The NBA Dream Team Reaction | I Didn’t Know They Were This Good

[@mcm0324]

I was a senior in college - my last semester. We skipped class to watch the games. There will never be a team like the Dream Team. Although I believe Larry is the Goat, their friendship is real, and it also was with their teammates in the NBA. Unless they were traded, which was out of their hands, they played for the same team their entire career. They were loyal to their team, which doesn't happen today. They didn't bounce from team to team to get a ring, or our Sir Charles would have many. He was the highest scorer of the Olympics and definitely, as you saw, was not missing the Olympic experience. Still love him to this day! You asked if players today have these same true relationships with their own teammates. Simply, the answer is no. They aren't loyal to their team but only looking out for themselves. In the 80s and even the 90s, there will be no one with the popularity of Magic and MJ. Larry had it, but hid from it. He's shy, unlike the rest of the team. There will NEVER be a team like the Dream Team. They respected each other and didn't bring any egos to the USA Team - they all represented the USA and not themselves. That never happened again and never will.

[@gatulamuasau7448]

Aloha and shout out to you channel wow when I heard about the dream team with the all stars my first reaction was hell yeah

[@robertfuryracer4089]

Yea I was at the qualifying round.. no the prices weren't to expensive like they are today... I was in the 5th row... I knew the only dream team in my eyes would dominate...

[@alanela6761]

To answer one question you had, nobody had any doubts that this team was going to dominate. They were just going to have a lot of fun playing together other instead of against each other. This is the greatest lineup ever assembled. I have no doubt that they would beat any other American Olympic basketball team ever put together, including the 2008 team that you mentioned

[@noelignacio7123]

They were more than good, great no team could compete with them, they scored at will, passing was unbelievable, team play superb, cannot say enough

[@Brasslite]

These are the guys who brought the NBA back to life.Kobe and Shaq kept it going but it's gonna take more than LeBron to put it back to what it was.

[@nortonmalcontent8778]

No one was worried about there being too many superstars. Between Bird, Magic, and Jordan you have three of the most competitive "only wins matter" guys in the history of the NBA, all of whom were as happy to make those around them better as they were for their own stats. With those guys leading, there was never a doubt.

[@kizunadragon9]

the word awesome has lost it's power over the years but watching the dream team on the court in 92 was simply, awesome

[@mikemiller3069]

As someone who lived through both, I compare the Dream Team's collaboration of superstars to the collaboration of musicians who did the "We Are The World" song. Both were momentous events that will never be duplicated, at least not at that level. Happy to have witnessed both.

[@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). 👀👀

[@connie77]

I knew they would rock and it was beautiful basketball-every game as we all knew it would be.

[@jdspencer60]

I was 11 when this happened...I kept asking my parents why the other teams even bothered but I didn't realize how priveleged we were to have such great athletes representing the US. It was special, and you'll never see anything quite like this again

[@michaelfiguly1654]

New to your channel and love your reactions. When they put this team together I was glad we were sending our best and had all the major NBA players because after all, the other countries were sending their best and we should send ours.

[@martinvantuyl215]

That team was the best ever,they are all legends,miss those days of basketball

[@Naptownghost]

I love my childhood. I watched the best of the best. Magic , Michael, Bird, Mullen,Ewing, Barkley, D.Robinson, My 15 yr old son tells me "Dad Yall had boys back then, I said yeah, Good Times now Im gon cry in the car!".

[@Imjussaiyanbro]

My grandmomma gave me that chain

[@tstumpf75]

Barkley was arguably the 2nd best player in the league for like a 3 yr stretch in his career.. people dont understand how great Barkley was

[@mpound97]

It was basically "The Justice League" or "The Avengers" assembling to defeat the whole world and return order. I turned 13 that summer in June so this event was like everyone's summer waiting for the Olympics. NBC did a great job of building up the drama of the Olympics throughout the year. Along with The Dream Team, Track and Field was huge, Women's basketball was dope but obviously they didn't get the coverage of their male counterparts and were just as dominant, Figure skating, Men's and Women's Gymnastics and more. Since the games come around every four years, you'd only hear about certain athletes when it was either meets in their sport overseas or when Olympic trials and stuff started. It was cool to witness international athletes as well as your own men and women that you get to know "reappear" after 4 years. To me, 92 was the last great Olympic Games. And with the Men's Basketball, you knew you were watching something special and can't miss. "The Dream Team" documentary is a must watch if you're interested.

[@narciliocosta]

I wish to have a time machine to go back to the past to see these games, these Dream Team's games! Like this old poster in the final game (I think) :"The Magic is in the Air like a Bird!"

[@fidelnenas8390]

It wasn’t a question of too many superstars because the reason they were chosen and not the college players was because the US got beat twice in a row. The name DREAM TEAM came from the compilation of the best of the best in the NBA. The Pistons head coach Chuck Daly basically told them to check their egos at the door and bring back the Gold to America. That was what they were there to do represent the country bring back the Gold. It was at this time that Jordan became a global star that everyone wanted to see play. Him and Pippin had just finished winning their second ring. Jordan was doing commercials for Wheaties, Hanes, McDonalds and Sprite. The “ I want to be like Mike” slogan was the catchy phrase and Nike had his face plastered everywhere and too was about to become global. The European countries started buying American NBA TV time. After the 1992 Olympic win, hypocrite Karl Malone starts griping that Magic having HIV was something he was in fear of but mind you he played all summer with the man. The League after the 1993 all star game made Magic resign/retire because of fake ass Malone.

[@Indy1831]

Greatest team ever assembled in any sport!

[@Bear78420]

I’ll never understand people having a reaction channel but not spending $10 a month so you don’t have ads popping up.

[@josephweber2502]

As soon as they announced the team everybody knew they would blow everyone out

[@Timmycoo]

I lived in Australia during their formation and we were huge fans of all the players. In school we would actually have the tv on to watch the games. Pretty awesome time. Seeing Bird and Jordan team up was great.

[@blake7587]

What’s crazy is that tickets to these games was actually really cheap. Because they were sold as Olympic event tickets which is different from the profit driven NBA tickets.

[@JasonMistretta-wf5ip]

6:00. I watched this team on TV. It was Crazy!! Magic Johnson passed to Larry Bird who made a behind the pass to Michael Jordan for dunk?? THAT was what the plays looked like. It was a real life version of a video game!

[@kennethfeld6639]

We KNEW 5 minutes after the announcement we were about to see things never seen before.....

[@glenmactavish6178]

At the time this dream team was mind blowing because unlike today's NBA where the stars all want to play with each other, the stars of the past all wanted to beat each other . To be the best you got to beat the best

[@eydienoteddie]

We absolutely went crazy when they put this team together. It’s all anyone could talk about back then. They demolished teams and those teams were like, “Thank you for destroying us. Can we take a picture?” 😂

[@ingobordewick6480]

You should watch the whole documentary. So good

[@bigstevie1690]

This was a huge impact on the world Usually the big thing at the olympics is the 100m and the long jump but not that year Here in Scotland i was a fan of american football because we had a weekly show from the states that showed a game but basketball was never a thing until this olympics, then you saw everyone wanting hoops and balls for the back yards etc to now there are hoops/courts in almost every park and teams and leagues that lead to the pros all that came from the greatest team of athletes ever assembled in the history of team sports (the Redeem team wasn't even close) The Dream Team

[@dextermilo4668]

you wanna see Charles be a beast watch that triple OT Finals game in the 93 series against Jordan and The Bulls. Like 56 pts 14 Boards

[@deancafe4739]

You should do the full documentary of the dream team.. To know all the in-depth details of this team.

[@UnconventionalReasoning]

The OG Dream Team had three weaknesses: Larry's back, Magic's year off, and "the college kid". As "all time greats" are considered, they had 3 of [my] top 10 and 10 of my top 30 or 35, leaving out only Mullin.

[@rick139208]

I remember one of the teams during the 92 Olympics said that the USA team didn't play defense and when they played them they decided to completely shut them down,also they didn't take a single one of their timeouts in the entire Olympic games.

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

I KNEW! IT WAS GOING CRAZY

[@6TomCruz6]

Crazy thing Larry Bird had back issues the whole time, Magic was kinda 1 year out of shape, Jordan wasn't really going 101% all out in the games except against Croatia, and they didn't take a single time out I looked it no time out at all and their main message to the world was to beat them with fundamentals not bully them

[@michaelmarrone8753]

Dream Team 1992 games: Game 1 - USA 116, Angola 48. Game 2 - USA 103, Croatia 70. Game 3 - USA 111, Germany 68. Game 4 - USA 127, Brazil 83. Game 5 - USA 122, Spain 81. Game 6 - USA 115, Puerto Rico 77. Game 7 - USA 127, Lithuania 76. Game 8 - USA 117, Croatia 85. --------------------------------------- Totals - USA 938, OPP's 588 --------------------------------------- Players : Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler and Christian Laettner. Dream Team 1996 games: Game 1 - USA 96, Argentina, 68 Game 2 - USA 87, Angola, 54 Game 3 - USA 104, Lithuania, 82 Game 4 - USA 133, China, 70 Game 5 - USA 102, Croatia, 71 Game 6 - USA 98, Brazil, 75 Game 7 - USA 101, Australia, 73 Game 8 - USA 95, Yugoslavia, 69 ------------------------------------------ Totals - USA 816, OPP's 562 ------------------------------------------ Players : Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler and Christian Laettner.

[@kevinblock2307]

I was lucky enough to watch all the games from the dream team..they were awesome.

[@alfredoramos9782]

This is the best team ever assembled, they have fun playing but still dominating, unlike other so-called dream team

[@hayzersolar]

Bird was the best on the team

[@boogieman3161]

You better look up Barkley. Especially with the 76'ers a beast.

[@lll9416]

4:30 good point about too many superstars. Except these superstars were all disciplined as team players and not just as stats chasers. It's a difference..

[@dlarp_6528]

When I saw the lineup I was like, damn there's about to be 60 point wins. We knew they would dominate

[@franklinterrell9392]

When this team was first announced, the thought that there were too many "Superstars" never crossed my mind. My initial thoughts were, the beatdowns they were about to dish out, and Toni Kukoc. Actually, 30 years later, it still hadn't crossed my mind...until you mentioned it.

[@tattoodude8946]

I don't think egos were as big as they are now. I mean, of course they all looked at themselves as "the best" or whatever, but these athletes today literally cannot share the spotlight without their feelings getting hurt. The Dream Team players were about the team. You have to remember, that was still a time when you were a franchise player and the idea of jumping teams in pursuit of a bigger paycheck was quite foreign. Today's players have no loyalty except to themselves and I think sports in general are worse for it. JMO

[@spc4brownie]

How do you beat a team like that? Honestly, all them together is unbeatable.

[@jeffrichards1537]

I was born in 1976. Growing up only games on TV was Celtics and Lakers. As I got older more channs carried more teams. The M.J. came onto scene. Dream team could beat any team before or since. Period.

[@guyray1504]

This team got beat by a college altar team in their first practice. The coach kept MJ out most of that game but wanted to show the dream team that they could be beat if they didn't play as a team, and it worked. They never lost after that.

[@noelignacio7123]

for me I knew they had one purpose, to show the world the U.S. was the king of this sport, they left their ego’s outside and everyone contributed

[@glennallen239]

I knew the dream Team would be the most dominant team. Imagine the weakest player on the Team was Christian Laettner the two Time defending national champion from Duke. The team had 11 future Hall of Famers and the college Player was the NCAA Player of the year. Just imagine in previous Olympics Christian Laettner would have been a leading Star,

[@nancyj795]

I knew they were going to destroy the competition.

[@whenisdinner2137]

In every game they played they won by at a bare minimum 32 points.... they once won a game by 79 points. These are video game numbers. This will never ever happen again.

[@street1111]

We loved the dream team

[@nunyabusiness9013]

We knew when this team was assembled the gold was a sure thing. I didn't know anyone at the time who doubted this team's ability to dominate from the moment the lineup was announced.

[@jimmyboy131]

If I was on the opposing team I'd be taking pictures too. Including of the final score, "Check it out, we scored double digits against the NBA! I have proof!"

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

My Bedroom Wall growing up….Dream Team USA Posters

[@shag139]

@3:33 this is why you should watch the full documentary as they go into all the things you’re asking. FYI - Isaiah Thomas wasn’t picked because Jordan and Pippen can’t stand him, he also questioned Magic’s sexual orientation when he got HIV, and Bird hated the pistons as well.

[@gerardoreyes602]

I collected and still have my dream team card set, 9 cards per player too.

[@jackhaskell694]

You asked if we wondered if all these stars could play together. Really, there was no doubt. You had Magic distributing the ball, Larry Bird passing and shooting, and Michael Jordan finishing. They were the best at making other players better.

[@andybilakshow260]

While being a young man, I believed they were all smart & talented enough to kick some ass. But it turns out all those big heads could only be brought together to function as one, by one man. None other than Chuck Daily. RIP superstar.

[@mraxlrose2959]

Superstars then wanted wo win and didn't care about personal stats. There was no ego involved. Superstars today are all about themselves.

[@bentighe4811]

As I remember it, we all thought that the other teams would be lucky to score at all.

[@marshalljankins4526]

Na baby sis. When people heard who was on the team. EVERYBODY knew it was over. Gold all day.

[@brianbrooks1285]

See that's the thing, you can have a team with big name players but if the chemistry isn't there it won't work!

[@thejstatzshow6407]

The Greatest PG of all time was on there Magic Johnson

[@shag139]

You should also react to the full Bird Magic documentary: A Courtship of Rivals. It is excellent. Break into 4-5 videos. You’ll really like it and people will watch.

[@tric5122]

The real debate was if the nba players should even be able to play, everyone knew they would destroy every team in the Olympics if they did. Got to see them live, it was like watching an even better version of thr harlem globtrotters vs the washington generals. These dudes just went out and toyed with the world and made basketball a global sport. The nba having so many foreign stars is bc of this team. The reason the usa dream teams have lost is bc this team created a love for the sport overseas that to that point was never known.

[@ATN2USN]

USA was there to kick butt, and show American dominance in BB,

[@kenmahoney5255]

It was the summer of 92' Portland had just lost to the bulls in the NBA finials The city felt deflated after the loss. But then came the qualifying games for Barcelona and the dream team had arrived in town. We here in Portland quickly forgot about the finals loss. To see magic bird Michael Clyde Scotty the mailman the admiral Patrick Stockton the round mound Mullins and the kid from Duke was like dying and going to basketball heaven. Umm the city didn't sleep for a week. Love your channel little lady. Happy holidays to you and yours.

[@paul1x1]

I remember my dad, we are Canadian didn't know basketball. But my old man hates communists ,sending grown men to play 18 yr old Americans. So we watched the yanks destroy the opposition ,Russians, Cubans, and it was great.

[@jdspencer60]

Charles Barkley was perhaps the strongest player in the NBA at the time aside from Shaq, and that was young shaq. When Charles was in shape, he was an absolute animal

[@johnmckinnon420]

First thought was: Undefeated!

[@JIMMYRAYVS]

I mentioned in one of your prior vids about Barkley, no other undersized power forward was a problem as much as Sir Charles. Do the highlights, get familiar. 💯

[@mrredwhite1244]

No question we gon win 😅 real talk!

[@abelhansen]

A unreal team best of the best in that team. They could put late D. J in the team aswell. 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀. But they do have the bird man.

[@noelojeda3590]

I got to watch them…on tv lol. U gotta watch the documentary this is from….it’s 🔥 🔥🔥🔥

[@Don-er1qf]

You need to watch where they made the dream team

[@metadeth578]

people complained that bird was on the team and not Isiah Thomas. MJ wasn't going to play if Thomas was on the team. it had to do with the pistons

[@ryanbrooks8045]

Best pure PG on there too in John Stockton but he was injured and didn't play much. Bit of a right wing nut job these days but still worth a look. No one will ever catch him in career assists and steals.

[@jamoa3395]

I watch the game at home 92” Olympic, we where 12 years old that was the best team they put together, all I remember was Shaq, should off been on the team , you can’t get a team like that now

[@LeighMet]

Dominate.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Only ONE Dream Team! Those other teams need to find their own names...

[@nickmorse2277]

I knew it would be fire, but they were missing Zeke, a.k.a. Isaiah Thomas from the Detroit bad boy pistons a little controversy John Stockton took Gardenspot🧐

[@johnvogel2270]

they were the Elvis of basketball oh check out some Elvis music also please really your reactions and you smile as much as i did on this one

[@profanepersonality]

My friends and I freaked out in happiness. Larry was my guy, had a couple of Magic fans, and the rest were with Jordan. We were are a larfe group of kids, and used to pretend to be these players, lol.

[@frankhuggins9856]

The ones that I like to watch is the HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS is the team that I like to watch I never seen them in person but I would truly like to see them some day before I go see the FATHER IN HEAVEN

[@kennethfeld6639]

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola is in trouble

[@JasonMistretta-wf5ip]

0:50. 2008 Olympic team?? WTH??? 11 ELEVEN of the TWELVE Players of the 1994 Dream Team are in the NBA Hall of Fame!!The 1994 Dream Team are the greatest collection of athletes of ANY SPORT ANY TIME in sports history!!

[@markhuddleston5239]

I thought look out.

[@aaronmadden7583]

No we knew and the world knew we were going to war in that tournament. ❤

[@marinemike1559]

The 2008 team would have had their heads handed to them by the original Dream Team.

[@jamestoddjackson9655]

The redeem team wasn’t even close. Best 2 point guards ever, number one and top 5 shooting guards, #1 or 2 small forward and Pippen top 5. #1 and 2 power forwards and 2 top 10 centers. Best team ever not even close. Like the guy says in the video, it’s an insult to compare another team to them

[@joelspaulding5964]

Will take original Dream TEAM hands down. Better TEAM

[@mrredwhite1244]

Hey all I'm saying is TDT took basketball global 😊

[@ilocanodetoy2225]

If Lebron only have Bird talent he should have at least 8 Championships l, or MJ talent he should have at least 12 Championships.

[@btnhstillfire]

Lol the 08 team might not have even come within 40 of the Dream team.

[@nathanharris3787]

Kobe bryant highlights next

[@shag139]

Oh and 1992 would’ve beat 2008 to death

[@LadyShar]

Great Reaction, I wish you would react to the full Dream Team documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6PEqqCJisl-Zq8

[@nabreve43]

The redem team is not even close to the first dream team or the second dream team. I love that Kobe was in the redem team but it wasent as dominant like the first or second dream team.

[@stefanopellegrino3885]

Yugoslavija United not that easy...