[欢乐嘴炮向]口述92年的梦一队
很多年以前，篮球圈儿里，有这么一个愚蠢的规定，全世界的任何联赛里职业球员都能够打奥运会，除了NBA球员，这个规定是为了弱化美国在篮球运动中的压倒性优势，顺便给那些三流苦逼球队一个站在世界舞台上的机会。但是，就在美国在首尔的奥运会近乎耻辱拿了个第三之后，1989年的四月，这个愚蠢的规定终于被废除了。从那一刻开始，每个人都学到一个叫做统治力的词，每个人都见识到了统治力在竞技运动中无可替代的作用，每个人也逐渐认识到美国在篮球圈从来都是轻松愉快黄袍加身。至于美国的对手嘛，要么奔着银牌来的，要么奔着乔丹的签名来的，就这么回事儿。PART I: Origins
“这支队伍的阵容...顶尖中的顶尖”
大卫 斯特恩（NBA主席）：关于外面流传的我们NBA是来完成1988年惨败的救赎的说法...很明显错了嘛，我那次失败完全是我们不适应奥林匹克的规则，我们没有预料到FIBA的规则竟然流行到这种程度了。
大卫 福柯（乔丹的经济人）：别的国家都送职业球员去奥运会，我们只送一堆大学生，其他国家看到我们这么干都乐疯了，我们是有缺心眼儿的传统么？
斯特恩：我们告诉国际篮联说我们的球员我们不敢打包票会认真打奥运会，但是对于推广篮球运动，我们一直是双手赞成。所以权衡利弊之后，篮联的人决定投票，一共俩反对票，苏联和我们自己，所以，我们还是送职业球员去打奥运会了，没办法，都是民意。
拉斯 格兰尼克（梦一队 领队）：最难的事儿其实是找个既能要管理层满意，又能要大牌们舒服的教练。查克戴利好像最好不过了，你看，他刚带着活塞卫冕，又能调教聪明的球员，还能应付媒体。
奎因 巴克纳 （国家队选拔委员）：我觉得最大的问题是，这堆大哥，你哪个也不能惹，查克戴利要拿出应付全明星赛的劲头来。因为之后回到NBA，只要遇到查克戴利，活塞队就别想活了。
格兰尼克：关于拉里伯德有很多争论，人们觉得他早就不是巅峰了，背伤还困扰着他，但是只要想组建一个历史级的球队，缺了拉里就是不行。
魔术师 约翰逊（梦之队控卫）：那算是我俩的告别演出了，拉里的背基本上不能看，我刚刚得了艾滋病，所以必须确保我们真的可以打球。对我来说，我想向世界证明，即使我得了艾滋病怎么了，照样虐你。
帕特里克 尤因（梦之队中锋）：这是我第二次打奥运会，乔丹和穆林也是。之前我们在84年的奥运会打过一回，那时我们就打的不错。但是这次奥运会的阵容，真是好到不能再好了，我知道我们肯定能干出点什么的。
卡尔 马龙 （梦之队前锋）：那会哥在路易斯安那念大学的时候，就去过集训队，后来没去成，被裁了。哥打球这么多年，头一次有教练说我不够好，哥到死都忘不了这句话。
格兰尼克：定最后一个球员的时候，我记得是在滑翔机和以赛亚托马斯之间定，他们都很牛逼啊，我不知道怎么是投票了还是怎么了，我也没问，反正他们说最后定了滑翔机。
大卫杜普利（今日美国记者）：如果他们仅仅按着能力和成就挑球员，以赛亚托马斯必须去，但是问题是他去了，你就把斯托克顿丢下了，没人比斯托克顿塔夫，没人比他能传，说真的，斯托克顿真是太他娘的塔夫了！
简 哈巴德（今日新闻专栏作家）：那会斯托克顿有一根腿骨断了，但是康复真的快的一逼啊！所以他们开始决定带乔杜马斯去，因为这个以赛亚托马斯当时他们连想都没想。
罗德 索恩（梦之队选拔委员）：巴克利是最后定下的几个人之一，大家都想球员们顺顺利利的打球，完成计划的目标，至于巴克利....额...说实话我们还蛮担心他又闹事儿，不过没想到他最后成了队内得分王。
P.J卡列西莫（梦之队助教）：大家回顾比赛的时候可能会想，丫们带个大学生是什么节奏？但是别忘了，莱特纳是当时最好的大学球员，他四年大学达到的成就，谁做到了？
克里斯蒂安 莱特纳（梦之队前锋）：我一直跟人们讲，别看我大二大三拿了冠军，其实我最爽的时候是大一那会儿，因为当你还不行的时候，位于低端的时候，你得努力训练嘛，比别人花很多很多时间训练才行，但是我很幸运，我去了巴塞罗那，和这帮大佬一起，每时每刻我都紧张的要尿出来。
格兰尼克：其中最棘手的一件事儿，就是说服委员会支持乔丹去巴塞罗那，乔丹那会和美国奥组委的矛盾多的数不清，奥组委觉得自己份儿大块儿壮，想干嘛干嘛，但是乔丹根本不买账，我们那会真的和乔丹本人和耐克谈判了很久很久。
福柯：我们之间没什么矛盾，坐下来，聊一聊，把事情解决就ok了。
格雷格 米勒（美国国家队公关主管）：我们看着球员名单慢慢充实，然后逐渐组建了一个如此特殊的球队。但是真正的组建完毕还是你看到体育画报的封面的时候，你敢说你没说“我操！”嘛？
PART II: Gods vs. Babies
“回去睡个好觉好吗？为明天被虐攒足精神”
六月底，大佬们在加州拉霍亚的一家豪华酒店第一次汇合，顺便虐一群顶尖的大学生。
麦克 沙舍夫斯基 （梦之队助教）：第一次教练组开会，查克戴利对卡列西莫和我说，你俩给我听好！所以我们掏出笔记本，准备记下来。然后他说：睁一只眼闭一只眼会吗？我们俩问，什么玩意？接着他说：你们别跟带大学生一样带这支队伍了，天天抠细节，鼠目寸光。得过且过就行了，这伙人都是老爷们儿了，即使他们犯了事儿，我们给他们擦屁股。
克里斯 韦伯（大学球员）：我和大鸟从机场一起坐着豪华车出来的，我真是开心尿了，车上我们还聊怎么干掉活塞队，有什么技术动作，我还觉得大鸟人不错，结果下车我拿包的时候，大鸟对我说："回去一定睡个好觉，为明天被虐攒足精神，怕是接下来的一周，你是睡不好觉了。唉....."
阿兰 休斯顿（大学球员）：我们到球馆的时候，发现有个阳台能环视正的球场，所以我们没直接进去。那会真的太紧张了，我们站在阳台上，看巴克利扣篮，还看到乔丹从某人手里抢断，从罚球线外面起跳，还从篮筐下面躲了几下。我们当时想：我操，大牌也训练啊？
莱特纳：我当时记得我抬头一看，我擦，这不是我的大学同学么！这时，突然巴克利怒扣马龙，然后我一回头，同学们的嘴都掉地上了。
梦之队和大学生队之间的第一次比赛，在六月二十四号开始，这场比赛因为某些无法记述的原因，早已被无限神化。
米勒：戴利告诉大学生队说他想让他们打的想一堆国际球员，所以站在三分线那里，给我投就是了。
休斯顿：我们被要求打出一种大哥们没见过的球风，我们一想，反正早晚都是输的没裤子，打呗。我就记得便士扣了几个篮，我中了几个投篮，大家好像脚下都踩着红圈。
便士 哈达威（大学球员）：大佬们想拿我们热热身练练手完事儿给我们签个名安慰安慰我们就算了，但是他们真的不知道我们这伙人天赋多高。
布莱恩 麦金泰尔（NBA公关部副主管）：便士当时在中圈就有好几个抢断，然后大家就：艾玛我草！我仍然记得，第一天比赛就有那么高的强度！
查尔斯 巴克利（梦之队前锋）：头一回见他们，我就觉得这就是一帮处男，我们当时就想，好吧，我们放轻松，给他们一条生路。谁知道他们拿出打总决赛第七场的劲头了啊！勿谓言之不预也！他们惹毛我们了！
休斯顿：表走完了，我们那会就打了二十分钟。然后我们赢了，我们特温顺的看着各位大佬，好像是说，大哥对不起，我们玩大了！那会谁也没说话......
马龙：我们想让这他们，没想到他们动真格的！戴利一幅：喏，早就和你们讲了吧，不做好准备的下场就这样。随后我们集体提议说今天再来一回比赛，但是教练没答应。给我憋的坏了。
韦伯：我们赢了之后，他们也没想找回面子，也没说”是我们故意放水的啦”之类的话。真是难忘的一晚，我和鲍比赫利还中了一辆高尔夫球车！
休斯顿：回到酒店之后，我和韦伯还有大鸟坐同一辆电梯，韦伯一直叨逼叨，大鸟走出电梯的时候冷冷的说，别担心，明天是新的一天。他一出去，我和韦伯就笑尿了。但是真的，明天真的和今天不一样。
巴克利：勿谓言之不预也！
韦伯：我们一分没得，一分没得，罚球都一分没得。我们权当给大佬们醒盹了.....
麦金泰尔：计时器响的时候，巴克利走到对方替补席说，”我们可没带着气打球，算你们走运！“真是吓尿我了。
便士：我们后来去了乔丹的房间，你不知道我们那会多么low，我们说，哥，有不穿的鞋不，给我些呗，你肯定有法子弄来鞋的！
韦伯：便士没告诉我们的隐藏任务吧？我弄了些袜子和T恤，我还要了乔丹的耳环，我搞来的这堆东西，我的子孙们都会捐给名人堂的，到死我都会好好保存它们。牛逼大发了，太牛逼了。
技术上讲，梦之队打奥运会完全没问题，所以六月二十八号，大佬们飞到了波特兰参加美洲锦标赛，这也是梦之队第一次公开亮相。
马文 阿尔伯特（NBC解说员）：我看到这支队伍的时候，我起了一身鸡皮疙瘩，对我来说，这是我见过的集体运动当中的最强阵容。第一场比赛，他们78分大胜古巴。
杜佩里：古巴人好像带着手铐脚镣打球一样，好吧，没那么夸张，但是给人的第一印象就是，古巴队累坏了、
马龙：我不会说我们在场上好像散步，但是的确挺容易的。
莱特纳：比赛速度太快了。每个人都那么快那么壮，就像超人一样。
纳塞尼尔 巴特勒 (NBA摄影师）：我们在底线那里拍摄，那会魔术师约翰逊正在被打一个球员，这个球员对着自己的替补席喊：拍啊！快拍！拍！然后替补席上一个伙计从自己的袜子里掏出了一个相机.....
哈巴德：有回我们打委内瑞拉，有个家伙一边防守一边喊，哥，把你的鞋给我行不？
莱尼 威尔肯斯（梦之队助教）：那些事儿，想想的确很有趣，但是这么多年过去了，下次他们再见到我们，拿出的肯定不是相机，而是自己的真功夫了吧。
PART III: The Princes of Monte Carlo
“他们一直取笑乔丹，因为他每天早上都打高尔夫，真的，不骗你”
大闹美锦赛之后，梦之队飞到蒙特卡洛，打打球，赌赌钱和打打高尔夫，巴塞罗那奥运会开幕就在眼前了。
米勒：我记得那会我们刚到蒙特卡洛的时候，酒店经理告诉我们说，这是蒙特卡洛，一个国王王后还有摇滚乐团下榻的酒店，说实话，篮球？我们不是很关心这个。于是我们说，呵呵。当我们到达酒店的时候，外面的停车场基本上站不下人了，每个人都向我们挥手致意，安保措施一点用都没有。我望着酒店的经理，他脸都绿了，现在我也时常想起他的台词，这是蒙特卡洛一个国王王后还有摇滚乐队下榻的地方。
金 布亨尼(NBA国际赛事主管)：我们和雷内尔王子还有阿尔伯特王子吃了顿饭，王室吃饭真是太事儿逼了，比如只要雷内尔不吃饭，你一盘菜都不能动，我们的球员都尿了。
米勒：人们说，王子放下叉子不吃了，你最好也别吃了。但是巴克利不买账：我倒是希望我不吃了王子也不吃了，我吃我的饭，碍他屌事儿！
马龙：我是小地方来的，我们那礼仪也很严格。王子说“给我豆子”，我们就给他。不是对王子不敬，这堆繁文缛节的确让我好生苦恼！杯子应该放这边，叉子是用来吃这个的。直接让我吃不行吗，我都饿死了。不过我估计我当时穿着应该满得体的。
卡列西莫：训练赛打得不错，这回没有大学球队，是我们第一次打别人。
马龙：教练从来不让魔术师和乔丹一个队。
哈巴德：我记得有回K教练说：好了，时间到！但是乔丹在另一端大喊：去你妈的！我们先得赢了才行！去你妈的时间到！你想想吧，要是K教练在杜克大学听到有人说这个，那是什么后果。
K教练：乔丹为什么这么强？，那天下午的吵闹就是为什么。
魔术师：我这辈子打的最好的球就是在训练赛里，每个人都在喊：系紧鞋带！
威尔肯斯：最后一场训练赛，魔术师的队干掉了乔丹的队，每个人都在取笑乔丹，因为乔丹每天早上都在打高尔夫球。真的，不骗你。
索恩：然后乔丹怒了，开始疯狂的砍分，有次他突破，裁判响哨子，然后魔术师约翰逊把球丢向天花板，大喊：太愚蠢了！这是NBA么，一碰就犯规！
哈巴德：魔术师当时说，我们是在芝加哥主场打球吗？因为乔丹一直博犯规，然后乔丹回应道：这是九十年代啦，不是八十年代喔！
魔术师：乔丹和滑翔机对彪，大卫罗宾逊和尤因对彪，马龙和巴克利对彪。反正我们互相对彪就是了。
威尔肯斯：场面差点失控，我们不得不叫停了比赛。
哈巴德：然后，巴克利当时变得十分哀怨，他说：我不是这个球队唯一的球星。乔丹问我，大宝贝儿怎么样了？实际上他在问巴克利，我说没事儿，他就是有点烦。接着乔丹说，他会克服的。这就是乔丹行事风格，安慰你归安慰你，但是虐你的时候，毫不手软。
巴克利：看吧，你有十个全明星互相较劲，努力争面子，证明自己。
卡列西莫：这群人真的十分好胜，非要打到口吐白沫为止。搁在NBA球队里，要是走运，你能有俩这种球员，但是我们有十二个喔！他们训练不想输，投篮不想输，什么都不想输！
PART IV: Showtime
“你见过狮子雪豹扑向自己猎物的样子吗？”
在巴塞罗那，因为出于安全考虑，梦之队没有住在奥运村，选择住在酒店里。
米勒：我们从下了飞机就有辆直升飞机一直跟着我们，还有一个骑摩托的人尾随我，还带着一个公文包，后来我知道里面乌滋枪。
阿尔伯特：说过好多次儿，我们就像披头士，完全摇滚巨星的待遇。
尤因：我们是披头士，我们是巨星！
布兰福德 马萨里 （今夜秀节目领队）：去奥林匹克是我在今夜秀工作的巅峰，我去了球员的酒店，保安向我问好，然后让我进去，我那时候在想，草！难不成西班牙人也看今夜秀？我见到了一个在NBA工作的朋友，她说，你怎么进来的？我说，我也不知道，门口那人要我进来的。然后他们找到保安问，你怎么能让他进来！？保安说，他和魔术师长得很像好么！他以为我是魔术师的小兄弟....
杜佩里：不管别人怎么讲里一直都是魔术师说了算，我记得在奥运会结束的时候，我和体育画报作家杰克一想和梦之队排张照片，杰克当时和马龙很熟，于是我们俩去问马龙，能不能一期拍照。马龙说，小事儿一桩！不过这得问问魔术师。他说行就行，不行就不行。
麦金泰尔：在巴塞罗那我房间里差不多有八十个篮球。队员们得一个个签上自己的名字，大鸟是最后一个来签名的，他问我，谁签名最快？我说差不多都是八分钟到二十分钟签好吧，他说，我得当最快的那个。给我记时。于是开始签名，当他把最后一个球给我的时候，问：时间多少？我说，四分半。他说：爽！看到没，竞技体育的精神呐！
布亨尼：巴克利太受欢迎所以很少出去，他喜欢被包围的感觉，他从来不怕人群。
哈巴德：巴克利在兰布拉大道上散步，人们说，巴克利，你的保镖呢？巴克利举起自己的两个拳头说，这就是我的保镖！总有很多人跟着他欢呼跳跃合影，巴克利很喜欢这样。
杜佩里：巴克利说赛后会我一起完成了一个个人专栏，告诉我一些内幕。让我去夜店找他，我去了夜店但是他却不在那里，但是留了一个纸条说他在另外一个夜店。我差不多找了五六个夜店才找到他，那会都早上了、
马萨里：我看到球员在酒店里，乔丹坐着那里，看安哥拉的比赛，比赛刚刚开始，他就发现了一些球员的弱点，我说：我无意打扰你，但是你看这个干嘛？乔丹说，我得认真对待我的对手，从来不轻敌。
威尔肯斯：安哥拉很有运动天赋，很有侵略性，打的也很努力，有个家伙还打到了巴克利的后脑勺。
赫兰德 康博拉（安哥拉球员）：我们觉得我们是世界最幸运的家伙，我们能够和世界上最好的球员对抗。热身赛上，我们一直扣篮，显摆一下我们也能打NBA，但是美国队连篮都没扣！为了鼓舞我们，我们的教练一直在强调只有大鸟和乔丹才是好球员，其余的只是一般。
巴克利：我很不舒服，我警告他很多次了，但是他还是命中了几个丑陋的投篮。
威尔肯斯：我们觉得这事儿挺喜感的，但是巴克利就是不让人家舒服，一直在场上追着人家跑。
康博拉：我当时在边线听我教练训话，这时候巴克利走过来给了我一肘子。
巴克利：谁让他不注意呢，勿谓言之不预也！
康博拉：比赛之后，很多记者问我那个小意外，他们想知道为什么。我是不是说什么激怒了巴克利，我告诉他们我什么都没做，之后的几天，所有媒体都在讨论这件事儿，事情开始变得不合情理，我不得不得发表了声明说我和巴克利之间没有任何过节，我们不想为流言所害。至于巴克利，他干出这种事儿一点不奇怪，本来就是一个以肮脏著称的球员嘛。
斯特恩：现在人们都在赞颂梦之队，但是当时人们都觉得“美国佬又来欺负人了”
哈巴德：戴利每场比赛都让魔术师和乔丹首发，其余三个人要么是皮蓬，要么是穆林，或者罗宾逊和尤因之间一个，或者是巴克利和马龙之间一个。带球队方面，戴利真是一个大师。但是他在第二场对克罗地亚的比赛中要求皮蓬去防守库科奇（库科奇刚刚被公牛队选中，而且薪水比他未来的队友们还要高）。皮蓬和乔丹已经厌倦了所有夸奖库科奇的话了，毕竟他们刚刚得到了总冠军。
马龙：你见过狮子雪豹扑向自己猎物的样子吗？”我们不得不把乔丹和皮蓬从更衣室赶出去，因为恨不得立马出去锁死库科奇。
托尼 库科奇（克罗地亚队员）：人们总是想看看自己的队友什么货色，心理素质怎么样，是不是很塔夫。你能不能为他们出头？我不觉得他们有意的在针对我。他们只是在考验我。这也是我在以后和乔丹的相处中逐渐意识到的。
阿尔伯特：克罗地亚不错，但是战火纷飞，把什么都毁了。
卡列西莫：克罗地亚打球的方式真是太美妙了。防守真是太好了，下快攻抢篮板真是太好了，真是让人窒息！他们会一直让你想看下去。因为今晚你看到表演，以后再也看不到了。
格兰尼克：我们唯一确定我们是冠军的时候只有在决赛的下半场，我们又和克罗地亚遇到了，他们阵容不错，有库科奇和彼得洛维奇，我记得赛后见到了戴夫格威特（美国奥委会主席），每个人都在庆祝，但是我在他脸上读出了如释重负的轻松。
梦之队在巴塞罗那以场均胜对手44分的成绩赢得了所有的比赛，克罗地亚成为和美国队最接近的对手，第一次交手输了三十三分，决赛输了三十二分。
沙舍夫斯基：颁奖仪式上，他们都像孩子一样，虽然他们有NBA总冠军，但是真的，那晚，他们开心的像一群孩子。
尤因：好像是，88年输球的那群人，送到了海军陆战队，我们就是海军陆战队，我们是精英部队，精英中的精英，我们破门而入，大杀四方，把每个人安全的送回家。
马龙：不沾沾自喜，也不吹牛逼，好像是我们本来就应该拿冠军的，我们不是为了世界和平而来，我们是奔着金牌来的。顺便和其他国家队说一句，现在你知道我的厉害了吧！
格兰尼克：值得一提的是最后时刻，我不觉得有有人注意到，美国奥组委过来说，每个人站在领奖台上都要穿锐步的外套。如果我们知道奥组委来阴的，我们就能避免这种问题。
丁科 哈特菲尔德 （NIKE创新主管）：乔丹拿着国旗包裹了自己，挡住了锐步的Logo，他真的超级忠诚，我们没有要求乔丹这样做，但是他就是这么做了。
麦金泰尔：我看着他们站在领奖台上，我自己想：我也没个纪念品，太说不过去了。这时候乔丹走下来，我说你那件球衣不想要了吧！他说，是啊，你要吗。我说，那就再好不过了。于是他脱下来丢给了我。
斯特恩：我觉得那个时候，世界篮球才真正的邀请NBA加入进来，至于我们，何乐而不为呢?他们从中受益匪浅，而我们何尝不是呢？比如诺维斯基，姚明，卢比奥，斯科拉，托尼帕克，吉诺比利，伊巴卡。
杜佩里：在我的脑海里，除了92年的梦之队，还有很多球队存在着，你可以丢个硬币决定哪个球队更好一些，但是92年梦之队，史上最强，毫无疑问。
满满的槽点啊，乐死我了
我们告诉国际篮联说我们的球员我们不敢打包票会认真打奥运会，但是对于推广篮球运动，我们一直是双手赞成。所以权衡利弊之后，篮联的人决定投票，一共俩反对票，苏联和我们自己，所以，我们还是送职业球员去打奥运会了，没办法，都是民意。 大学队那段哈哈哈
布亨尼：巴克利太受欢迎所以很少出去，他喜欢被包围的感觉，他从来不怕人群。
这句话翻译反了吧,逻辑不通啊 飞猪：勿谓言之不预也！ 太逗了。 传奇们的故事 The Dream Will Never Die:
An Oral History of the Dream Team
Magic. Bird. Jordan. Legends at every position on the floor. Hall of Famers filling the bench. They were the greatest team ever assembled—in any sport—and twenty years ago in Barcelona, they put on a show the world will never forget
By Lang Whitaker
7 2012
It was always a silly rule. According to international basketball guidelines in place for decades, professionals from leagues all over the world could compete for their countries at the Olympics—but NBA players could not. The effect was to balance out America's towering advantage in the sport. You know, give the poor bastards a chance. The rule was dropped in April 1989, though, after the United States finished a humiliating third at the previous summer's Olympics in Seoul. Parity, everyone learned, wasn't nearly as captivating as dominance. And make no mistake: Dominating was as important as winning. The idea was to dazzle, to put on a display of American might so awe-inspiring that the best our rivals could hope for was a silver medal. Or even better, Michael Jordan's autograph.
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PART I: Origins
"The cast on this team—it was the best of the best."
David Stern (NBA commissioner): The notion that the NBA wanted to redeem the 1988 loss? Patently wrong. From our view, we were stuck with playing in the Olympics. We didn't see it becoming the phenomenon that it became.
David Falk (agent for Michael Jordan): There was a growing recognition that we were putting college players out at a time when every other country was putting out pros. And were we being naive to continue that, just because there's a history?
Stern: We said to FIBA that we weren't gung ho to play in the Olympics, but we would try to be good soldiers to support basketball. So they had a vote. The U.S. was against it, and the Russians were against it, too. But the overwhelming vote was in favor.
Russ Granik (NBA liaison to Team USA): The first tough decision was that it had to be an NBA coach, in order for our owners and players to feel comfortable. But Chuck Daly was a pretty easy choice: He was coming off back-to-back championships with the Detroit Pistons; he had a reputation for being able to deal with smart players; he was great with the media.
Quinn Buckner (Team USA selection committee): The biggest thing was, you did not want to offend any of these guys. Chuck had to be extra sensitive, a lot like at an all-star game. Because with players of that quality, if you offend them, every time the Pistons saw that player, they were going to take it out on Chuck, on his team.
Granik: There was a lot of discussion about Larry Bird, because Larry had started having back problems. He clearly wasn't anywhere near what his peak had been, but if you were putting together such a historic team, you couldn't leave him off.
Magic Johnson (Team USA point guard): This was our final moment—the curtain was going to come down. Larry's back was messed up. And I was already out, dealing with HIV, so we had to make sure that we went out the right way. For me, it was also about showing the world that I could still play, even living with HIV.
Patrick Ewing (Team USA center): That was my second Olympics—mine, Michael , and Chris . We played in the '84 Olympics together, and we had a great team then. But the cast on this team—it was the best of the best. I knew it was going to be something special.
Karl Malone (Team USA power forward): I had an opportunity my freshman year at Louisiana Tech to try out for the Olympic team, and I didn't make it. Got cut. It was one of the first times playing basketball that a coach told me I wasn't good enough. That always stuck in the back of my mind.
Granik: The last player, as I recall, was between Clyde Drexler and Isiah Thomas, and you had two pretty great résumés there. I don't know what the final vote was—I never asked—but when they counted, it came out for Clyde.
David DuPree (reporter for USA Today): If they were selecting solely on ability and accomplishments, Isiah Thomas may have deserved it. But who are you going to leave off? Nobody was tougher than John Stockton; nobody was a better passer. John Stockton was a tough son of a bitch.
Jan Hubbard (NBA columnist for Newsday): Stockton broke a bone in his leg, and it healed very quickly. But initially they were going to replace him, and it was going to be Joe Dumars. So Isiah wasn't even going to be the first substitute.
Rod Thorn (Team USA selection committee): Charles Barkley was one of the last guys put on the team. You wanted to make sure that everything went smoothly, that everybody represented the way you wanted them to represent. And there were some who, frankly, were worried about Barkley. But then he ended up being the leading scorer.
P.J. Carlesimo (Team USA assistant coach): People look back and go, "Look at these other guys—why would they have a college guy?" People forget, Christian Laettner is arguably the best college player ever. Show me somebody else who accomplished what he did in four years.
Christian Laettner (Team USA power forward): I tell people all the time, my favorite year at Duke—even though I won championships my junior year and senior year—was my freshman year. Because that's when you're at the bottom of the ladder and you're working your way up, and you gotta go one hundred miles an hour all the time. So I never minded being in that position. I was lucky. I was in awe every moment I was around them.
Granik: One of the most difficult things was dealing with some of Michael Jordan's endorsement issues. He was in a class by himself, breaking a lot of ground, and a lot of that conflicted with what the U.S. Olympic Committee assumed they were entitled to do with all their athletes. We really had long and difficult negotiations with Michael and with Nike.
Falk: It wasn't anything adversarial. We just had to sit down and work it out.
Craig Miller (USA Basketball director of public relations): You'd see the list of names growing, and then it became apparent that this was going to be a special team. I think probably the real turning point was the cover of Sports Illustrated. When you saw who was on that cover, you were like, "Wow."
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PART II: Gods vs. Babies
"Make sure you get your sleep, because tomorrow I'm gonna bust your ass."
In late June, the players gathered for the first time at a luxury hotel in La Jolla, California, outside San Diego, for a few days of scrimmages against some of the nation's top college stars.
Mike Krzyzewski (Team USA assistant coach): The first meeting as a coaching staff, Chuck says to P.J. and I, "Both of you guys have got to learn one thing." So we've got our notebooks, and we're ready to write this down. And he says, "Both of you have to learn to ignore." We said, "What do you mean?" "You college guys—you're looking for every little thing, and you make big things out of it. We're not going to be sticklers. These guys are men. If there's something that's big, we'll take care of it."
Chris Webber (college squad player): I rode from the airport in a limo with Larry Bird, and that was such an honor. We talked about playing against the Pistons, different moves, all this stuff. He was just a great dude. Then, as we got out of the car and I was getting my bags, he goes, "Make sure you get your sleep, because tomorrow I'm gonna bust your ass, and you're going to remember it the rest of the week."
Allan Houston (college squad player): When we got to the gym, there was this balcony the gym, so we didn't walk right in. It was almost, like, suspenseful. We look down and we see Barkley dunking. We see Michael stealing from somebody and doing one of his things where he takes off from outside the lane and double-pumps under the rim. We're like, "Wow, they do this in practice, too?"
Laettner: I remember looking up and seeing my college teammates standing up there, and then the next play, Barkley thunder-dunks on Malone. Every one of them, their jaw was on the floor.
The first scrimmage between the Dream Team and the college all-stars, on June 24, has become legendary, for unlikely reasons.
Miller: Coach Daly told the college team coaches he wanted them to play like international players, so when they got near the three-point line, just jack it.
Houston: We were asked to play a style that they hadn't really seen a lot of yet. We figured we had nothing to lose. So we go in there, and Penny gets a couple dunks. I remember hitting a couple of shots. Everybody's kind of flowing.
Penny Hardaway (college squad player): They just thought, "Okay, they got these young guys to give us a little warm-up. We're going to beat them up a little bit, sign a couple autographs, and then everybody go on about their merry way." They didn't know how talented we really were.
Brian McIntyre (NBA vice president of public relations): Penny had a couple of steals at midcourt, and everyone was going, "Whoa." There was—I can still feel it—there was tension. First day!
Charles Barkley (Team USA power forward): The first time we saw them, they looked like babies. We were like, "Hey, man, let's don't kill these little kids." And they were playing like it was Game 7. Before we knew it, they upset us.
Houston: The clock ran out—we had a twenty-minute clock—and we were up. And everybody looked around sheepishly, like, This is not supposed to happen. Nobody said anything for a few minutes.
Malone: We took them for granted, and they kicked our butt. And Coach Daly just had that look on his face like, "Well, this is what we told you guys. You gotta be ready." After that, we was chomping at the bit to play them again that same day, but he didn't let us. He let us stew on it a little bit.
Webber: When we busted their ass, they didn't say any prima donna stuff—"We let you win." That night was special. I remember me and Bobby Hurley decimating the golf course on some golf carts because we were so excited.
Houston: Back at the hotel, I was on the same elevator as Bird and C-Webb, and C-Webb was chirping. Bird got off the elevator and said, "Don't worry, tomorrow's a new day." He kind of left us with that thought. And yeah, we got back in there, and it was a new day.
Barkley: We sent them a little message.
Webber: We didn't score a point. Not one point. Not a point on a free throw, not a point in the game. We were the perfect wake-up call for them, and they were the perfect reality check for us.
McIntyre: When the buzzer sounded, Barkley walks over to the other bench and says, "You guys are just lucky we didn't come out with an attitude today." Just cracked me up.
Hardaway: We went to MJ's room afterward and you know how college kids are: "Hey, man! Lemme get some shoes? Everything in your room—just let us have it, bro! I know you can get some more!"
Webber: Penny didn't tell you we were on a covert mission. I got socks. I got T-shirts. I asked Jordan for an earring. Some of the stuff I have, my grandkids will have to take it to the Hall of Fame, because I'm gonna keep it until I die. It was awesome. It was the best time. It was the best time.
Technically, Team USA still had to qualify for the Olympics, so it flew up to Portland, Oregon, for its official debut at the Tournament of the Americas on June 28.
Marv Albert (NBC announcer): I remember the first time I saw the team walk out, I got the chills. It was, to me, the greatest collection of players comprising a team sport I had ever seen. The first game, they beat Cuba by seventy-nine points.
DuPree: It was like guys in tank tops and cutoffs playing against them. Well, it wasn't that bad, but that was the image you got in your mind. They tried.
Malone: I'm not going to say it was a cakewalk, but it was easy.
Laettner: The speed of the games was off the charts. Everyone was so athletic and so strong—just the alpha males at every position.
Stern: The opposing teams were more interested in taking photos with our players than playing against them.
Nathaniel Butler (official NBA photographer): We were sitting on the baseline. Magic is backing a guy down, and the guy on defense is yelling at his bench, "Now! Now!" And on the bench, one guy's pulling a camera out of his sock and taking a photo of his teammate.
Hubbard: One time they were playing against Venezuela, and the guy who was guarding Magic kept on saying, "I need your shoes! I need your shoes!" During the game. And Magic goes, "Look, I need my shoes!"
Lenny Wilkens (Team USA assistant coach): We thought it was funny. But it changed over the years. We always said, "Next time, they won't bring cameras. They'll just bring their basketball."
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PART III: The Princes of Monte Carlo
"The guys were teasing Michael because he was playing golf every morning. Well, that did it."
After romping through the Tournament of the Americas, the Dream Team flew to Monte Carlo for a few days of practice, casino gambling, and golf before the opening ceremonies in Barcelona.
Miller: I remember the general manager at our hotel telling us before we got there, "This is Monte Carlo. This is a place that kings and queens come to, that rock bands come to. And to be honest, basketball? People aren't that excited." And we said, "Okay." The night we flew in, literally, people are wall-to-wall in the parking lot, cheering and waving. There is no security control at all. I saw the manager, and he kind of threw his hands up. I always talk about his line: "This is Monte Carlo! We have kings and queens and rock bands come all the time!"
Kim Bohuny (NBA manager of international events): We had a dinner with Prince Rainier and Prince Albert. There's very strict protocol. You know, you can't eat until Prince Rainier eats—things like that. We were reviewing it with the team beforehand, and I think it shocked some of our guys.
Miller: They said if the prince puts his fork down and stops eating, you all better stop eating. And Charles said, "Well, I hope he stops when I'm done eating my meal, because I'm eating my meal."
Malone: I'm from the country. Our etiquette is pretty much, "Pass me the beans," and we pass it down. No disrespect to the prince—it took me a while to understand the rules. This glass was on this side, and this fork was for this... You know what? Let me eat. You're talking about a fish out of water—that's how I felt. I had a nice suit on, I guess.
Carlesimo: Those practices in Monte Carlo were legendary. There was no college team, so that was actually the first time we went against each other.
Malone: The coaches always kept Magic and Michael on different teams.
Hubbard: There was one moment where Krzyzewski claps his hands and says, "Okay, plenty of time." And Michael is at the other end of the court, and he shouts out: "Fuck that! We're going to win this game. Fuck that." You gotta figure Coach K never heard that at a Duke practice.
Krzyzewski: That's why he's the greatest player ever. That afternoon, the intensity of it was just beautiful to witness.
Johnson: Oh man, the best basketball I ever played was during those practices. Because everybody said, "Let's strap up."
Wilkens: Our last scrimmage, Magic's team was dominating Michael's team. And the guys were teasing Michael, because he was playing golf every morning. Well, that did it. The whole thing turned around.
Thorn: He got upset, so he started to score every time down the floor. One time he drove, and the refs called, like, a real tick-tack foul. So Magic booted the ball up to the ceiling: "This is ridiculous! Just like the NBA! He gets every call!"
Hubbard: Magic was saying, "This must be what it's like playing in Chicago Stadium," because Michael was getting the calls. And Michael said, "Well, this is the '90s, not the '80s."
Johnson: Michael was going at Clyde; Clyde was going at Michael. David Robinson was going at Patrick Ewing; Patrick was going after him. Karl Malone was going after Barkley, Barkley after Malone. We were just going at it, man.
Wilkens: It got so heated we had to stop it.
Hubbard: Afterward, Charles was in a really grumpy mood. He said, "He's not the only great player on this team," stuff like that. I actually got Jordan alone, and he was kind of sheepish that he had rubbed it in so bad. He said, "How's your boy?" and he meant Barkley. And I said, "Well, you know, he's kind of upset." And Michael said, "He'll get over it." That was Michael. Even on something like that, he just had to kick your ass.
Barkley: Look, you had ten all-stars going at it nonstop, trying to prove a point. Everybody had ego invested.
Carlesimo: These guys were so competitive. You couldn't play for an hour and a half with them frothing at the mouth, because they'd kill each other. A regular NBA team, if you're lucky, has one or two of these guys. We had twelve. They don't want to lose a drill, don't want to lose a shooting game, don't want to lose anything.
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"You ever watch a lion or a leopard or a cheetah pouncing on their prey?"
On to Barcelona. Because of security concerns, the Dream Team passed on staying at the Olympic Village and instead set up shop at the Ambassador Hotel, just off the city's main drag, Las Ramblas.
Miller: We had a helicopter that followed us from the airport. One guy on a motorcycle had a briefcase which we learned had, like, Uzis inside.
Albert: It's been said many times—it was like the Beatles. They were rock stars.
Ewing: We were like the Beatles. We were rock stars.
Branford Marsalis (bandleader, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno): Going to the Olympics was one of the perks of working on The Tonight Show. I went to the players' hotel, and the security guard says, "Hello, sir!" and waves me in. I was like, "Shit, I guess they like The Tonight Show in Spain." I saw a friend who worked for the NBA, and she said, "How did you get in here?" I said, "I don't know. Dude let me in." So they went to the guard and said, "Why'd you let that guy in?" And he said, "He's related to Magic, isn't he?" He thought I was Magic's little brother.
DuPree: No matter what anybody says, Magic was in charge. I remember, near the end of the Olympics, Jack McCallum and I wanted to get our picture taken with the Dream Team, just to have a keepsake. Jack was tight with Karl Malone, so one night he asked Karl if he thought it would be okay. And Karl says, "It shouldn't be a problem. Let me check with Magic." If Magic said go, it was go. If Magic said stop, it was stop.
McIntyre: I had about eighty basketballs in my room in Barcelona and had to get the players to sign them all. Bird was the last guy, and he says, "What's the quickest anyone's done it?" I said, "Anywhere from eight minutes to twenty." And Bird said, "I'm going to be the fastest. Time me." So he signs them, and he throws me the last one: "Okay, what is it?" "Whoa, four and a half minutes!" And he goes, "Yes!" Competitive right to the end.
Bohuny: Other than Charles, it was too hard to go out. You were mobbed. Charles loved it. He wasn't afraid of the crowds.
Barkley: I wasn't going to stay in my room the whole time.
Hubbard: Charles would walk down Las Ramblas, and people would say, "Charles, what are you doing for security?" And he'd show you his two fists and say, "This is my security." He was like the Pied Piper. He'd have this huge group of people following and yelling and smiling and taking pictures. And he loved it.
DuPree: Barkley did this first-person column where he would meet up with me after the games and tell me stuff, and I'd write it up. He'd say "Meet me at such and such club," so I'd go to the club, and of course, no Barkley, but there'd be a note saying meet him at some other club. So it would take about four or five clubs until about six in the morning before I could track him down. But he always left a note.
Marsalis: I saw a lot of the guys around the hotel. I saw Jordan sitting watching Angola on tape, just staring, looking for weaknesses. I said, "I don't even want to bother you, but why are you watching this game?" And he said, "I always take my opponent seriously. I never underestimate anyone." It wasn't lost on me that he was the only guy watching the game.
Wilkens: Angola was physical. They were aggressive. They played hard. One guy hit Charles in the back of the head with a forearm.
Herlander Coimbra (Team Angola): We felt like we were the luckiest guys in the world. We were going to play against the best, but also against African-Americans—our little cousins from America. During warm-ups we tried spectacular dunks to show them that we could play like in the NBA. They didn't dunk even once. They were really serious, all business. To keep our hopes up, our coach told us that only Larry Bird and Michael Jordan were really, really good—that the other Dream Teamers were just okay. But those guys were on another level—a galaxy far, far away. We tried to do our best, but our emotion got the better of us.
Barkley: They were playing a little chippy, and I warned him a couple of times. I thought he was getting away with a couple of little cheap shots.
Wilkens: We thought it was amusing, but Charles was not going to let him get away with it. He chased him the whole way down the court.
Coimbra: I was listening to my coach on the sideline when suddenly Barkley elbowed me in the chest.
Barkley: Well, he should have been paying attention.
Coimbra: After the game, all the journalists wanted to talk to me about the incident. They wanted to know why. Did I say anything to provoke Barkley? I told them I didn't do anything. For the next days, that's all the press wanted to talk about. It became so crazy that I had to say in a statement that we only came here to show how good we were. We didn't want to feed the rumors. But between us, we talked about it. We were not really surprised that Barkley did that, because he was known to be a dirty player.
Stern: Now it's the Dream Team of blessed memory, but at the time it was "the U.S. bullies!"
Hubbard: Chuck started Michael and Magic every game and then rotated the other three. Pippen would start one game, Mullin would start the next. Robinson and Ewing would alternate; Malone and Barkley would alternate. He was a master at managing. But in the second game against Croatia, there was never any doubt: He was putting Pippen on Toni Kukoc . Pippen and Jordan were tired of hearing about how great Kukoc was, because they were winning NBA championships.
Malone: You ever watch a lion or a leopard or a cheetah pouncing on their prey? We had to get Michael and Scottie out of the locker room, because they was damn near pulling straws to see who guarded him. Kukoc had no idea.
Toni Kukoc (Team Croatia), in a 2011 interview with ESPN: You always want to check people that you're bringing in. Are they tough enough physically and mentally? Can they respond when you need them to respond? I don't think they anything against me personally. They're just testing me. And I later realized that Michael does that on a daily basis.
Albert: Croatia had a pretty good team. But it didn't matter, under those circumstances.
Carlesimo: It was beautiful, the way they played basketball. There were segments of the game where you watch, and you can't defend better than this. You can't rebound and run the floor and share the ball better than this. It was breathtaking. You watched because you wanted to see what was next from them—what would you see in this game that you might never see again?
Granik: The only time we were sure we were going to win gold was in the second half of the final game. We were playing Croatia again, and they had a pretty good team with Kukoc and Drazen Petrovic. I remember seeing Dave Gavitt right after that final game, and everybody was celebrating, but what I could see on his face was relief.
"It's been said many times," says announcer Marv Albert.
"It was like the Beatles. They were rock stars."
The Dream Team won all of its games at the Barcelona Olympics by an average of forty-four points. Croatia came the closest of any opponent, losing by thirty-three points in the first game and then, in the gold-medal game, by a razor-thin thirty-two.
Krzyzewski: During the medal ceremony, they were like kids. Here they had NBA championships and all that, but they were like kids. It was a beautiful moment.
Ewing: It was like, the guys lost in '88, and so then they sent in the Navy Seals. We were the Navy Seals. We were the elite forces, the elite of the elite forces. We came in, and we kicked butt and took names and got everybody back home safely.
Malone: It wasn't a gloating thing, it wasn't bragging, it was just, "This is what we came to do." We didn't come there to try and make world peace. We came there to win the gold medal and bring it back home and say to the other countries, "Now you've had our best."
Granik: The one thing that got thrown in there at the last minute, which I don't think people had focused on, was the USOC coming in and saying, "Well, of course, you all have to wear the Reebok jacket on the medal stand." I think we could have avoided that problem if we had known.
Tinker Hatfield (Nike creative director): MJ just put the flag right over it, and you couldn't see the Reebok logo. He was just super-loyal. We didn't even ask MJ to do it. He just did it.
McIntyre: I'm watching them up there and thinking, "You know, I don't have a single souvenir." So as Michael's walking off the court, I said, "You don't want that sweat suit, do you?" And he says "No, did you want it?" I said, "I'd love it." He takes it off, throws it at me. It's still got the pins from where he covered up the Reebok logo and folded the flag over. I haven't touched it.
Stern: I think the point was that the world of basketball invited the NBA to join it, and we said yes. And they have profited greatly from it, as have we—as has the overall sport of basketball. Now we see Dirk Nowitzki and Ricky Rubio and Tony Parker and Yao Ming and Manu Ginobili. And Luis Scola and Serge Ibaka and Luol Deng.
DuPree: In my mind, there's 1992, and then there's all the other teams. You can flip a coin about which was the best of all the other teams. But '92 ain't in the coin flip.
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贴个原文 不管怎么说，跟大学联队两场热身赛这桩悬案总算答案揭晓了 太长不看，好像梦一被大学联队艹了？
纳塞尼尔 巴特勒 (NBA摄影师）：我们在底线那里拍摄，那会魔术师约翰逊正在被打一个球员，这个球员对着自己的替补席喊：拍啊！快拍！拍！然后替补席上一个伙计从自己的袜子里掏出了一个相机.....
这比赛能看？ 还是没看出比分，第一场大学生们赢了第二场输了个脆的，比分是多少啊？。。 但是真正的组建完毕还是你看到体育画报的封面的时候，你敢说你没说“我操！”嘛？
想想就笑死了 海堂熊 发表于 2013-9-6 10:36
还是没看出比分，第一场大学生们赢了第二场输了个脆的，比分是多少啊？。。 ...
之前一直有传闻第二场是72：0……这篇文章让这个传言显得更靠谱了 sunkaifeng00 发表于 2013-9-6 11:48
之前一直有传闻第二场是72：0……这篇文章让这个传言显得更靠谱了
72:0也太假了吧。。。这毕竟是篮球不是足球啊。。 海堂熊 发表于 2013-9-6 11:54
72:0也太假了吧。。。这毕竟是篮球不是足球啊。。
韦伯：我们一分没得，一分没得，罚球都一分没得。我们权当给大佬们醒盹了.....
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