August 8, 1992 - Olympic Gold Medal Basketball Game - USA vs Croatia

The 1992 Dream Team is considered the best team ever assembled and for good reason, take a look at the roster below. Their most important game was the gold medal game vs. Croatia in the 1992 Barcelona games. 

Best team ever going for the gold? Yes, please as a podcast episode, and with the Tokyo games fast approaching we figured this was good from a timing standpoint.    Croatia and their former country Yugosalvia's emergence on the world basketball stage was the reason USA Basketball decided to fill their roster with NBA players so it was fitting they played them for the gold. Croatia had NBA players in their own right in Tony Kukoc, Drazen Petrovic, and Dino Radja. We did a very in depth breakdown on this period in Croatian/Yugosalvian basketball during our "ONCE BROTHERS" documentary recap that you should check out.   In this episode we discuss: Isiah Thomas' notable omission from the Dream Team, while Chuck Daly was head coach The influence the Dream Team had on international basketball for decades to come Michael Jordan's stardom at an all-time high Charles Barkley having a great Olympic games both on and off the court and how he parlayed that into a great 1993 nBA season for the Suns Watching dream team highlights was awesome Marv Albert and Mike Fratello doing nothing to keep viewers tuned in Larry Bird and Magic Johnson being elected captains John Stockton played with a cracked bone in his leg? Scottie Pippen's contract dispute and him taking it out on Toni Kukoc in the pool play round The Croatian's hanging in this game for a little bit much, much, more....

To watch this game as it aired, check out the video here: https://distantreplaypodcast.com/ep-82-1992-olympic-gold-medal-basketball-game-usa-vs-croatia/