Michael jordan olympics biography of mahatma

Following decades of dominance, by the late s, it was clear that the American men's basketball program could no longer roll out a team of amateur players and expect to beat professionals from other countries simply because of the USA letters on their jerseys.

The point was driven home by a semifinal loss to the Soviet Union in the Olympics, so when the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) voted to allow American professionals to compete the following spring, it was time to assemble the cavalry for the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain.

The result was 12 players who wound up with a combined All-Star appearances and 23 titles over the course of their NBA careers, a collection of talent so astonishing that there was no other way to describe them but as the "Dream Team."

The team dominated their competition from the start

The Dream Team took Barcelona by storm that summer, delight