1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team

1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coach	Chuck Daly
1992 Summer Olympics
Scoring leader	Charles Barkley 18.0
Rebounding leader	Karl Malone 5.3 ; Patrick Ewing 5.3
Assists leader	Scottie Pippen 5.9
	← 1988 1996 →

The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled.^[2]^[3]^[4]

At the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, the team defeated its opponents by an average of 44 points en route to the gold medal against Croatia.^[5]^[6]

The team was collectively inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2009, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017. The Naismith Hall of Fame calls the team "the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet".^[7] In addition to the team induction, 11 players and three coaches have also been inducted individually into the Naismith Hall of Fame.

^ "USA accumulated statistics | 1992 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ McCallum, Jack (2013). Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever. Random House Publishing Group. p. 313. ISBN 9780345520494. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ "This Day in Sports: The Dream Team Takes Gold in Barcelona Archived July 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference nbc20120731 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ The Original Dream Team Archived May 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nba.com. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
^ "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.
^ "1992 United States Olympic Team". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.

[1] "USA accumulated statistics | 1992 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[2] McCallum, Jack (2013). Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever. Random House Publishing Group. p. 313. ISBN 9780345520494. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

[3] "This Day in Sports: The Dream Team Takes Gold in Barcelona Archived July 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2012.

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[5] The Original Dream Team Archived May 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nba.com. Retrieved August 12, 2010.

[auto-6] "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.

[7] "1992 United States Olympic Team". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 18, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.

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