The fuse for the formation of the Dream Team was 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In the men's basketball semi-final, the American men's basketball team composed of American college players such as david robinson, danny manning and Mickey Richmond played against the Soviet men's basketball team led by Sabonis and Matthew Leonis. In the competition, the rich experience of Soviet players and the tacit understanding of long-term intensive training made American players who could run and fly but lacked experience and tacit understanding at a loss, and the final score was fixed at 82-76. Proud Americans failed to enter the Olympic finals for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games they participated in! When the news reached the United States, it immediately set off a huge wave. As a basketball kingdom, this unexpected failure has brought pressure to the American Basketball Association, which is responsible for the formation of the American basketball national team, and they have been criticized by the whole country. Everyone has questioned the American Basketball Association-since the Olympic Games is the highest level competition in the world, why not choose our most powerful players? Why not send our top team?
This is where the Dream Team was formed. We must know about American basketball at that time. The NBA and the American Basketball Association are not the same organization! NBA is NBA, and American Basketball Association is American Basketball Association. At that time, the name of the American Basketball Association was also called "American Amateur Basketball Association"! They are two independent individuals, and their relationship is not friendly. Even in 1989, the IAAF voted to decide whether professional players can participate in major IAAF events such as the Olympic Games. As the representative of the American Basketball Association, the American Amateur Basketball Association also voted against it.
Under the great pressure of public opinion, the then American Basketball Association finally agreed to send top stars from the real world to participate in the 199 1 Olympic Games. Since then, the American Basketball Association has bowed to the NBA, and both sides began to build an American men's basketball team dominated by NBA stars. It should be pointed out that the American Basketball Association stressed from the beginning that although the NBA will be the overlord of the American men's basketball team in the future, if conditions permit, it should reserve places for American college basketball and play for the country.
Under this guiding ideology, 199 1 year, the United States established a new national team with magic Johnson, Bird, Jordan and other NBA superstars as the main body. Because the stars are too bright, it is a perfect lineup that can only be imagined in dreams, so it is called the dream team. The coach is Chuck Daley, the NBA coach who led Pistons to two consecutive championships, and the chief assistant is Lanny Wilkins, who will become the first "winning coach" in NBA history in the future.
The American Basketball Association insists that the dream team set aside one or two players and coaches to be assigned to the best representatives of the university. So after coordination, Mike Shushevsky, a famous coach of Duke University, and P.J. Carlesimo, who led Seton Hall University, a famous non-basketball school, into the NCAA finals, became teaching assistants of the dream team, and the number of players selected by NCAA for the dream team was one.
The reason why leitner was selected for the Dream Team and the NCAA allocated places was that O 'Neill of Louisiana University competed with leitner of Duke University, and finally the NCAA finalized leitner. He was chosen for the following reasons.
One: leitner, the first NCAA.
Leitner was born in a missionary family in the suburb of Buffalo, new york. When he was in high school, leitner showed his basketball talent beyond his peers. 1985 and 1986, he led pavaroni nicoles high school and won the state-level c basketball championship in succession. Height 100 m, weight 105 kg, comprehensive skills, leitner in the position of power forward and center. Duke University coach K recruited leitner on 1989. The legendary coach praised his favorite pupil like this-"He is the most versatile player in the history of Duke University".
When he was a freshman, leitner started the team in only 20 games. Average 17 minutes, 8.9 points and 4.7 rebounds, breaking Duke University's single-season shooting record with an ultra-high hit rate of 72.3%. Duke University scored 28 wins and 8 losses this season, entered the semi-finals and won the third place in NCAA.
In the second grade, leitner led the team to win the NCAA runner-up;
In the third grade, Duke defeated the University of Kansas in the final and won the NCAA championship. leitner himself was elected as the "Most Valuable Player".
In the fourth grade, Duke University defeated the University of Michigan in the final and won the NCAA championship, becoming the second champion team in history to successfully defend its title. Although teammate Bob Henry was elected MOP, leitner became the only player in the history to enter the NCAA semi-finals for four consecutive years!
Especially on March 28th 1992, the last 2. 1 sec in NCAA East Division, leitner contributed a winning goal to eliminate Kentucky wildcats. In that game, leitner made 20 shots 10 and made a free throw 10! He scored 3 1 point with a shooting percentage of 100%. One man dominated the game and killed the Kentucky Wildcats.
From 65438 to 0992, he won almost all the awards given to NCAA players. In addition to being the best college player in the United States and the best college basketball player in ESPY, he also won the Atlantic Coast League Men's Sports Award of the Year, Wood Award, naismith Award and so on. The most surprising thing is that he also topped the school history with a three-point hit rate of 48.4%. Such an honor is incomparable to O 'Neill.
Two: The characteristics of leitner Stadium fit the dream team.
Judging from the team lineup, the Dream Team already has excellent orthodox centers like Ewing and Robinson, and it no longer needs pure center players like O 'Neill. At this time, what the US team needs most is the ability to shoot from the outside, so as to throw the pass after the breakthrough of Jordan and others, as well as the pass of Magic and stockton. Therefore, even with Byrd, they still brought Mullin, God's left hand, into the team-the whole dream team. Only Mu Lin and leitner were not selected as the top 50 superstars in NBA history. At the same time, leitner can play No.4 and No.5 under FIBA rules, and his long-range shots are stable, which is completely different from the flying pig power forwards like Buckley and Malone, and is exactly the type that the dream team needs.
Three: leitner's white identity and handsome appearance
Leitner's white identity is also a very important reason. At that time, the NBA was dominated by black players. Although there are excellent white players like Bird and Mullin, the number is really small. Therefore, leitner's clean and handsome face, coupled with his white identity, is in line with the image of the white idol star that American basketball hoped to build at that time. Leitner, who represents the image of the United States, is suitable to represent the United States as a cover boy.
The sponsors behind it are very powerful.
Leitner was sponsored by Nike at that time, so Nike used Jordan's endorsement contract to argue with the American Basketball Association about the brand conflict with the champion and asked the Basketball Association to choose leitner. Although this speculation has not been officially confirmed, it can be traced back: O 'Neill entered the NBA with Nike's highest offer, but he chose Reebok instead of Nike, which is said to be related to Nike's manipulation of the dream team.
I am a happy little peak. Welcome to discuss with me. The American men's basketball team has always represented the highest level of basketball in the world, which has not changed since 1992 when the American men's basketball team sent a dream team to the Barcelona Olympic Games. There were many NBA superstars in the American men's basketball dream team. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and larry bird are all members of the Dream Team.
However, when you look back at the 12 roster of Dream Team I at that time, you will find that there is a player who is not familiar to everyone. His name is leitner, and he was still a college player with no NBA experience. Then why did leitner join the roster of NBA emperors and stars in Dream Team One?
In addition, there is a question that everyone is curious about. 1992, Shaquille O 'Neal entered the NBA. At that time, he was the top pick in the draft, and leitner above was Hua Xiu. Therefore, O 'Neill should be a better player than leitner, but why did leitner end up on the dream team list and O 'Neill didn't?
First of all, O 'Neill's failure to be selected for Dream Team 1 has a lot to do with the types of players the team needs. O 'Neill was an inside player, but there were already four inside players: Malone, Buckley, Robinson and Ewing. If O 'Neill is selected for the team again, it will inevitably lead to a very crowded team. Instead, the team might as well choose an outside player and a striker to keep the lineup balanced.
Secondly, O 'Neill graduated from Louisiana State University while leitner graduated from Duke University. At that time, the assistant of the American men's basketball dream team was Duke University's coach K, so in the process of selecting candidates, he would certainly take care of some leitner of Duke University who he trained himself. Leitner does have some advantages over O 'Neill in terms of human feelings and relationships.
Furthermore, O 'Neill is a black player and leitner is a white player. At that time, most players in the American men's basketball dream team were black. In order to balance the ethnic proportion, it was indeed a reasonable choice to choose a white player to join the team.
Finally, the selection of Dream Team I at that time was also very particular about the brand endorsement of players. At that time, Jordan, Pippen and Buckley were all players under Nike, and leitner had just signed a contract with Nike, so Jordan certainly hoped that his younger brother leitner would be selected. After putting so much pressure on the national team, it is understandable that leitner was finally selected.
Of course, from the comparison of the final achievements of O 'Neill and leitner, O 'Neill is undoubtedly a greater player. Although he was not selected for the Dream Team 1, O 'Neill later completed his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal for his country in Dream Team 3!
Compared with the embarrassing situation that the Dream Team was rejected by many NBA big names, of course, at the beginning of the establishment of the Dream Team, most NBA superstars regarded being selected as an honor, and even Jordan used this team to retaliate against isiah thomas, the "smiling assassin" who once isolated himself. Everyone enters the dream team, but for NBA players, their quota is only 1 1, because there is still one quota to be reserved for a college student player who has just been selected for the NBA. So, here's the problem. Why did Dream Team 1 choose White leitner instead of No.1 O 'Neill when selecting college students? Ok, please listen to me and tell me in detail.
According to the college career data of O 'Neill and leitner 1992, O 'Neill entered the NBA as the No.1 scholar, while leitner was selected as a playboy by the Timberwolves. Let's take a look at the peak data of two-person universities first. As for O 'Neill, he averaged 2 1.6 points 13.5 rebounds in college and won the best college player in the United States twice. Statistically, O 'Neill is ahead of leitner, but in honor, O 'Neill is even worse. 199 1, 1992, leitner led Duke University to win the NCAA championship for two consecutive seasons, and he himself won the Wood Award and the naismith Prize. Therefore, although O 'Neill was a top scholar at that time, his advantages were not obvious.
Why did Dream Team 1 give up O 'Neill and choose White leitner? The first is the tactical needs of the team. At that time, david robinson and Ewing were members of the Dream Team. These two brothers are already top players in the NBA in inside hand-to-hand combat. They need a partner who can open up space for them, but O 'Neill doesn't have that long-range ability. On the contrary, leitner had already proved his long-range shooting ability in college.
Second, human relations. Coach K, Duke's old mentor in leitner, was then the teaching assistant of the Dream Team. Under the kind words of the mentor, leitner is more likely to enter the dream team than O 'Neill.
The third is the relationship between skin. This college student quota is a symbol of honor, and no one expects him to be a thigh. As a white man, leitner, who looks handsome, is undoubtedly more suitable for the Olympic Games than O 'Neill.
The fourth is leitner's character. Compared with O 'Neill's extroverted and pushy personality, leitner's personality is introverted, and he will not conflict with any star.
Finally, the reason is Nike, which is actually the main reason. There are many Nike spokesmen such as Jordan, Pippen and Buckley in the dream team. Without leitner, a fellow Nike player, Jordan and other players would probably refuse to play.
To sum up, although O 'Neill's achievements in the future have completely broken out in leitner, at that time, regardless of tactical characteristics, personality and other factors, leitner occupied all the advantages of climate, geographical location and human harmony, and O 'Neill's defeat became inevitable.
Everyone who gets that quota is destined to sit on the bench, just a spectator. As for why it is leitner, of course, it is because his school record is higher and he is the most dazzling one in Duke. At that time, the United States attached great importance to college basketball, so it chose leitner with the strongest team ability, not the shark with the strongest personal ability!
It's not a bad thing for sharks, because the two world competitions in 1994-96 made people really know bloodthirsty sharks!
As we all know, the dream team in the Olympic Games is invincible, among which the dream team has no rivals. At that time, the luxurious lineup could beat the opponent by more than 40 points per game, and did not study the opponent at all. As long as they participate in the competition, they will win the competition, and they will sign their opponents after the competition. Such a team is now recognized as the strongest dream team, and even the star-studded dream team 8 lost to this dream team. However, many fans will be surprised to see the lineup of Dream Team One, because Dream Team One has a special player, leitner. You know, this player couldn't make the NBA at that time, but he was able to make the list of Dream Team 1. Why? Next, I will lead you to unveil this mysterious veil.
At that time, the point guards of Dream Team 1 included Magic Johnson and stockton. These two players can be said to be indisputable. In the position of point guard, they have players like Jordan, drexler and Mu Lin. These three players also exist at the historical level. In the position of small forward, they are Byrd and Pippen, two players with balanced offense and defense. Ewing, david robinson, karl malone, Buckley and leitner are all in the positions of power forward and center. The first four people are almost uncontroversial, but why can leitner be selected? You know, leitner, as a college student player at that time, was not the best, because O 'Neill was the No.1 scholar, Mourning was the second, and leitner was the flower in the 1992 draft. Why didn't the Dream Team choose O 'Neill and leitner?
First of all, at that time, professional players had just been allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, so the dream team I chose a college student player. In fact, I didn't consider O 'Neill in the dream team at that time, because O 'Neill didn't have long-range shooting ability, and karl malone and Juventus both belonged to the same style as O 'Neill in the inside, so O 'Neill was not selected. Leitner has long-range shooting ability, so when considering college students, leitner was selected successfully, which is only one reason.
Another reason is that leitner is handsome. You know, every team will have a cover character, and leitner is the best candidate. Obviously, leitner's personable manner made him a "vase" of the dream team. Leitner actually didn't get much playing time on the court, just a substitute, just a facade of the dream team at that time. These two reasons are why Dream Team I chose leitner instead of O 'Neill, who later became the No.1 scholar.
As we all know, the dream team is the most powerful presence of the American team in the Olympic Games, especially the Dream Team 1, which has no rivals. At that time, luxury teams could beat their opponents by more than 40 points in each game, and did not study their opponents at all. As long as they play in the game, they will win and they will sign their opponents after the game. Such a team is now recognized as the strongest dream team, and even the star-studded dream team 8 lost to this dream team.
However, many fans will be surprised to see the lineup of Dream Team One, because Dream Team One has a special player-christian laettner. You know, this player couldn't make the NBA at that time, but he was able to make the list of Dream Team 1. Why? Today, I will lead you to unveil this mysterious veil.
Let's take a look at the lineup of Dream Team 1 at that time. The point guards are Magic Johnson and stockton. These two players are indisputable. Point guards include players like Jordan, drexler and Mullin. These three players also exist at the historical level. In the position of small forward, they are Bird and Pippen, two players with balanced offensive and defensive. Juve, david robinson, karl malone, Buckley and leitner have almost no dispute about the positions of power forward and center.
Christian laettner was just a college student player at that time, studying at Duke University, a famous American university that produced high-quality basketball players. Of course, he was also selected as a college player when he joined the dream team. Christian's selection was an "accident" in a sense. At that time, the American national men's basketball team wanted to choose a player from the university to participate in the Olympic Games. But they have many choices, not only Christianity, but O 'Neill is one of them. But in the American men's basketball team, there are already big coffee stars like Ewing and Robinson in the center position, so they turned their attention to Christian.
First of all, at that time, professional players had just been allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, so the dream team I chose a college student player. In fact, I didn't consider O 'Neill in the dream team at that time, because O 'Neill didn't have long-range shooting ability, and karl malone and Juventus both belonged to the same style as O 'Neill in the inside, so O 'Neill was not selected. Leitner has long-range shooting ability, so when considering college students, leitner was selected successfully, which is only one reason.
Another reason is that leitner is handsome. You know, every team will have a cover character, and leitner is the best candidate. Obviously, leitner's personable manner made him a "vase" of the dream team. Leitner actually didn't get much playing time on the court, just a substitute, just a facade of the dream team at that time. These two reasons are why Dream Team I chose leitner instead of O 'Neill, who later became the No.1 scholar.
Later in his NBA career, leitner played for Timberwolves, Eagles, Pistons, Mavericks, Wizards and Heat, and was selected as an NBA All-Star from 65438 to 0997. Moreover, leitner and O 'Neill can also be regarded as a pair of enemies. Both of them are inside players and have played 24 times before and after their careers. However, Shark scored a crushing record of 2 1 win and 3 losses. He averaged 28+ 12+3 per game, while leitner only scored 13.8 points and 6.8 rebounds. It can be said that shaquille o'neal can easily crush leitner.
Although his career achievement is far less than O 'Neill's, leitner also played 13 seasons in the league, averaging 12.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists. He is a member of the legendary dream team and was an NBA All-Star at his peak. Such a career has been successful enough.
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Anyway, we want a soy sauce maker, a champion to go, O 'Neill to quit, and a representative of the university league.
No matter who the dream team chooses as the center, it will not change the outcome. Too strong, the inside has no advantage, and the outside can be angry. Jordan, point guard Johnson, stockton, Buckley and karl malone are all power forwards, while Byrd, Pippen, Ewing and Robinson are small forwards, so let's not talk about others. These few can blow up any national team.
In order to balance the game