players EVER! We will never see such a collection of talent on a basketball court again.

[@w9gb]

During 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, the players on other teams were awestruck … getting autographs & photos. NBA was concerned about player injuries.

[@godmodedoz8484]

The Redeem Team was close definitely worth a watch with all the greatest players of the 2000s and 2010s

[@godmodedoz8484]

Correction 2012 team!! Feature the likes of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo, etc

[@thomaseggle8886]

Not possibly.....past ,present, future....no questions.. Greatest collection of talent ever assembled in sports.

[@nicolasbooth3363]

Probably not as good as the Dream Team (global competition was also better in 2012) but the 2012 US Men's olympic team was stacked as well. LeBron, Kobe, KD, Melo, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, James Harden, etc. Multiple future Hall of Famers. They won gold, but not as easily. Dream Team really inspired other countries to step their game up lol basketball is now a truly global sport!

[@DNReacts]

Thanks for the context and info. Appreciate it 🙏 We’ve had a few suggestions for the 2012 group too, so sounds like one we need to look at

[@godmodedoz8484]

Absolutely 2012 is easily the closest team to this. The competition around the world in 2012 is also increasingly better so it made for very fun and some competitive games

[@Ordzo88]

The Toni Kukoč story is great. Drafted by the Bulls in 1990 but they couldn't reach an agreement on a contract til 1993. Needless to say, at this point during the Olympics MJ and Scottie had a lil chip on their shoulder about him 😏 He would later go on to win the final 3 Bulls championships. Still lives in Chicago suburbs and is very active in the community and in the high school basketball circuit. Awesome guy!

[@rgjerde53]

Tony was liked by both MJ and Scottie Pippen. Shutting Tony down in the Olympics wasn't because they didn't like Tony -- they didn't like the Bulls general manager at the time, Jerry Krause, who said things about Tony's signing that didn't sit well with the Bulls players. Tony was great with the Bulls.

[@upstatebrian3726]

There has never been or ever will be a Team as great as The Dream Team. In any sport or honestly endeavor. Three Gods of Basketball. Gods! And even by todays standards.. The baddest Team of killers imaginable. It was Magnificent

[@erikbyrge2024]

Greatest teams in the Sports history

[@DNReacts]

Hard to argue against that!

[@Ilicet]

The reason they were called the Dream Team is because it was a "dream" for Magic, Larry and MJ to be on the same team. Players didn't move around like they do now, so having Magic, Larry and MJ take to the floor together was a dream come true.

[@DNReacts]

Can imagine that was literally the dream for everyone, we’ve seen a whole episode of The Last Dance (watching on Patreon) where they went in to a lot of detail for this. Was really interesting. Thanks for the comment

[@LinsteadDM]

I am not even a Basketball fan and I will tell you THIS TEAM is the best of any sport ever.

[@LinsteadDM]

From a world wide standpoint this is why the NBA is so popular the absolute stardom on the court during that Olympics was unprecedented and I remember people LOSING their minds during it. Hockey was too evenly spread out in Europe that it never had the same dominance. Also the best teams were not American until closer to the 2000s so that hurt as well.

[@JasonMistretta-wf5ip]

7:28. The 1998 New York Yankees may be the greatest Baseball team ever! They won the World Series and ended the season with a record of 125-50. That team has 10 players in the Hall of Fame!

[@gordieparenteau6555]

The Dream Team was the catalyst for NHL players being allowed to play in the Winter Olympics at Nagano 1998.

[@donaldk.macbaird5248]

The player you are talking about that wasn't picked was Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons,he was a point guard.

[@Timmycoo]

I was a kid and super into basketball at the time but I had all of the team players as basketball cards and I was super into the dream team lol. Stockton and Malone together is basically a wrap. Back in the era where 3 pointers weren't such a big thing even though people could shoot them. Reggie Miller is someone I consider who changed it up.

[@Schied]

Never, never in any sports team history has there ever been a team with more raw talent, filled with just top of the top tier players. It is quite a sight to behold to be honest.

[@DurkMcGerk]

The beating that the Dream Team dealt to the world was really the catalyst that spurred all the other basketball playing countries to step up their game. Allowing professional athletes in the Olympics encouraged the world to get better at basketball. You get better when you play against the best.

[@kunarmakun793]

kukoc was an incoming rookie for chicago bulls, and he played for his national team before the start of the NBA season .. and he was given a very warm PRE-NBA welcome by his bulls seniors ... MJ & scottie took turn defending kukoc, gave him hell the whole game !! thats how PSYCHOTIC MJ was, and scottie adapted that mentality to be able to be his wingman ... kukoc became the 6TH man of MJ's bulls, a 6'10 SF that can score and defend ... one of the best 6th man in the history of NBA ..

[@homersimpsonsfatguyhat9541]

Shannon Miller vs Tatiana Gutsu in the women's gymnastics all around at these games was epic. Gutsu edged out Miller by 0.012, the smallest margin of victory in the history of women's gymnastics in the Olympic all arounds. 1992 was the last year that the Summer and Winter Olympics were held the same year.

[@OoogaBoog]

The only team I can think of other than this one that was so dominate it wasn't even fair was the 1993 US mens 4x400 team at the world championships. A world record that still stands to this day.

[@brianhalligan9268]

The hardest game of this Olympics was the scrimmage between the dream team in practice. Nobody else even had a chance

[@UltraMAGA45]

Magic shouting " LARRY " Before passing him the ball for a 3 will always warm my heart, Those to we're the biggest of rivals on the court but brothers off of it.

[@robtintelnot9107]

Damn. I forgot how agile Barkly was. Haha

[@chrispavlich9656]

The Round, Mound of Rebound.

[@richminor3081]

If there was ever a better team than this , you would have already heard of them !!! Great video as always !

[@kdm71291]

This was before Shaq's rookie year in the NBA.....although, college player, Christian Leatner was chosen...because he was the better known college player, and had led his Duke University team to two consecutive NCAA Championships, and was the only collegiate player....he basically was there to carry the pros' bags, haha! At the time, when the "Dream Team" was assembled and announced, I was working at an Irish-inspired sports bart and grill, here in California...the owner and several employees were from the UK....and there was one Kiwi from NZ.......And they were all "crying" saying "That's not fair!"........I just smiled and laughed...knowing that we were going to destroy everyone else, haha! Other teams? The "Redeem Team" in 2008 was pretty damn good, too! Also the 2008 USA Olympic swim team was pretty unstoppable, as a whole, for that matter! However, the assemblage of this team was very special!

[@shawnmichaelsbellybuttonri9871]

I'm sure there have been teams in All-Star games that rival this one in talent, but those are all just friendly exhibitions for the fans. In terms of actual competition, there has been no team across sports to come close to the Dream Team.

[@DNReacts]

Still can’t believe just how strong and dominant this team was! Crazy! Thanks for the comment

[@SeenGod]

sorry i’m laughing at your username shawn michaels belly button 😂😂😂

[@JamesLarson47]

No, that was by far the greatest team ever assembled. There may have been a time where the NFL could have done something like this as far as matching pure talent, but American Football isn't played internationally. Too many people play baseball and hockey around the world now where one country could dominate like the Dream Team did.

[@TaxCatchDeez]

You can argue that the redeem team from 2008 was just as good or slightly better than the dream team. Yall should react to their highlights as well

[@izzonj]

You have to realize that those opposing players from places like Angola were absolutely thrilled to be on the same court as the Dream Team. These were players they had all idolized. They didn't care if they were annihilated, they got to play against their heroes!

[@curtismartin2866]

Seattle Supersonics player and German born Detlef Schrempf initially thought, like many others, that the Dream Team was overkill. Until, that is, he was home visiting Germany and discovered that it was the consensus among German professional basketball players that the NBA wasn't all that much better than the German league. Detlef decided it was worth it to send our best.

[@stonecoldku4161]

There are a couple of stories about scrimmages that the Dream Team had prior to the Olympic qualifiers and the Olympics. One was an intersquad scrimmage where they split the team into two and had the team play each other. Called the "greatest basketball game never seen." Then there were two scrimmages between the Dream Team and a select team of some of the best college players in the US. The first game that was played between the two the college team actually won. Some say that the final score had the college team winning by 20, but that is highly debatable. Another reported score was 62-54. However, it is believed that the Dream Team head coach intentionally kept some the best players on the bench for long stretches and made some bad play calls that forced the Dream Team to lose. He did so to show the Dream Team players that they could in fact lose if they didn't come ready to play. They played the same college players again the next day and crushed them, some claiming that the Dream Team beat the college players by 100 points.

[@srellison561]

The repercussions of this team world-wide are huge. Because of this team, the international popularity of basketball skyrocketed. There are more NBA fans in China, than there are in the US. So many NBA stars have risen from other counties, that the US can no longer dominate in the Olympics even with an all-star team, because the foreign-born NBA stars go back and play for their birth countries, evening out the playing field considerably.

[@johnmaher7127]

Best collection of talent of any discipline ever.

[@elbruces]

The thing about the Croatia game with Tony Kukoc is that he had just signed on to join the Bulls, so Michael and Scottie decided to basically haze him.

[@thereallyst]

I suggest watching the actual documentary where he took the clips from. It is on KZbin. The actual story is indepth and amazing how they actually got all of these stars to play on the team like Jordan. This doesn't do the story justice, just a hype video...

[@DNReacts]

Appreciate the suggestion, thank you 🙏

[@irishgrl]

I love how The second Larry is shown you both say “Larry!” ❤❤❤

[@DNReacts]

Love Larry, we’ve got another Larry video coming in around 2 weeks time too 🔥

[@rmweidner7596]

I think the most appropriate analogy to the Dream Team playing in the 1992 Olympics would be having the Special Air Service send a group of operators to a paintball tournament. Charles Barkley gave voice to what many in the USA were feeling, which was that it wasn't that the other countries were using professionals, but that they were then acting as if they had beaten the best in the world by defeating a bunch of kids who were barely old enough to buy alcohol. I think that, if the pros hadn't been preening and posturing like they did, then the 1992 Olympics might not have been the metaphorical slaughter that it was when it came to basketball.

[@yeti4954]

In 2008 we had the Redeem Team after the loss to Argentina in '04. That was a basically a modern version of the Dream Team.

[@Pete_Finch]

The scores in the '92 Olympics were laugh out loud hilarious, it was beautiful. Those same teams that beat up on US college kids in the previous Olympics got straight up embarrassed over and over again in this one. I just think how bad things could get for the rest of the world if Soccer became the US's number one, or even number four sport

[@demarioqc]

92’ Dream Team vs. 08’ Redeem Team would be an epic battle !!

[@EvanLyman]

Larry was a Small Forward but that is just the name of the position he played for the Celtics. He was one of the bigger SFs in the league and would have played Power Forward for most teams. His team had Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish, who were both even taller than Bird, but they were known as a particularly tall and tough front court (forwards and center). In today's NBA, Bird would likely be a big man and is seen as one of the first modern big men who could shoot from deep, pass, and even handle the ball, as well as rebound and post up like a traditional big.

[@mikehanson222]

6’1 John Stockton has so many assists that the next player would have to play entire 2nd career to catch him.

[@edwardloomis887]

David Robinson: U.S. Naval Academy graduate and Navy officer. Good to have that piece in place.

[@beragis3]

I remember watching the 1988 loss to the Soviet Union and the 1992 dream team. I don't think I have seen a team as good internationally since. The previous team that came close to the 1992 team in sheer talent was the 1960 US Olympics Team. Nine of the players went on to play in the NBA, and has such stars as Walt Bellamy, Bob Boozer, Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith and Jerry West. Not to mention college player Jerry Lucas who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Many of the records the 1992 team beat were set by the 1960 team. Also both the 1992 and 1960 teams were entered into the Basketball Hall of fame the same year.

[@stevedietrich8936]

There has never been a better team. The Dream Team could beat you inside or outside. They could outrun you, outrebound you, outdefend you, and outshoot you. Christian Laettner was the lone collegiate player to make the team and was the 3rd pick in the draft that year. Shaq was first pick, and Alonzo Mourning was the 2nd.

[@notmyrealname1730]

Laetner was only on that team because the US wanted to keep the tradition of a college player playing in the Olympics.

[@raveouscarlias4479]

Greatest collection of players ever assembled. Not even a contest. Period.

[@DNReacts]

🔥🔥🔥

[@charlestruppi7793]

Born in Europe and grew up in the US so huge soccer fan as well as huge American sports fan. This is the greatest team ever assembled in a major international sport. 3 of the starting 5 (Johnson, Bird, Jordan) were arguable the greatest players ever at their position to that point in history as well as every starter and their subs being the number 1 and 2 players in the world at their respective positions in that time. There’s never been a comparable national or club team in soccer. Can’t comment on cricket or rugby which are the other major international sports. But I assume it’s the same thing.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Very fun to watch! Subbed gentleman.

[@CJBW]

There were several dream teams after this that demolished everyone at the Olympics. This was just the first.

[@darraha]

This was a total 'F*** around and find out" Team. Only other teams I can think of were the Soviet hockey teams of the 70s and 80s. They were absolutely horrors to play against. Check out Miracle if you haven't already.