The author 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. Drawing on fresh interviews with the players, McCallum provides an 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 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. 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.

Includes index.