"One of the best basketball books ever written!" - New York Post

Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson in a fantastic team. This is the story of the DREAM TEAM.

Acclaimed American sports journalist Jack McCallum's fascinating book about the greatest team of all time, the 1992 Olympic champion US men's basketball team, the Dream Team. As an employee of Sports Illustrated, the author was able to enjoy the fantastic game of the Jordans up close from the very beginning of the Dream Team, while following the incredible history of the Dream Team. Twenty years after the world-famous gold medal in Barcelona, ​​he interviewed the players again, so basketball fans can get a complete picture of the Dream Team phenomenon. We can take a look behind the scenes: we can find out how the team's players were selected for the Olympics, how the world's best basketball players related to each other, how permanent card and dummy parties took place at the team's Olympic accommodation, where superstars such as Michael Jordan discussed the finer points of basketball. , Magic Johnson or Larry Bird. In the volume, we can also read a captivating account of the legendary training match in which the members of the Dream Team competed against each other and probably played the most high-quality no-stakes match of all time.

Thirty years have passed since the Dream Team first captivated the world, and since then the curiosity and mystery surrounding the band has only grown. The book Dream Team takes us back to the time when a dream team of exceptionally talented athletes was created that changed the future of basketball.

"A great read for basketball fans" - Los Angeles Times
"A wonderful retrospective" - ​​The New York Times
"A (Olympic) basketball dream" - Newsday
"This volume is a must-have for basketball fanatics who crave nostalgia, as it paints a true-to-life picture of the special personalities of the participants. Incredibly, they all opened up to McCallum honestly - then and now." Booklist (Starred Review)