1992 Dream Team featured 13 Hall of Famers, 10 players and 2 coaches. 1989 FIBA allowed NBA players to compete in 1992 Summer Olympics and beyond. Formerly only amateur players usually college athletes would participate.
10 Dream Team players in 1996 were name to NBA 50 Greatest Players team. In route to a gold medal vs. Croatia and Toni Kukoc, USA ran through the competition literally, blowout after blowout, players said practicing versus each other were more difficult than the actual games. They'll be inducted into the basketball Hall Of Fame as a team, during 2010 enshrinement. This team changed the way fans around the world viewed basketball in the summer of 1992, more international players wanted to and have gone on to compete in the NBA. The league has since become global, when exibition games are played outside the USA & Canada, fans flock to see NBA teams and players.
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