An Artcile from today's "USA Today."
Clyde Drexler doesn’t argue what is the greatest sports team in history.
Why should he?
He played on it.
In 1992, Drexler and his Olympic basketball teammates would be known as the “Dream Team.”
The gold medal and total dominance was assured by a lineup that also included Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin and Christian Laettner. (Photo by John Smierciak, AP)
“Untouched and unscathed,” said Drexler about the team that was inducted into the U.S. Olympics Hall of Fame presented by Allstate on Wednesday. “The only real problem we had was practice. We felt if we survived practice the game would be a cake walk. We just came out and did our job.”
The team was coached by Chuck Daly who won two NBA titles with Detroit.
“He was the perfect personality to coach that team,” Drexler said. “We used to call him the Godfather. Nothing you did bothered Chuck Daly. He just wanted you to show up for practice and give it everything you had.”
The team finished 8-0 and averaged 117 points a game and only Croatia came within 30 points of them.
“I’m probably more impressed now,” Drexler said. “As you have a chance to see how kind history has been to the Dream Team. It was special because of the level of performance and us becoming the standard bearer for all future Olympic teams
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