America's Dream Team: The Quest for Olympic Gold
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1992.
First Edition. Hardcover.
In the 1992 Olympic Summer Games, NBA players were allowed to play on the U.S Men’s Olympic basketball team for the first time. Chuck Daly became the first professional to coach a U.S. Olympic basketball team and here recounts his experience with the players, training camp, world competition, and the Olympic Games themselves. Chapters on Magic Johnson and the history of America in Olympic basketball are included, along with behind-the scenes information, full-color actions photos, and biographical sections on each team member.
The greatest basketball team ever assembled - with a roster that included great American professional athletes like Christian Laettner, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Christ Mullin, Charles Barkley, and Magic Johnson - dominated in 6 of 6 Olympic games by an average of 51.5 points per game.
Item #901214ISBN: 9781878685278
8-3/4 x 11-1/8”, gilt titled navy-blue cloth, yellow endpapers, 224pp, statistics, acknowledgments, fully illustrated in color.
Sunning extreme edges of cloth, else fine in near fine spine-faded dust wrapper and protective mylar. Dream Team trading card laid in mint condition laid in.
Price: $40.00