Dream Team -- Photo of the Week 25 Aug 2008
>> 25 August 2008
Title: "The Original Dream Team"
Year: 1991-1992?
This was my absolute favorite t-shirt in 4th or 5th grade: The 1992 "Dream Team," the very first time the US was allowed to field professional athletes in the games. If you overlook the fact that Malone and Stockton played for the Jazz, Ewing was overrated his entire career, Pippen was a wife-beater, and Magic was forced to retire because he acquired an STD (due to his Wilt Chamberlain-like off-the-court escapades),¹ these guys were exciting to watch, killing teams by 60+ points.
Just felt like posting this one because of the Olympics just ending, and us taking gold for the first time since 2000. Go USA!
Maybe I should start buying and collecting more of these caricature shirts. I had Magic Johnson, Shaq, and Steve Largent ones growing up.
1 - The players on this year's "Redeem Team" that filled the same roles: Williams and Boozer on the Jazz, Anthony has been overrated his entire career so far, Kidd as the wife-beater. There was no equivalent to Magic...yet.
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I had that shirt!
Did you see the last game? I don't know which teem ('92 or '08) is better but that game was definitely more entertaining than anything the '92 team faced.
you're hilarious, and, a little bit too smart for your own good. very entertaining blog.
What's this "since 2000" business. Typical journalism deceit. The olympics are played every 4 years. They only didn't win once since 2000.
Hah - actually the didn't win the gold at the '06 world championships either, so that would be twice. ;)
good point, Case. maybe i should point out that we hadn't won any major world tournaments, olympics and world championships included, since 2000. makes us look better.
i am having serious elementary school flashbacks seeing these images again...it is inspiring me to hit up DI while i am in p-town to try and scavenge one, and keep it as a momento of my childhood...and, or course, as a classic piece of americana
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