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Fun Trivia: 1 : 1992 Barcelona

Special Sub-Topic: Original Dream Team 4.0


How many players were on the Original Dream Team roster?

    12. Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail Blazers, Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks, Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, Christian Laettner of Duke University, Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz, Chris Mullin of the Golden State Warriors, Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls, David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs, and John Stockton of the Utah Jazz formed the roster for the 1992 U.S. Olympic Basketball team.

Of all the rostered players, how many were selected to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team?
    10. Only Chris Mullin and Christain Laettner were not selected. Barkley, Bird, Ewing, Johnson, Jordan, Malone, Pippen, Robinson, and Stockton are all members of this all-star team.

Who coached the Dream Team?
    Chuck Daly. Chuck Daly, then the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, surprisingly, did not call one single time-out during the entire run to the gold.

Who did Team USA beat in the Gold Medal game?
    Croatia. Team USA beat Croatia 117-85, the team's closest winning margin.

Charles Barkley led the team in points in the Gold Medal game.
    False. Michael Jordan led the team with 22, Barkley was second with 17.

Isiah Thomas was a member of this Dream Team.
    False. Thomas was left off the team by a personal request from Michael Jordan. Jordan and Thomas had a well-documented feud throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, with Thomas's Pistons defeating Jordan's Bulls in the finals of the 1987-1988 season. Furthermore, in the 1985 NBA All-Star game, Thomas and other members of the Eastern Conference team, engaged in a "Freeze out" of Jordan, where they refused to pass him the ball due to their jealously of his stardom during his first ever NBA season. Jordan, arguably the biggest star during the 1992 season, had his request to keep Thomas off the Dream Team honored.

What team won the NBA title during the 1992 season, and sent two of its players to the Dream Team roster?
    Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen won the NBA title in 1992 with the Chicago Bulls, beating fellow Dream Team member Clyde Drexler in the process.

What is Clyde Drexler's well-known nickname?
    Clyde the Glide. Known for his impressive leaping ablity and surprising speed, Clyde Drexler earned this nickname during his college days at the Univeristy of Houston.

Grant Hill of the Orlando Magic was a reserve member of the 1992 Dream Team.
    False. He was a member of the 1992 USA Development Team, a team of young, non-professional basketball players that were training for a possible Olympic future, along with Chris Webber of the Unversity of Michigan.

Who started the most games for the Dream Team?
    Michael Jordan. Jordan was the only player on the roster to start every game for the U.S., including all qualifying games.


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