The question people like to bring up, is could those players play in today's NBA. And the answer is 100 percent YES. With today's rules protecting the players, those guys would have no problem. The bigger question is, could today's players play then.....when a HARD foul knocking you into the 2nd row was just a common foul.
This absolutely was a big deal. I was so excited being a die hard Magic guy to see him play with Larry. The excitement was unheard of especially with the fact they murdered everybody and it was still fun to watch lol
Malone & Mullin literally said on the video you just watched that it didn’t matter if you called them last and the other said he didn’t care who else was on the team. Robinson being from the Navy and not getting gold would have played no matter what.
You’re being far too nice. He was a dirty player and he didn’t need to be. He was vindictive when they were losing and they cheap shotted people, but he was their ring leader
Regarding Isiah not being chosen, I tend to think it was an NBA executive decision. The team would be representing the USA to the world. They wanted the players to be good ambassadors for our country. Notice how they were even concerned about Barkley, and for good reason. Barkley caused an incident due to a dirty foul. He later made up for it by befriending the players on the opposing teams. The NBA did not want their players to be viewed as thugs on the court.
No doubt Isiah was good enough to be part of this group. But they weren't just picking individuals. They were picking a team. Isiah would have been poison to the team chemistry, if they even got half these guys to play with him at all.
@@JameenODHipHopNews That Miracle on Ice HBO documentary is so good. Arguably better than the Magic Bird doc and that was one was excellent. I will say: Prior to 1979, a defender could use their hand to impede the progress of the offensive player. That is why in the 1960's the pace of play was so fast. If you dribbled the ball long enough you would get handchecked and be forced to turn the ball over so you had to keep the ball moving faster. Expansion slowed the pace of play and then in 1979 you were no longer allowed to extend your hand to control the movement of another player. Prior to 1995, you could not keep your hand on an offensive player for an "extended" time unless it was in the post. However, a hand that was contacting the offensive player for not an "extended" time was permitted meaning the "hand check" existed though in a more limited fashion. Prior to 2004 hand checking was illegal from the baseline to the opposite foul line.....also you could not defend a player in the low post with an extended hand (needed to use arm)....and could not use your leg to root out an offensive player posting up. Prior to and Today.....any contact by a defender to an offensive player with their hand is considered a foul. The reason I contend very few players in today's league would not have been able to play professionally during Bird and Magic's era is because you not only needed the skills to get off your shot but you also needed the strength to get off your shot while being hand checked. And by comparison today's players are weak....or as Kobe would say "Charmin Soft"!
Two things I want to mention. It wasn't the first time professionals played, it was the first time American Professionals played in the Olympics. Other world countries had been allowed to use professionals but America wasn't until this time. Our college kids had always had to play against their pros and we would still beat them until we lost the gold a couple of times because the rest of the world had caught up to American college players with their professionals. The 2nd thing is that this is not the entire documentary. Please check out the real one which is longer in length.
I remember watching the U. S. lose basketball in the 88 olympics . I was devistated that we lost. When they decided to let the U.S. use our professionals, like the rest of the world already did. I was so excited. I knew the rest of the world was in trouble! As far as Thomas, Actions have consequences.
Yep! You can’t treat everybody like crap and think it won’t come back to bite you. Racially motivated comments about Bird, homophonic comments about Magic and dirty play vs Jordan.
The excitement for me in 92 with the dream team was watching Magic and Bird have one last great thing at the end of their careers. MJ was the cherry on top. I still remember it like it was yesterday. Had a dream team shirt and everything. That’s all we talked about in every class every day at school. Magical time
It was a very smart move to leave Isaiah Thomas off of that team. You've got a lot of egos, a lot of anxiety over this first time situation at the Olympics and you don't want a divisive person in that mix. At that point Isaiah Thomas had definitely kicked three of the biggest players in the league right in the nuts...and it was still fresh.
You made me laugh so hard with the kick in the nuts comment. You are absolutely right. I think they all probably agree to keep him off & Scottie didn’t mind saying he didn’t want him.
Jordan told Daly the only way he would play is if Isaiah didn't. Jordan despised him for being a dirty player and what they did to him physically during those years. And then to leave the court early in game 7 when the Bulls finally dethroned them, without acknowledging them or shaking hands and congratulating them. That was the perverbial straw for Michael. The rest is history as they say! Best team ever assembled in ANY sport EVER
Unfortunately for Isiah, he made a lot of enemies in the NBA, and teams don’t work if the players don’t like each other. He wasn’t thinking ahead and he was expendable… who was the more important superstar? MJ/Magic/Larry or Isiah?
The very fabric of the Olympics is competition yes, but the competition backbone is sportsmanship. You do not send someone to represent your country who exhibits poor sportmanship qualities which Isiah did. Most reactors miss the part about the Olympic committee making the ultimate decision in not selecting him. It wasn't just MJ. Scottie didn't want him on the team either but the final selection process was the committee's decision so props on catching that. There's a short Larry Bird video that has over 3 million views titled "The Best Larry Bird REVENGE Story Ever Told" about him and Bill Laimbeer. Larry literally had hate for that guy and watching that video you can see why. Plus the revenge part is satisfying. Great reaction.
Not only did Thomas egg on his teammates to go after guys in ways that literally could have ruined their careers but he agreed with Rodman saying that “if Bird were black he’d just be another dude.” When asked about Magic’s sexual preference he kind of insinuated things and then of course ducking off the court earlier. That doesn’t even count “The Freeze Out Game.”
That's what I was coming on here to say. Isiah egged on Bill Laimbeer, who purposely went after Larry's broken back. And did Bill ever pay for it. I still remember the refs standing with their arms folded while Bird beat Bill to a pulp. As Kevin McHale said, "He deserved it." To this day, Laimbeer has no remorse for purposely hurting players.
It is not just Thomas. Rodman was not on it. Dumars was not on it. That is just from the Detroit team. Several other stars did not make it as well. Only 12 spots. Some greats just had to be left off.
Rodman had no business on that team. When the roster was picked Rodman had made one All Star game as a reserve A Drem Team doesn't need a guy who couldn't hit the backboard attempting a free throw. They had guys who could rebound AND score AND not make racist comments every time they get smoked by a slow white guy. You might want to look at Rodmans stats from 87-91. Thanks for the laugh though
The 92 Dream Team transcended Basketball worldwide. How? They showed the ENTIRE world how to play Above the Rim. Period point blank! Stop me when I'm lying
i was watching nba in the middle to late 80s already and im from germany, but after 92 and the dream team ALL my friends were fans of the nba afterwards! it was huge for bb on a global level. i could never afford jordans, but my friends were already working and after 92 they all wore jordans.
This is the full version: ruclips.net/video/Wsk_Xmu5FYk/видео.htmlsi=Ayi4MKgraAOeefSS It is 1hr and 8 mins. It includes everything as far as a I know. There is a shorter version out there that doesn’t include the practices against the college guys.
Yah. As others have said… Legend and Magic not only saved the NBA as a business, you’re left with the inescapable conclusion they WERE the NBA. Look up “NBA” on Wikipedia, they should just have two pictures there: Magic and Larry. They had to step down and make room for the next generation, of course (and were happy to do it), but let’s be clear: they WERE the NBA in every measure of the acronym.
6:41 the professionals from other countries had state ‘jobs’ such as police officers or soldiers but it was an open secret that they were paid to play basketball.
MJ was the best player in the league at that point by far. And the biggest star on the planet. I was so looking forward to him destroying everybody just like he did in the NBA. He didn't. His shooting was very cold. He looked disinterested. Very disappointing. Yet we find out that when he wanted to prove himself when Magic challenged him in practice, he showed everybody he's the new sheriff in town. But not int he games themselves. It was Charles Barkley who emerged as the most effective player of the Dream Team. By far. They would actually have been in trouble against a couple of teams without him!
Pistons were rough no doubt but I can tell you as a knick fan, Knicks would goon people too in the 90's. Miami heat also. The league was tough back then. Esp the east. Detroit won titles so they got the attention over it.
glad that you mentioned this. People always think that it was just the Pistons but it was also the Knicks, Pacers and others that were very rough. Other teams like the Celtics weren't afraid to play rough in the 80s too
@@BenjaminBilyeu-jm3tc Pistons also got targeted because they were the Jordan foil for a couple of yrs and knocking him to the ground. MJ was the golden child. Thing is if you watch full reg season games of the pistons then, most were pretty normal. You still only get 6 fouls and Laimbeer almost never fouled out. They were a very good basketball team. Not just "thugs" as history portrays them
Watch "Miracle" - the documentary of the USA Olympic Gold Medal win in hockey at Lake Placid (NY), USA. It is considered the greatest USA sports accomplishment in history. The reason being - the Soviet Union had won 4 consecutive Olympic Gold medals with a team that, by all accounts (except the Soviets') was made up of professionals. They dominated the hockey world like no other team had ever done. Team USA that year, like all others before, were made up entirely of college and university players. Coach Herb Brooks taught this team to play a new style of hockey that could not only compete with, but actually beat the Russians. It is the most inspirational story in US sports history. Like Herb Brooks, Chuck Daly was able to take a group of the most talented individual players on the planet and mold them into a cohesive unit that actually played unselfish, team basketball. The reason why the "Dream Team" was so revered was the way they played together. Magic and Bird set the tone, and MJ was the undisputed team leader. But everyone on that amazing roster contributed to a string of resounding wins the likes that will never be seen again in our lifetimes!
"Isiah Thomas was not selected for the "Dream Team" in the 1992 Olympics primarily because of a strained relationship with Michael Jordan, with many believing that Jordan's influence led to Thomas' exclusion from the team due to their past rivalries and a particularly contentious playoff series where the Detroit Pistons, led by Thomas, were perceived to have acted poorly against the Bulls, including not shaking hands after a loss; this is widely considered the main reason for Thomas being left off the team despite his impressive basketball career."
Here is a video you may want to supplement this with. 10 Minutes of LARRY BIRD And MAGIC JOHNSON Dropping Dimes For The USA DREAM TEAM! ruclips.net/video/XM_hWbVx6SE/видео.html
You should check out the "Miracle on Ice". It was when our college kids beat the Soviets Red Army Team. It was like college kids beating the Dream Team.
No this was the first time the U.S. A. Allowed professional players to play. Other countries had pro players from different leagues around the world. The USA got tired of these pro's beating up on our college boys.
As a UK grad and fan for the past 30 years of my fifty-some-odd, it still pains me to watch that Laetner shot. I have almost come around on Christian...almost. 😂
Deserving or not NOBODY wanted Isaiah Thomas in the team, not just Jordan!! If he would have been on the team there's no way they would have been as great as they were because of the toxic energy that came with Isaiah Thomas!!! Whereas skills and abilities are concerned Isaiah Thomas was possibly the best PG in the NBA at the time but the toxic negativity he was saddled with made him the worst option of all of the greatest players!! It sucks for Isaiah Thomas for sure but the only person to blame for that was himself because his ego took a gut punch because the city of Chicago loves Jordan more than they did and do Isaiah Thomas even though Thomas was born and raised in Chicago!!! So his ego cost him a spot on the Dream Team so people need to quit blaming the NBA (especially Jordan)!! Nobody told Isaiah's sensitive ass to start trying to end Jordan's, Bird's or any of the other greats careers!! Nobody told Isaiah's sensitive ass to tell his team to walk off of the court before the game was over because Jordan's Bulls finally beat the Pistons and not just beat them but swept the Pistons!!! That's why they left him off the team!!! It was himself (not Jordan) that blocked him from being in that team
Bill Laimbeer was looking to INJURE his opponents. That was not a different style of play, or playing physical. It was cheating, and it was playing with the livelihood of these players. And they took that personally. Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer were super dislikable despite Isiah's immense talent. Mahorn was a Karl Malone type who flirted at the edge of being dirty but it was tough to tell as he was just big and strong. Rodman was really good at defense and didn't need to be dirty. On the other side of the spectrum, John Sally had a fun personality and Joe Dumars was a gentleman. Not all Pistons had a bad reputation.
I'm enjoying your reactions to these documentaries. Please accept this suggestion for you to consider. I'm not sure why you're breaking up these videos. I know, at least for me, I'd rather see you reaction at one time. If, for some reason, it benefits you to break them down into these short videos, please consider uploading them all at the same time so us viewers can finish watching the whole reaction. And, if that's not something you want to do, perhaps at least title them so we know that this is not a full reaction. Maybe "Reaction 1 of 4" or something. That way, we don't watch the reaction and it just ends and the next part (which we don't know if it will be the rest of the reaction or how many more you will be breaking them into), is not uploaded yet. So, we end up waiting days to watch one reaction. Again, I really would hate if this is taken wrong, I'm just trying to express frustration from this viewers point of view. To have to maybe have your second or third or fourth video of the same reaction come up on my feed or remember that "oh yeah, I was watching that great reaction....I should try to find the next one he did", is something that may not happen. I'm sure some people like shorter videos but, again at least for me, if I am sitting down to watch a reaction to a documentary, I know it will be longer. And, if I only have 20 minutes, I'll just stop it and come back to it. But again, if it helps your RUclips metrics to do several videos, please at least upload them at the same time so we can just watch back to back or title them so we know how many there are (and how many of those are uploaded) before we commit to watching. It's more fun to watch your great reactions at one time rather than breaking that over the course of several days. Just my opinion and I hope it comes across as intended. Again, love your attitude and reactions and your channel very much.
This was a GREAT SUGGESTION!! The part 1 of 4.. this was a great idea. The reason I do post on different days is because I don’t get to finish the whole documentary & I am a single father so that’s why I put out 2 video a day to try & give the most I can. I really do appreciate the advice & will use that. I’m using it now for this documentary!! I appreciate you & if you have any other documentaries that you want to see me react to.. I will get to it! & any advice you have.. please don’t be shy to tell me!! Be bless
Majority of the players did not want Isiah Thomas on the team, not just Jordan and Pippen. Bird, Malone, Stockton, and Barkley also voiced their opinions. Look up the brawl with Barkley and Lambeer a couple years prior when Barkley was still with the 76ers. In that game, Isiah Thomas swings several times at Rick Mahorn's face. And Mahorn holds him back with one hand while holding the ball in the other, smiling the whole time. Isiah was a prick.
I find the controversy over pro players in the Olympics laughable. America's amateurs had been competing against Soviet bloc countries' pros for decades (which is why Russia and East Germany always won the majority of events.
Isaiah always loved Larry, and Larry had no beef with him. Michael never said he wouldn't play with Isaiah. The only really dirty player was Lambeer . Trying to deliberately injure opponents is beyond despicable. They all know they'll get hit during games, but Lambeer never left a game without seriously injuring players in ways that weren't the typical elbow or hard hit. He aimed to land on ankles, and piled on if a players fell on a foul, pretending he'd fallen accidently as well. This is what Isaiah encouraged. Lambeer actually broke Isaiah's ribs with a cheap shot just before Isaiah was set to retire. Karma. The best players, especially if teammates, got together after retirement and showed up at the same events. Think anyone ever bothered with Lambeer after he retired? Think he was offered endorsements or was idolized by fans? Guess that's his karma.
Isiah wasn't even the one that SHOULD have made it. He wasn't even all NBA that year. If anything, it should have been Tim Hardaway. Zeke wasn't even third team all NBA that season or the season prior. The media and Isiah himself are the only reason that's an issue, IMO.
Regardless of Isaiahs talent. The Dream team needed to be comprised of not only the most talented players but also players that would be good ambassadors for the US. And the way that Isaiah ( and the Pistons) snubbed his nose not only at other players and teams but the NBA itself in the way that they played and thir "sportsmanship " ( ie, walking off the court before the game was over ) did not bode well for him being chosen as an ambassador to represent the US....
Reverse time American NBA players played in the Olympics for years the Europeans and the Russians had their players who were professionals play in the Olympics
Redeem Team?? 😆 If so great, why did they need redemption?🤦♀🤦♂ Dream Team facts: The members of the Dream Team combined for 23 NBA championship rings! The Dream Team roster combined for 15 NBA MVP awards! When the NBA at 50 released its top 50 players of all time, a total of 10 members of the Dream Team made that list. The only players that were not on the top 50 were Chris Mullin and Christian Laettner. The 12 players on the Dream Team combined for 117 NBA All-Star Game appearances! Jordan and Malone led the way with 14 appearances each over their entire careers. Eight of the top 50 NBA scorers of all time played on the Dream Team. That list includes Karl Malone (36,928), Jordan (32,292), Patrick Ewing (24,815), Charles Barkley (23,757), Clyde Drexler (22,195), Larry Bird (21,791), David Robinson (20,790) and John Stockton (19,711).
I get it.. I knew I would get some push back. I say everything I feel in real time. Thoughts flutter my mind so fast but I want to be honest with you guys as much as I possibly can. There are reasons that I will go over that are very huge differences between then & now. & I can not ignore those differences because I feel that they play a huge part
@@JameenODHipHopNews Really tho? The "bigger, stronger" narrative is so corny.. Mike and Clyde had over 46 inch verticals and ran 4.4 forties. MJ had a full foot advantage on Kobe's vert! The Mailman would manhandle Delicate Dwight and 6'5" 245lb Chuck would run circles around him. Magic and Bird have the 1st and second highest WIN percentage in NBA history! Stockton is the NBA's all-time Steals and Assists leader with over 3715 more assists and 581 more steals than Kidd!👀👀 MJ, 'nough said. sry Kobe. David Robinson was a freakish athlete at 7'2' of pure muscle. Mullins, Bird and Stocks were dead eye shooters from anywhere! Pippen or MJ could lock down any Redeemer. The Dream Team were much better as team players, the Redeem Team had too many chefs in the kitchen. P.S. D Wade got a bronze in Athens?? what?? a bronze?? MJ got GOLD in 1984! LeBron's international play record is a joke. It's a reason why they got that name.
@@JameenODHipHopNews I don't mean my comments to sound condescending. I think you're an intelligent, open minded young man who thinks really deeply about this great game of NBA basketball. I just think it's really easy to get trapped in the now, recency bias makes it easy to forget the greatness of the past. I always had MJ as the GOAT. I have to say though, since COVID with all this LB facts and information coming out on RUclips, I have a whole new understanding of how amazing Larry Legend really was.
They wanted the chemistry, IT would've ruined it. He's a good dude now, but wasnt back then. It wasnt just those 3 that didnt want him on the team. Yes he deserved it talent wise, but having good chemistry is important. Plus having Jordan was most important to the higher ups and he HATED Thomas.
John Stockton was very arguably a better PG than Thomas at that time. And Daly knew that Zeke would be a distraction and divisive player after all that went down with Larry, Magic, and others not long before that. You're looking at this from a distance. At the time, it was the correct call, by his own coach. There are multiple articles in newspapers and magazines of the time addressing this. Isiah needs to stop playing the victim. He knows full well that Bird saved his career with that joint press conference Larry gave to say, "I don't care what he said." But he also said the distraction of having to deal with the fallout of Dennis's and Isiah's comments likely cost him his last chance at a championship. Magic was gracious to forgive him at all. And Thomas WAS a dirty player. He enjoyed stirring the pot and paid for it.
Everyone knew the pistons played dirty. That wasn’t why he wasn’t included. He was considered a gossip and a shit stirrer and he did most of those guys really dirty in real life!!! He told secrets in folks and back room info. In those days, you DID NOT do that
Saying the rest of the world “was not caught up” is an inaccurate narrative. Basketball has been an Olympic sport since 1936. Looking at the rosters of the top teams in 1992, they look a lot like the top teams from 2024 in terms of star leadership and talent. The 92 Dream Team was just that good, and in their primes except for Bird really. Not a lot of foreign players in the NBA? There were a lot of different reasons for that in the 80’s into the 90’s, lack of skill was not the primary reason. There were less teams, 12 man rosters (not 18 like today). No internet for scouting,Cold War politics. Two people just as examples: Arvydas Sabonis was drafted in 1986 but didn’t go to the NBA until 1995. Toni Kukoc was drafted in 1990 but didn’t go until 1994. Both of these guys competed in the 92 Olympics but were not NBA players at the time.
yep the world def. caught up if it wasnt for curry hitting those 3's at the end of the gold medal match france would of taken it FRANCE are u kidding me granted theyhad wemby and gobert but still
You Know I Like You, But It Looks Like Your Going To Turn This Into 4-Parts, Which Is Ridiculous To Me, Even When Other Reactors Have Done It. This Really Should Be A 2-Part, Just Please Keep This Down To 3-Parts.
@@JameenODHipHopNews You Can Speak, We Like That Part. But Do You Just Limit Yourself 20-Something Minutes Only On A Video. It's Fine With Us If Go To 45-Minutes, That Way You Have 30-Minutes & Go Ahead & Put Your Reaction In 10 To 15 Minutes. We All Enjoy Your Insite.
The Dream Team didn't need Zeke. Zeke is better than Stockton. But they chose Stockton and harmony over Zeke and his rifts with Bird, Jordan and Magic. Zeke was the ring leader of a very tough and very dirty team. Questioning Magic Johnsons sexuality rather than showing concern for his friend was the last straw. Bird cried and returned Magics call and behaved like a friend. Zeke called Magics agent and was more concerned if Magic was gay, rather than offering any support. Why do they need to honor Zeke and risk chemistry issues. It's one thing to play tough and another to try to injure people. I don't think anyone wanted Zeke on the team. There was a lot of ignorance surrounding the virus at the onset. By 1991 Zeke should have known better than to believe the virus was only transferable between two men and if he was a real friend even that shouldn't matter. Zeke got what was coming and he was left off the team.
If you want to build the best team you can get you need players that you think you can form into a unit. You probably can´t do that with one of the most hated players in the league and everybody in charge knew. Besides, I have Isiah on my all time top 5 point guard list but he is neither above Magic or Stockton, so that decision to leave him out was fine on two accounts.
Some countries like the communist countries didn't necessarily count their players as pros because their government paid them. Think about this. If Isiah had been on the team, people could have said he was given favoritism by his coach. And to be honest, I think the bad boy Pistons could also be a little of the reason why the rules were changed later. And I am not against the Pistons. They were my father's favorite team probably because we live in Michigan. Laimbeer was hated by a lot of players for good reason and he didn't care. He had absolutely no regrets or conscience for damaging people on purpose. Like causing Parish to sprain his ankle on at least one occasion.
4 Reasons this is the BEST team EVER.. CHEMISTRY (Magic and Bird are your LEADERS?.. you got NO CHOICE but to fall in line and share the rock) Defense, perimeter (Jordan, Pippen, Drexler and stockton the all time steals leader) AND interior (Prime Ewing and David Robinson? no way) INTERIOR offense PRIME Michael Jordan
Isiah wouldnt have worked in team chemistry because of some of the anmosity we all know. The leaugue knew Jordan wouldnt join if Isiah was on squad so why he was told before. Isiah the player yeah belongs on the team. Isiah on this team of players wouldnt work. They wanted Jordan in Olympics. This is Isiahs doing and and unfair in his skills as a player
Bad boy pistons did not help the NBA! Bad boy style of basketball is unsustainable. … as sport and entertainment. Star players being injured would not be beneficial on any level. That’s why the league introduced the “ flagrant foul“ rule.
Isiah did not belong on the team you send to represent your country, plus who would you replace with that angry tiny man. He would have been the bad seed that did not belong on the dream team.
This is the wrong Documentary. This is the condensed version. This is only half the story and missing all the good parts. Just like you watched the Bird and Magic in parts, the real documentary is in three parts. So I can’t watch this, it’s like a paragraph of a book 📖. And saying you read it 🤨
@@JameenODHipHopNewsFrom what I can see from various sources, the full documentary is 1 hour and 8 1/2 minutes long. If that is what you are using, you should be good.
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Isiah was a great point guard no disputing that. His attitude kept him off the dream team.
magic and bird _WERE_ the 80's in basketball. period.
Facts!! They saved the NBA & led the way into expanding it‼️ people need to consider that as well!!
The greatest team ever in any sport ❤
The question people like to bring up, is could those players play in today's NBA. And the answer is 100 percent YES. With today's rules protecting the players, those guys would have no problem. The bigger question is, could today's players play then.....when a HARD foul knocking you into the 2nd row was just a common foul.
This absolutely was a big deal. I was so excited being a die hard Magic guy to see him play with Larry. The excitement was unheard of especially with the fact they murdered everybody and it was still fun to watch lol
AGAIN!!! Magic and Bird saved the NBA
They truly did!! They did it twice! Not only that.. but help expand the NBA‼️
Malone & Mullin literally said on the video you just watched that it didn’t matter if you called them last and the other said he didn’t care who else was on the team. Robinson being from the Navy and not getting gold would have played no matter what.
there is no doubt whatsoever that they were the best ever.
Jordan and Pippen hates Thomas, Bird didn’t like him and he had the Rodman comments and dirty play, and he openly questioned Magic’s sexuality.
You’re being far too nice. He was a dirty player and he didn’t need to be. He was vindictive when they were losing and they cheap shotted people, but he was their ring leader
Hey Man, It’s Isiah Thomas Own Fault That He Wasn’t On The Dream ! He’s Has No One To Blame But Himself!!!!!!!
Regarding Isiah not being chosen, I tend to think it was an NBA executive decision. The team would be representing the USA to the world. They wanted the players to be good ambassadors for our country. Notice how they were even concerned about Barkley, and for good reason. Barkley caused an incident due to a dirty foul. He later made up for it by befriending the players on the opposing teams.
The NBA did not want their players to be viewed as thugs on the court.
No doubt Isiah was good enough to be part of this group. But they weren't just picking individuals. They were picking a team. Isiah would have been poison to the team chemistry, if they even got half these guys to play with him at all.
Great reaction again bro..
Yessir..you nailed it .
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Watch the "Miracle on Ice" doc, Jameen, to see how that "American amateur"/"Soviet professional" grift operated.
I will do that! Just give me a bit of time.. have the pistols documentary & then the what is a woman documentary to do
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That Miracle on Ice HBO documentary is so good. Arguably better than the Magic Bird doc and that was one was excellent.
I will say:
Prior to 1979, a defender could use their hand to impede the progress of the offensive player.
That is why in the 1960's the pace of play was so fast. If you dribbled the ball long enough you would get handchecked and be forced to turn the ball over so you had to keep the ball moving faster. Expansion slowed the pace of play and then in 1979 you were no longer allowed to extend your hand to control the movement of another player.
Prior to 1995, you could not keep your hand on an offensive player for an "extended" time unless it was in the post. However, a hand that was contacting the offensive player for not an "extended" time was permitted meaning the "hand check" existed though in a more limited fashion.
Prior to 2004 hand checking was illegal from the baseline to the opposite foul line.....also you could not defend a player in the low post with an extended hand (needed to use arm)....and could not use your leg to root out an offensive player posting up.
Prior to and Today.....any contact by a defender to an offensive player with their hand is considered a foul.
The reason I contend very few players in today's league would not have been able to play professionally during Bird and Magic's era is because you not only needed the skills to get off your shot but you also needed the strength to get off your shot while being hand checked. And by comparison today's players are weak....or as Kobe would say "Charmin Soft"!
I was chomping at the bit for you reaction on the 92 Dream Team. I really liked your reaction to The Courtship of Rivals.
Two things I want to mention. It wasn't the first time professionals played, it was the first time American Professionals played in the Olympics. Other world countries had been allowed to use professionals but America wasn't until this time. Our college kids had always had to play against their pros and we would still beat them until we lost the gold a couple of times because the rest of the world had caught up to American college players with their professionals. The 2nd thing is that this is not the entire documentary. Please check out the real one which is longer in length.
magic is the one who talked bird into playing
I remember watching the U. S. lose basketball in the 88 olympics . I was devistated that we lost. When they decided to let the U.S. use our professionals, like the rest of the world already did. I was so excited. I knew the rest of the world was in trouble! As far as Thomas, Actions have consequences.
Yep! You can’t treat everybody like crap and think it won’t come back to bite you. Racially motivated comments about Bird, homophonic comments about Magic and dirty play vs Jordan.
@@seanmulligan3037 It was dirty play vs everybody.
I like Isiah. He was a great player. But they needed this very group to mesh the way it did.
The excitement for me in 92 with the dream team was watching Magic and Bird have one last great thing at the end of their careers. MJ was the cherry on top. I still remember it like it was yesterday. Had a dream team shirt and everything. That’s all we talked about in every class every day at school. Magical time
1992.. I was 26... remember it like yesterday
Using pros was against the Olympic rules. Other countries ignored these rules while America was held to the standard. This year we said F it.
It was a very smart move to leave Isaiah Thomas off of that team. You've got a lot of egos, a lot of anxiety over this first time situation at the Olympics and you don't want a divisive person in that mix. At that point Isaiah Thomas had definitely kicked three of the biggest players in the league right in the nuts...and it was still fresh.
You made me laugh so hard with the kick in the nuts comment. You are absolutely right. I think they all probably agree to keep him off & Scottie didn’t mind saying he didn’t want him.
Jordan told Daly the only way he would play is if Isaiah didn't. Jordan despised him for being a dirty player and what they did to him physically during those years. And then to leave the court early in game 7 when the Bulls finally dethroned them, without acknowledging them or shaking hands and congratulating them. That was the perverbial straw for Michael. The rest is history as they say! Best team ever assembled in ANY sport EVER
YEAH MAN, BOTH WERE ON THEIR WAY OUT THE RETIREMENT DOOR, YOU'RE RIGHT JAMEEN, AMAZINGGGG HUH! 💯😊
Never called a timeout or trailed . Think about that .
Unfortunately for Isiah, he made a lot of enemies in the NBA, and teams don’t work if the players don’t like each other. He wasn’t thinking ahead and he was expendable… who was the more important superstar? MJ/Magic/Larry or Isiah?
The very fabric of the Olympics is competition yes, but the competition backbone is sportsmanship. You do not send someone to represent your country who exhibits poor sportmanship qualities which Isiah did. Most reactors miss the part about the Olympic committee making the ultimate decision in not selecting him. It wasn't just MJ. Scottie didn't want him on the team either but the final selection process was the committee's decision so props on catching that. There's a short Larry Bird video that has over 3 million views titled "The Best Larry Bird REVENGE Story Ever Told" about him and Bill Laimbeer. Larry literally had hate for that guy and watching that video you can see why. Plus the revenge part is satisfying. Great reaction.
Yes. Love that one.
All the other countries were using the equivalent of pros- the best-of-the-best.
We were sending our best(?) college players, prior to 1992.
Ok, I understand. We were still beating them right? Except for the last 2 years if I am correct.
Not only did Thomas egg on his teammates to go after guys in ways that literally could have ruined their careers but he agreed with Rodman saying that “if Bird were black he’d just be another dude.” When asked about Magic’s sexual preference he kind of insinuated things and then of course ducking off the court earlier. That doesn’t even count “The Freeze Out Game.”
That's what I was coming on here to say. Isiah egged on Bill Laimbeer, who purposely went after Larry's broken back. And did Bill ever pay for it. I still remember the refs standing with their arms folded while Bird beat Bill to a pulp. As Kevin McHale said, "He deserved it." To this day, Laimbeer has no remorse for purposely hurting players.
It is not just Thomas. Rodman was not on it. Dumars was not on it. That is just from the Detroit team. Several other stars did not make it as well. Only 12 spots. Some greats just had to be left off.
Dominique Wilkins was the one I really wanted to see on there. Sadly, he was still recovering from a serious injury.
Rodman had no business on that team. When the roster was picked Rodman had made one All Star game as a reserve
A Drem Team doesn't need a guy who couldn't hit the backboard attempting a free throw. They had guys who could rebound AND score AND not make racist comments every time they get smoked by a slow white guy.
You might want to look at Rodmans stats from 87-91.
Thanks for the laugh though
Hurry get second part out! Too short ❤
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The 92 Dream Team transcended Basketball worldwide. How? They showed the ENTIRE world how to play Above the Rim. Period point blank! Stop me when I'm lying
You ain’t lied!!!!! I agree 100000000000 percent
Yes. We were that far ahead in basketball.
I HATED the Pistons, especially Bill Laimbeer. There’s a video about his dirty play. He actually tried to injure guys.
Dirty Laimbeer. He had the worst attitude
Don't you think it a bit fitting that he had only one time as a coach/or assistant coach for NBA and had to go to the WNBA to get coaching jobs.
@ yes. hahaha
The other countries always fielded professional players. US sent college kids.
Still the greatest team ever assembled
i was watching nba in the middle to late 80s already and im from germany, but after 92 and the dream team ALL my friends were fans of the nba afterwards! it was huge for bb on a global level. i could never afford jordans, but my friends were already working and after 92 they all wore jordans.
This is the full version: ruclips.net/video/Wsk_Xmu5FYk/видео.htmlsi=Ayi4MKgraAOeefSS
It is 1hr and 8 mins. It includes everything as far as a I know. There is a shorter version out there that doesn’t include the practices against the college guys.
MJ 🐐 there is nobody even come close
Yah. As others have said… Legend and Magic not only saved the NBA as a business, you’re left with the inescapable conclusion they WERE the NBA. Look up “NBA” on Wikipedia, they should just have two pictures there: Magic and Larry. They had to step down and make room for the next generation, of course (and were happy to do it), but let’s be clear: they WERE the NBA in every measure of the acronym.
I went to school right down the road from you at Bowling Green 😊
6:41 the professionals from other countries had state ‘jobs’ such as police officers or soldiers but it was an open secret that they were paid to play basketball.
MJ was the best player in the league at that point by far. And the biggest star on the planet. I was so looking forward to him destroying everybody just like he did in the NBA. He didn't. His shooting was very cold. He looked disinterested. Very disappointing. Yet we find out that when he wanted to prove himself when Magic challenged him in practice, he showed everybody he's the new sheriff in town. But not int he games themselves. It was Charles Barkley who emerged as the most effective player of the Dream Team. By far. They would actually have been in trouble against a couple of teams without him!
Isiah being there likely would've mended bridges.....
Which means 'someone- didn't want him there.
MJ
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Everyone else
Pistons were rough no doubt but I can tell you as a knick fan, Knicks would goon people too in the 90's. Miami heat also. The league was tough back then. Esp the east. Detroit won titles so they got the attention over it.
glad that you mentioned this. People always think that it was just the Pistons but it was also the Knicks, Pacers and others that were very rough. Other teams like the Celtics weren't afraid to play rough in the 80s too
@@BenjaminBilyeu-jm3tc Pistons also got targeted because they were the Jordan foil for a couple of yrs and knocking him to the ground. MJ was the golden child. Thing is if you watch full reg season games of the pistons then, most were pretty normal. You still only get 6 fouls and Laimbeer almost never fouled out. They were a very good basketball team. Not just "thugs" as history portrays them
Watching those guys play was like watching the Harlem globetrotters
Who you want if Isaiah gets picked and jordan drops out?
Watch "Miracle" - the documentary of the USA Olympic Gold Medal win in hockey at Lake Placid (NY), USA. It is considered the greatest USA sports accomplishment in history. The reason being - the Soviet Union had won 4 consecutive Olympic Gold medals with a team that, by all accounts (except the Soviets') was made up of professionals. They dominated the hockey world like no other team had ever done. Team USA that year, like all others before, were made up entirely of college and university players. Coach Herb Brooks taught this team to play a new style of hockey that could not only compete with, but actually beat the Russians. It is the most inspirational story in US sports history. Like Herb Brooks, Chuck Daly was able to take a group of the most talented individual players on the planet and mold them into a cohesive unit that actually played unselfish, team basketball. The reason why the "Dream Team" was so revered was the way they played together. Magic and Bird set the tone, and MJ was the undisputed team leader. But everyone on that amazing roster contributed to a string of resounding wins the likes that will never be seen again in our lifetimes!
No professionals from America. Other countries paid professionals to compete against us.
European players are paid but still amateurs,they are of the same age with the usa players,for example,Luka at 17 is already a paid player ❤❤❤
"Isiah Thomas was not selected for the "Dream Team" in the 1992 Olympics primarily because of a strained relationship with Michael Jordan, with many believing that Jordan's influence led to Thomas' exclusion from the team due to their past rivalries and a particularly contentious playoff series where the Detroit Pistons, led by Thomas, were perceived to have acted poorly against the Bulls, including not shaking hands after a loss; this is widely considered the main reason for Thomas being left off the team despite his impressive basketball career."
Bird , magic and Boris
The Olympic athletes were supposed to be amateur, but not all participants would abide by these rules.
In my opinion the 92 Dream Team didn’t even need a coach. They could have just had Larry as team captain and took home the gold.
Here is a video you may want to supplement this with.
10 Minutes of LARRY BIRD And MAGIC JOHNSON Dropping Dimes For The USA DREAM TEAM!
ruclips.net/video/XM_hWbVx6SE/видео.html
You should check out the "Miracle on Ice". It was when our college kids beat the Soviets Red Army Team. It was like college kids beating the Dream Team.
Concerning Isaiah, there was definitely consequences for walking off the court before end of a game.
No this was the first time the U.S. A. Allowed professional players to play. Other countries had pro players from different leagues around the world. The USA got tired of these pro's beating up on our college boys.
That’s what I was saying.. hope I said that right. College players from USA were beating pro players overseas…. But those last couple of years
1) you should read about that 1972 Olympic basketball team .2) I still don't think pros should play in the Olympics - in any sport
As a UK grad and fan for the past 30 years of my fifty-some-odd, it still pains me to watch that Laetner shot. I have almost come around on Christian...almost. 😂
Deserving or not NOBODY wanted Isaiah Thomas in the team, not just Jordan!! If he would have been on the team there's no way they would have been as great as they were because of the toxic energy that came with Isaiah Thomas!!! Whereas skills and abilities are concerned Isaiah Thomas was possibly the best PG in the NBA at the time but the toxic negativity he was saddled with made him the worst option of all of the greatest players!! It sucks for Isaiah Thomas for sure but the only person to blame for that was himself because his ego took a gut punch because the city of Chicago loves Jordan more than they did and do Isaiah Thomas even though Thomas was born and raised in Chicago!!! So his ego cost him a spot on the Dream Team so people need to quit blaming the NBA (especially Jordan)!! Nobody told Isaiah's sensitive ass to start trying to end Jordan's, Bird's or any of the other greats careers!! Nobody told Isaiah's sensitive ass to tell his team to walk off of the court before the game was over because Jordan's Bulls finally beat the Pistons and not just beat them but swept the Pistons!!! That's why they left him off the team!!! It was himself (not Jordan) that blocked him from being in that team
Bill Laimbeer was looking to INJURE his opponents. That was not a different style of play, or playing physical. It was cheating, and it was playing with the livelihood of these players. And they took that personally. Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer were super dislikable despite Isiah's immense talent. Mahorn was a Karl Malone type who flirted at the edge of being dirty but it was tough to tell as he was just big and strong. Rodman was really good at defense and didn't need to be dirty. On the other side of the spectrum, John Sally had a fun personality and Joe Dumars was a gentleman. Not all Pistons had a bad reputation.
Finally!🤨
😂 I had so many different emotions & thoughts in this video
I'm enjoying your reactions to these documentaries. Please accept this suggestion for you to consider. I'm not sure why you're breaking up these videos. I know, at least for me, I'd rather see you reaction at one time. If, for some reason, it benefits you to break them down into these short videos, please consider uploading them all at the same time so us viewers can finish watching the whole reaction. And, if that's not something you want to do, perhaps at least title them so we know that this is not a full reaction. Maybe "Reaction 1 of 4" or something. That way, we don't watch the reaction and it just ends and the next part (which we don't know if it will be the rest of the reaction or how many more you will be breaking them into), is not uploaded yet. So, we end up waiting days to watch one reaction.
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I'm sure some people like shorter videos but, again at least for me, if I am sitting down to watch a reaction to a documentary, I know it will be longer. And, if I only have 20 minutes, I'll just stop it and come back to it. But again, if it helps your RUclips metrics to do several videos, please at least upload them at the same time so we can just watch back to back or title them so we know how many there are (and how many of those are uploaded) before we commit to watching. It's more fun to watch your great reactions at one time rather than breaking that over the course of several days.
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This was a GREAT SUGGESTION!! The part 1 of 4.. this was a great idea. The reason I do post on different days is because I don’t get to finish the whole documentary & I am a single father so that’s why I put out 2 video a day to try & give the most I can. I really do appreciate the advice & will use that. I’m using it now for this documentary!! I appreciate you & if you have any other documentaries that you want to see me react to.. I will get to it! & any advice you have.. please don’t be shy to tell me!! Be bless
@@JameenODHipHopNews Thanks so much for the kind reply. Looking forward to your future videos which I enjoy very much.
Majority of the players did not want Isiah Thomas on the team, not just Jordan and Pippen. Bird, Malone, Stockton, and Barkley also voiced their opinions. Look up the brawl with Barkley and Lambeer a couple years prior when Barkley was still with the 76ers. In that game, Isiah Thomas swings several times at Rick Mahorn's face. And Mahorn holds him back with one hand while holding the ball in the other, smiling the whole time. Isiah was a prick.
I find the controversy over pro players in the Olympics laughable. America's amateurs had been competing against Soviet bloc countries' pros for decades (which is why Russia and East Germany always won the majority of events.
Isaiah always loved Larry, and Larry had no beef with him. Michael never said he wouldn't play with Isaiah. The only really dirty player was Lambeer . Trying to deliberately injure opponents is beyond despicable. They all know they'll get hit during games, but Lambeer never left a game without seriously injuring players in ways that weren't the typical elbow or hard hit. He aimed to land on ankles, and piled on if a players fell on a foul, pretending he'd fallen accidently as well. This is what Isaiah encouraged. Lambeer actually broke Isaiah's ribs with a cheap shot just before Isaiah was set to retire. Karma. The best players, especially if teammates, got together after retirement and showed up at the same events. Think anyone ever bothered with Lambeer after he retired? Think he was offered endorsements or was idolized by fans? Guess that's his karma.
Isiah wasn't even the one that SHOULD have made it. He wasn't even all NBA that year. If anything, it should have been Tim Hardaway. Zeke wasn't even third team all NBA that season or the season prior. The media and Isiah himself are the only reason that's an issue, IMO.
Magic faced and lost to Michael Jordon in the finals the year prior to retiring, he still had more years of great basketball left.
Regardless of Isaiahs talent. The Dream team needed to be comprised of not only the most talented players but also players that would be good ambassadors for the US. And the way that Isaiah ( and the Pistons) snubbed his nose not only at other players and teams but the NBA itself in the way that they played and thir "sportsmanship " ( ie, walking off the court before the game was over ) did not bode well for him being chosen as an ambassador to represent the US....
Omg yessssss!!
This documentary has my emotions up & down & thoughts all over the place
Reverse time American NBA players played in the Olympics for years the Europeans and the Russians had their players who were professionals play in the Olympics
It was a big deal!!
Isiah Thomas should have been on that team. I must say,
I❤Barkley…. he makes me smile 😊
Actually,the USA basketball is just embarrassed because they are not winning anymore,nba players before won't play without pay❤❤❤
Righto - All 3s and less inside game is one reason I don't watch.
Jordan, Bird, and Magic wouldn't have played if Isaiah was on the team.
Redeem Team?? 😆
If so great, why did they need redemption?🤦♀🤦♂
Dream Team facts: The members of the Dream Team combined for 23 NBA championship rings!
The Dream Team roster combined for 15 NBA MVP awards!
When the NBA at 50 released its top 50 players of all time, a total of 10 members of the Dream Team made that list. The only players that were not on the top 50 were Chris Mullin and Christian Laettner.
The 12 players on the Dream Team combined for 117 NBA All-Star Game appearances! Jordan and Malone led the way with 14 appearances each over their entire careers.
Eight of the top 50 NBA scorers of all time played on the Dream Team. That list includes Karl Malone (36,928), Jordan (32,292), Patrick Ewing (24,815), Charles Barkley (23,757), Clyde Drexler (22,195), Larry Bird (21,791), David Robinson (20,790) and John Stockton (19,711).
I get it.. I knew I would get some push back. I say everything I feel in real time. Thoughts flutter my mind so fast but I want to be honest with you guys as much as I possibly can. There are reasons that I will go over that are very huge differences between then & now. & I can not ignore those differences because I feel that they play a huge part
@@JameenODHipHopNews Really tho?
The "bigger, stronger" narrative is so corny.. Mike and Clyde had over 46 inch verticals and ran 4.4 forties.
MJ had a full foot advantage on Kobe's vert!
The Mailman would manhandle Delicate Dwight and 6'5" 245lb Chuck would run circles around him.
Magic and Bird have the 1st and second highest WIN percentage in NBA history!
Stockton is the NBA's all-time Steals and Assists leader with over 3715 more assists and 581 more steals than Kidd!👀👀
MJ, 'nough said. sry Kobe.
David Robinson was a freakish athlete at 7'2' of pure muscle.
Mullins, Bird and Stocks were dead eye shooters from anywhere!
Pippen or MJ could lock down any Redeemer.
The Dream Team were much better as team players, the Redeem Team had too many chefs in the kitchen.
P.S. D Wade got a bronze in Athens?? what?? a bronze?? MJ got GOLD in 1984!
LeBron's international play record is a joke.
It's a reason why they got that name.
@@JameenODHipHopNews I don't mean my comments to sound condescending. I think you're an intelligent, open minded young man who thinks really deeply about this great game of NBA basketball.
I just think it's really easy to get trapped in the now, recency bias makes it easy to forget the greatness of the past.
I always had MJ as the GOAT. I have to say though, since COVID with all this LB facts and information coming out on RUclips, I have a whole new understanding of how amazing Larry Legend really was.
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2:39 correction, professional players from the US the rest of the world had been doing it for quite a while…
They wanted the chemistry, IT would've ruined it. He's a good dude now, but wasnt back then. It wasnt just those 3 that didnt want him on the team. Yes he deserved it talent wise, but having good chemistry is important. Plus having Jordan was most important to the higher ups and he HATED Thomas.
John Stockton was very arguably a better PG than Thomas at that time. And Daly knew that Zeke would be a distraction and divisive player after all that went down with Larry, Magic, and others not long before that. You're looking at this from a distance. At the time, it was the correct call, by his own coach. There are multiple articles in newspapers and magazines of the time addressing this. Isiah needs to stop playing the victim. He knows full well that Bird saved his career with that joint press conference Larry gave to say, "I don't care what he said." But he also said the distraction of having to deal with the fallout of Dennis's and Isiah's comments likely cost him his last chance at a championship. Magic was gracious to forgive him at all. And Thomas WAS a dirty player. He enjoyed stirring the pot and paid for it.
Go Mud Hens!!
Everyone knew the pistons played dirty. That wasn’t why he wasn’t included. He was considered a gossip and a shit stirrer and he did most of those guys really dirty in real life!!!
He told secrets in folks and back room info. In those days, you DID NOT do that
Russian/USSR always used "professionals.."
Saying the rest of the world “was not caught up” is an inaccurate narrative. Basketball has been an Olympic sport since 1936. Looking at the rosters of the top teams in 1992, they look a lot like the top teams from 2024 in terms of star leadership and talent. The 92 Dream Team was just that good, and in their primes except for Bird really.
Not a lot of foreign players in the NBA? There were a lot of different reasons for that in the 80’s into the 90’s, lack of skill was not the primary reason. There were less teams, 12 man rosters (not 18 like today). No internet for scouting,Cold War politics.
Two people just as examples: Arvydas Sabonis was drafted in 1986 but didn’t go to the NBA until 1995. Toni Kukoc was drafted in 1990 but didn’t go until 1994.
Both of these guys competed in the 92 Olympics but were not NBA players at the time.
yep the world def. caught up if it wasnt for curry hitting those 3's at the end of the gold medal match france would of taken it FRANCE are u kidding me granted theyhad wemby and gobert but still
You Know I Like You, But It Looks Like Your Going To Turn This Into 4-Parts, Which Is Ridiculous To Me, Even When Other Reactors Have Done It. This Really Should Be A 2-Part, Just Please Keep This Down To 3-Parts.
I’m gonna work on keeping the commentary down. This was supposed to be a 2 part. But most likely a 3 part now. I’ll work on not speaking so much
@@JameenODHipHopNews You Can Speak, We Like That Part. But Do You Just Limit Yourself 20-Something Minutes Only On A Video. It's Fine With Us If Go To 45-Minutes, That Way You Have 30-Minutes & Go Ahead & Put Your Reaction In 10 To 15 Minutes. We All Enjoy Your Insite.
it was unfair, but it was instigated.
I definitely get it. I definitely get the hurt on his end as well. He did some things & they were against Bird, Magic & Jordan 😭
The Dream Team didn't need Zeke. Zeke is better than Stockton. But they chose Stockton and harmony over Zeke and his rifts with Bird, Jordan and Magic. Zeke was the ring leader of a very tough and very dirty team. Questioning Magic Johnsons sexuality rather than showing concern for his friend was the last straw. Bird cried and returned Magics call and behaved like a friend. Zeke called Magics agent and was more concerned if Magic was gay, rather than offering any support. Why do they need to honor Zeke and risk chemistry issues. It's one thing to play tough and another to try to injure people. I don't think anyone wanted Zeke on the team. There was a lot of ignorance surrounding the virus at the onset. By 1991 Zeke should have known better than to believe the virus was only transferable between two men and if he was a real friend even that shouldn't matter. Zeke got what was coming and he was left off the team.
If you want to build the best team you can get you need players that you think you can form into a unit. You probably can´t do that with one of the most hated players in the league and everybody in charge knew. Besides, I have Isiah on my all time top 5 point guard list but he is neither above Magic or Stockton, so that decision to leave him out was fine on two accounts.
Some countries like the communist countries didn't necessarily count their players as pros because their government paid them.
Think about this. If Isiah had been on the team, people could have said he was given favoritism by his coach. And to be honest, I think the bad boy Pistons could also be a little of the reason why the rules were changed later. And I am not against the Pistons. They were my father's favorite team probably because we live in Michigan. Laimbeer was hated by a lot of players for good reason and he didn't care. He had absolutely no regrets or conscience for damaging people on purpose. Like causing Parish to sprain his ankle on at least one occasion.
4 Reasons this is the BEST team EVER..
CHEMISTRY (Magic and Bird are your LEADERS?.. you got NO CHOICE but to fall in line and share the rock)
Defense, perimeter (Jordan, Pippen, Drexler and stockton the all time steals leader) AND interior (Prime Ewing and David Robinson? no way)
INTERIOR offense
PRIME Michael Jordan
Isiah wouldnt have worked in team chemistry because of some of the anmosity we all know. The leaugue knew Jordan wouldnt join if Isiah was on squad so why he was told before. Isiah the player yeah belongs on the team. Isiah on this team of players wouldnt work. They wanted Jordan in Olympics. This is Isiahs doing and and unfair in his skills as a player
Bad boy pistons did not help the NBA!
Bad boy style of basketball is unsustainable. … as sport and entertainment.
Star players being injured would not be beneficial on any level.
That’s why the league introduced the
“ flagrant foul“ rule.
Isiah did not belong on the team you send to represent your country, plus who would you replace with that angry tiny man. He would have been the bad seed that did not belong on the dream team.
Never again.
One thing to play physical what that pistons did could have ended ppl careers they went way too far
You reacted to the wrong documentary..
There is a better one.
jordan so self centered. why you dont want to play for your country dude
Too much crying for millennium fans
This is the wrong Documentary. This is the condensed version. This is only half the story and missing all the good parts. Just like you watched the Bird and Magic in parts, the real documentary is in three parts. So I can’t watch this, it’s like a paragraph of a book 📖. And saying you read it 🤨
My apologies.. thought this was the one. I searched & searched.
@@JameenODHipHopNewsFrom what I can see from various sources, the full documentary is 1 hour and 8 1/2 minutes long. If that is what you are using, you should be good.
@ ok. Than you.. this is the one I am using 🙏🏾
@ okay it’s Kool if you can do it find a way and I’ll send it to you.
@@BruceJohnson-om5kl Do you have a web address? I'd like to watch that version.