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The Dream Team

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Why they might be annoying:

    Their presence (as well as other professionals) was controversial, as several people didn't want professionals to enter the Olympics (as it was then mostly an amateur affair).
    Every single game they played was a blow-out win, making the Olympic basketball very non-competitive.
    Isiah Thomas was left off the team, and it was rumored that Michael Jordan wouldn't play on the team if Isiah was on it.
    What was Christian Laettner doing on that team?
    Some opponents didn't want to play against Magic Johnson, as they were afraid of getting his HIV.
    Most of their opponents seemed to use more energy in getting photo ops with the team than playing them on the court (to be fair, they were undermanned and had no chance against these guys).
    Instead of the Olympic Village, they stayed at more expensive hotels.
    Two years later, O.J. Simpson's legal defense team ended up taking their moniker, 'The Dream Team.'
    Subsequent U.S. basketball teams have been progressively worse as each Olympics and World Basketball Championships go by, yet they are still coined by the media, 'The Dream Team.'

Why they might not be annoying:

    Without a doubt, they are the greatest basketball team ever assembled.
    Unlike more recent U.S. basketball teams made up of pros, these players cared more about representing their country than worrying about how it would affect their next NBA season.
    While many complained about their pro status, teams such as the Soviet Union used loopholes to have their professionals compete in the Olympics long before the United States ever did.
    Because of their presence in the Olympics, basketball became more of an international sport, and other countries started to sprout teams that were near par of the U.S. teams.
    As a result, more international players started playing for the NBA.
    Larry Bird played for the team despite his bad back and retired soon after.
    Coach Chuck Daly remarked, 'It was like Elvis and the Beatles put together. Traveling with the Dream Team was like traveling with 12 rock stars. That's all I can compare it to.'

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 4.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 85 Votes: 67.06% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 646 Votes: 78.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 73.56% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 50.41% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 227 Votes: 54.63% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 152 Votes: 55.92% Annoying