Dream Team

Dream Team

Jack McCallum, 2012

In 1992, the Olympic committee began allowing professional players to compete in the games. This book chronicles the stories of players such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson, and tells about how the greatest basketball ever assembled came together at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

I love basketball, but it's not something that I really grew up following. Other than knowing that Larry Bird and the Celtics were awesome, the Lakers were hated, and Michael Jordan was the best player in the world, I didn't grow up with a whole lot of basketball knowledge. I only really started watching basketball regularly in the past 5 years or so and have come to love the sport like I never thought I could. Because of this, I'm often left wishing that I knew more about what came before...

Enter this book. A wonderfully written account of a time when the best players in the world came together to form the greatest team ever. This book was an interesting account, not only of the Barcelona games, but of who each player was, how they played off of each other, and what the league was like at the time. One of the best books I've read so far this year. I don't know how someone who watched the Dream Team at the time would feel about it, but I'm pretty sure they would get just as much enjoyment out of the book as I did. A great read.