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duncan228
06-30-2009, 10:10 PM
'Dream Team' to be inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/06/30/dreamteam.hof.ap/index.html)

The Dream Team has earned a spot in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

The star-studded team that featured Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley and won the gold medal in Barcelona headlines this year's class of 10 inductees. The class, which will be formally announced Wednesday morning, will be inducted Aug. 12 in Chicago.

Joining the Dream Team are Michael Johnson, the only man to win gold in the 200 and 400 meters at the same Olympics; Picabo Street (skiing); Teresa Edwards (basketball); Mary T. Meagher (swimming); and Willye White (athletics). Skiier Sarah Will is the Paralympic inductee.

Former USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth, gymnastics coach Abie Grossfeld and skier Andrea Mead-Lawrence also are being inducted.

The hall is presented by Allstate.
VivaPopovich
06-30-2009, 10:19 PM
makes you miss chuck daly. i bet it was a bit awkward for mj and pippen but im sure they got over it quickly

rip
tlongII
07-01-2009, 12:11 AM
I doubt that most of those guys show up for the induction.
Trainwreck2100
07-01-2009, 12:59 AM
the most beastly team that will ever be assembled in the history of man
lefty
07-01-2009, 02:17 AM
I doubt that most of those guys show up for the induction.

Drexler won't because of injuries
tlongII
07-01-2009, 02:46 AM
lol Spurs
BUMP
07-01-2009, 02:51 AM
The 1992 Games were the first in which NBA players were allowed, and the Dream Team didn't disappoint. Jordan, Johnson, Bird, Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson and John Stockton bulldozed their way through Barcelona, winning their eight games by an average of 44 points.


:rollin
alamo50
07-01-2009, 03:56 AM
17 years later?!?!? I thought they were already in there a long time.
ShoogarBear
07-01-2009, 09:48 AM
Still can't believe that Patrick Fracking Ewing was the starting center.
LnGrrrR
07-01-2009, 09:51 AM
Still can't believe that Patrick Fracking Ewing was the starting center.

"Chris Mullin" is the name that surprises me.
ShoogarBear
07-01-2009, 10:07 AM
Nah, Mullin was the real deal for about 5-6 years back then. Dude was averaging 25, 5 boards, 4 assists.

Pippen was the one who hadn't really earned the right, and Isiah just got the most royal screwing of all time by Jordan.