The Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw (Dream Team 1992 in Monte Carlo)
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2013
- This showcases a rarely known or seen game that took place on July 22, 1992 in Monte Carlo just before the start of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Michael Jordan calls it the greatest game he has ever played. And it also served as the moment that Magic Johnson and Larry Bird verbally gave up "their thrown" to the new King of Basketball: Michael Jordan.
Clip courtesy of Sports Illustrated. Accompanying article with more details about this famous game is here: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vaul... - Спорт
After this video, it's still the game nobody saw
hahaha!
Lmao
Hahahaha
Yeah just that 1 300 000 viewers saw it np
Mark Taylor NBA tv has this video but doesn't release it because it will not live up to the sensationalism of documentaries
I was a Bulls fan but Magic was an amazing basketball player. Dynamic physical skills and an extremely intelligent player. Respect.
yes he is
I had the great pleasure of meeting Magic at a charity event in Los Angeles years ago.
Walked up to introduce myself "I'm from Boston".
First words with that mile wide Magic smile-- "Oh no:" then he laughed as he knew I was just messin' with him.
We talked for a bit, told him how much we miss you guys, Kareem, Worthy, Scott and all the love we have for ya'll..
He said "I know, whenever I'm visiting Boston I get it from all over the place.."
He's a great guy. I carry a great memory of him.
Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and Larry bird are the greatest trio ever
this kind of basketball does not exist anymore.....
what does that even mean...
Ernesto Hendrix The greatest players were more focused on the team winning than individual glory.
The competitive intensity is non-existent in the league today
Steve Collins true ....only for nba : too much $ kills the sport , watch euroleague or eurocup and you ll find out what intensity is and a real public though ....^^
Steve Collins
How? Lebron going back to Cleveland is about as close to this era as you are ever gonna get. Lebron took up the challenge to be the greatest by going back to Cleveland I think. Everyone said he would never be the greatest if he played with guys like Wade his whole career. He went back to the Cavs and he's going to win there too. I grew during the MJ era and the Bad Boys were my team, but Lebron is the greatest player ever.
We will never have something this great in sports ever again. Money ruined sports.
Money ruins everything people love to be entertained by unless you're the one with the money lol so money ruins everything for me lol
The dream team definitely contributed to money ruining sports
lol some would say allowing NBA players to play in the olympics isn't right. These are professionals playing in a contest for amatures
This scrimmage is something I always wanted to see and would buy the DVD of this in a heartbeat. You guys have to remember that while these guys like MJ and Magic we're legends, they carried a lot of that old school playground pride and didn't take no nonsense on the court. Sure there was smiles like we see on these guys, but they all achieved the greatness they got by working their asses off. MJ, Magic and the others going at each other is really no different than you going at it with your brother, cousin or friend on the court. Sure you love each other, but when your on that court playing each other and it starts to get real intense, it's on and the love is gone baby haha. But the upside of it is that it brings the absolute best of you because neither one of you want to lose and feel humiliated so that drives you to be the best you can be. Basic the same thing with MJ and Magic. There was hugs and smiles, but it wasn't all hugs and smiles during those infamous scrimmages. But I'm also sure it built up a strong level of respect and admiration among these hall of legends as well. It's one thing when you play each other several times during the season, but it's another thing when you train with each other, live with each other, practice with and against each other and play together. I think it's healthy for Magic and MJ to have that attitude and approach on the court, there's no signs of letting up or showing weakness, as a leader you can't show weakness on the court. I don't think Magic or MJ would have had nearly the success they had in their careers with that kind of mentality and leadership, do you?
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No I dont
Larry, Magic and M. J. change the Basketball for ever.. They are the G. O. A. T.
Amazing! Nine of the best players ever and Christian Laetner.
They reserved a spot for a college player, and Laettner at the time was pretty much the poster child for college basketball after his buzzer-beater shot to take Duke to the Final Four over Kentucky. Winning back-to-back Final Fours gives you some street cred ;-)
not 9 but 11 Hall of Famers plus the NCAA league Star at that particular time even pick up and support for Dream Team coach Chuck Daly....
funny thing bird was out with his back on the sideline and I bet he was thinking, these two are competing for second place. At least at the time.
Nah he was watching Jordan with respect, telling Magic "nah man, he DOES got the mountaintop now" lol.
Deathbrewer he was humble Bird knew the time had come, but if he was playing that whole practice it would have been different
He hadn't won a ring in 6 years hadn't been to the finals in 5 years. The Knicks knocked them outta the playoffs twice it was over for him. Magic had won two rings and played in four finals since Bird won. 87,88,(repeated)89,91 (lost both) so Magic and Mike were at he 1 and 2 spot Bird was hurt since 87...
Bird was three years older than Magic with a busted back. He knew he was done. Magic however, needed some convincing.
Larry actually does share his thoughts, and it's far from the 3 point contest you paraphrase here.
Everything is better when you do it SIMPLY for the love.
Respect to the greats!
It is the greats playing for the respect of each other
Damn, imagine being able to watch this entire game! Now this is one game that I would pay a pretty penny to see on video!!!
Basketball today is nothing like it used to be. You can see it in the way they play
Magic was hungry and in the best shape of his life. Only thing he didn’t have was a gold medal and was taking care of himself health wise because of his situation.
Michael Jordan is the greatest period!!!!!!! The dream team is the greatest team ever in NBA and sports history hands down!!!!!
Wow. I wonder , how no one , ever , said it before
@@anatolyalperovich9069 The GOAT discussion is still wide open... But the second one is a no brainer...
@@jmbs9833 i just cant find anyone, with MJ’s mind set . Kobe. Bust he is MJ 2.0
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@@jmbs9833 ?
I think this game is what Magic was saying when he said the first time he Trashed talked MJ. Also the contested 360 dunk on Robinson.
Francis Del Rosario was that part in this video because i really want to see that
Totally awesome on every level, I knew about this storyline, but had never seen this footage...thanks for sharing!
Best Team/Players EVER !! I salute all of you !!
+Mon Ronquillo forget about isiah... you got a college dude there
I was 9 years old during the 92 Olympics and I still have a dream team shirt that will never be thrown out
this game, one of the very rare instances, where magic's antics distanced him from his teammates, and mj's tenacity galvanized his teammates. magic talking shit to mj made his teammates uncomfortable because they knew they'd ultimately be the ones that would have to man up toe to toe with mj, not magic. magic should have rubbed it in mj's face the way he had done for the previous ten years. by hi-fiving his teammates as they outplayed the other team.
MJ, the most competitive athlete ever!!! This confirms MJ as the GOAT.
Video exists of this game... lets see the whole thing!
I have a copy. If you send me a check in the 6 figure range I will send it to you.
@@tonyiacomi4822 Does it come with a bridge?
@@jonq8714 hahahaahha
That was a pickup game to end all games. I'd give a year's pay to watch that.
So what like 10 grand? FOH here loser
+Bob Jones Feel the need to put others down for no reason? Sure sign of low intelligence and even lower self esteem😉
+skinsman82000 Not putting him down just saying 10 grand to watch that game live is a bullshit low total. Fucking laughable.
+Bob Jones how do you know how much he makes? are you a stalker?
+Ken_M You can tell by his comment.
I'd love to see the whole video of this game. They just show snippets of it and it drives me nuts.
The rules change promoting more offense. The international scene improved. But never did you have 10 first ballot hall of famers. That shit makes them the best. Period.
FOH here. 2012 Olympic Team: Durant, James, Anthony, Paul, Davis, Westbrook, Bryant, Harden, Iguodala, Love will ALL be 1st ballot. So even the most recent Olympic team blows your dumb comment up. Learn this: Sometimes your old ass should just sit down and shut up.
Yes I am old. So your infantile trolling antics are incapable of working. I guess you really don't understand what first ballot HOF means. Anthony Davis, Harden, Iguadola and Love? Really? Good job. Melo and Paul may not be first ballot either, if at all. There are all-stars, superstars and first ballot HOFs. Nowadays, because of the 10th place trophy culture we live in, everyone is a "superstar" which is sad. Which of course you have taken to a new level calling everyone first ballot. (Make sure in your response you get super angry and tell me to do all sorts of things. I won't respond.)
+Zarias Really? Iguodala will be a 2 times finals MVP, Anthony Davis is already putting up Legend numbers. Hardens numbers are HOF worthy. And Love? Just take a look at the numbers bitch. HOF
+Bob Jones lol, igoudala and harden? lol, laettner had a better career than them.
+Bob Jones that guy schooled you son
Greatest team ever assembled!!
I was waiting for the part where Magic Johnson said MJ hit a 360 dunk over David Robinson.
that gym they played in, should become a tourist attraction. the marketing phrase could be "the greatest game of all time was played on our floor"
HOW BOUT SHOWING US THE ENTIRE PRACTICE?
Dont you think that would contradict the title of the piece: "The Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw"?
NAH.....BECAUSE IT WAS RECORDED....AND BACK THEN MEDIA IN THE NBA WAS SO SMALL....YOU COULD ONLY WATCH 10-18 BULLS GAMES A SEASON...AND THATS IF YOU HAD CABLE....PEOPLE WHO GREW UP TODAY...HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THESE NEW PLAYERS FILM...BUT THEY ARE NOT WORTH WATCHING....WE NEED THE BEASTS!!!!
mike ishine The film was lost through the memory of times, like sands in an our glass, or an ocean in a desert, it's eternal glory is lost to us forevermore, never to be rediscovered again.
lolol...i know man..but it would be nice..
Wacky Jackscum wow...that was dumb shit! how bout the tape never got fully released. go back to doing your yoga
one of those 285 unliked this video is Zeke :D
They’re all him from various burner accounts 😅
To bad the All Star games aren't played like this. Would've loved to see this game. I wonder if today's Dream Team go at before the Olympics
Dražen Petrović was born in my city, beautiful Šibenik. Toni Kukoč 70 km away from Split🌞 2 best European basketball players in history 🇭🇷 🇺🇸. What an honor to play against the dream team 🇭🇷 ❤️ 🇺🇸
Šibenik is the first city in Europe to receive electric lighting, and the second in the world 🇭🇷
The best european basketball players ever are Dirk, Sabonis, Doncic,Jokic and Parker. Toni is not even close
Can they just show the ENTIRE game instead of the commentary???
Would love to see the whole thing!
amazing, there will never be players like these.
Practice?
We are talking here about practice?
Joseph Perdon A.I
In my opinion the dream team of 92 was the best sports team to be ever assembled. And I am British.
By far the best team in all sports.
And look at how many great players weren't on this team for 1 reason or another. Isiah Thomas, Olajuwon wasn't a citizen yet, Dominique Wilkens, Tim Hardaway, Rodman, James Worthy, Reggie Lewis and Brad Daugherty were ballin the last couple years before these Olympics. That's how loaded this 92 team was.
@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. shaq was supposed to be the college player picked for the team, but they did reverse affirmative action and chose the white guy laettner
at the end of the day it didnt really matter who how many other good players were missing because the team was stacked anyways
i need this tape desperatly!!!!1
This was the greatest Basketball team ever put together, period!!
When games were entertaining to watch. Magic Johnson Michael Jordan - I'm so glad I saw them play live, something many youngsters wish they did. I'm forever a Laker fan but NBA games won't ever match any Magic or Jordan hype!!! GO LAKERSSSSSSS!!!
No wonder Jordan's team won. Laettner was on Magic's team.
Nope. If you watch the entire documentary about The Dream Team, Laettner was in Jordan's team.
Julius Dolor Jordan's team is white/grey. Magic's team is navy blue. You can see throughout the video that Laettner is wearing #4 in navy.
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u are wrong lattner was on jordans team jordan is just too good
u r wrong man magic said to jordan u can have lattner and jordan took lattner but bird didnt play so that was fair cause bird was on magics team.
jacob iype jacob sees Larry Bird playing, sees Laettner wearing #4 in navy , then says Larry Bird didn't play and that Laettner played on the white/grey team.
That's the internet for you.
Thx !
Thank you for this ! Can't believe somewhere out there is the complete game filmed in it's entirety thats never been shown publicly
They had several other great scrimmages in Monte Carlo too. the last one ( i believe) was with a clock & finished tied at buzzer. as they were getting ready to play overtime, Daly ended the game.
looks like France beat the U.S. lol. Didn't realize MJ ever played for France ;)
This video illustrates how important journalists are to communicating the stories of sports. Now of course, the profession has rotted due to clickbait, but here you can see how crucial the storyteller was to structuring and giving insight into the clips of the game.
CHILLS!!!
The greatest scrimmage of all time
Right back at cha baby
what a team that was
Charles has the tape. Release it Chuck, it's past due brother.
Had Chuck released it yet?
can someone please upload the hole game tape, i would love to see it....
LOL Hole and Courtney Love.
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@@finnjake6663 boo!
I agree with you 1000%
Crazy Patrick Ewing never won a single championship. As a result, he's largely forgotten today which shouldn't be the case.
Will Taylor Of course, only those who are really into the art of the game know who was great and who was not.
Will Taylor bullshit, Patrick Ewing is a legend. Same with Barkley, he didn't win shit but everyone still knows him.
Will Taylor Ewing was not as good as people hoped he would be. Suspect hands, slow to react to double teams, never made people around him better. His team reached the playoffs with him not playing. Holding the ball….holding the ball…. holding the ball… turn around, fade away jump shot. Very predictable.
John Doe Even Iverson.
+Will Taylor Ewing's first bucket in the NBA was a putback dunk. Since that Moment, he already was a legend.
If Lattener wasn't on the team, Shaq would have been the alternate pick.
Wow. What a difference that would've made.
I'll never understand that decision to carry that player, why not Wilkins, Kemp, Dumars, it was a Dream Team with eleven player...
***** 'cause MJ didnt want to be together with pistons guys in the same team.
***** - You do realize that most teams have a 10 man rotation they use.
Actually, Christian Lattener was chosen over Isaiah Thomas.
imagine if we had larry bird before he hurt his back on this team
Somewhere the video exists of this entire game. Why has it not been released?
must watch
So, clearly there is a full video of this game. I don't understand why they don't market in some way. This is one thing i would pay good money to watch/own.
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I hope they release the footage for an anniversary
Laettner sure got an education on NBA life that summer.
"Anybody who had Laettner on the team lost. He was the weak link and everybody went at him." - Michael Jordan on Dream Team scrimmages.
How gracious of MJ.
this is what we call competitive, players who hates losing,players with pride, when the game is on they are are not friends
They were the all-stars of all-stars.
Nicely edited. Did anyone just actually want to watch the game though?
Yu
Yup
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Anybody know the name of the song in the background?
Magic Johnson that's my Michigan State dude!!
that was a game I want to see
So where's the full game footage?
Just in that picture alone. Any competitors are thinking what the hell can we play the bench team, then Stockton Bird Robinson Mullins Drexler roll out.
Greatest game ever? Absolutely!
first play in the video and i'm like wow
The greatest game nobody ever saw was, unfortunatly, game betwen US Dream team and Yugoslavian Dream Team in 1992 olympics. Sadly Yugoslavia fall apart before that. So USA demolished Croatia in finals
Even the footage in this isn't from that exact practice/game. I doubt if it'll ever be seen publicly
I like how Jordan put it...How many Championship Rings and MVPs did all the other great Dream teams have???? And how many Rings and MVPS did this team have????
+RiptOnBCBud Smokey See the Celtics with Bill Russell.
+RiptOnBCBud Smokey Staggering number of rings and MVP's... not even comparable
+The Casual Gamerdoesnt really apply here though
Just waiting for some 12 year old to say that the 2012 was better then the 1992 dream team
im 12 but i think the dream team was way better
MrKillamilla13 There's still hope. :-)
Gerrard Steven '92 would beat the 2012 since the '92 team had better big men but if you're talking about positions from pg-sf, then the 2012 could hold their own. 2008 has a better chance of ousting the '92 team since most of their key players were at their prime compared to Bird and Magic who were at their twilight of their careers.
I wasn't born in '92 but the 2012 team could beat the "dream team" easily!! Who's the bird guy was that magic?
In what world could the 2012 team ever beat the 92 team. You really think that yhe 2012 team had anyone that could match up with jordan? Besides that basketball today is soft. The players are soft. No one and i mean no one (in my 37 years have i ever seen anyone that wanted to not only win but wanted to make sure there was no way in hell that you could ever beat them) than magic,bird, and jordan
Ridiculous. Just ridiculous. They had the greatest PG of all time (Magic), the greatest SG (Jordan), the greatest SF (Bird), and arguably the great PF (Malone is debatable with Duncan and Barkley). The only position I wouldn't make a case for is center, and that's because I think it belongs to Hakeem Olajuwon for his incredible post-moves and staunch defense. A team like that will never happen again.
Hakeem Olajuwon was NOT an American citizen at that time. Therefore could not be on the team.
Ah, I see. Makes sense.
I agree with what you said, but Bird was well past his prime (he retired in 1992 actually). So while I agree that they had the best at their positions, Bird (and Magic) were past their prime, well past their prime.
Thierry Gomez Yep. And both Bird and Magic were better than anyone else on that team when they were in their prime.
TL N Bird was a SF. He started a lot of games at PF in the early '80s until McHale started at PF. But as soon as McHale came in off the bench Bird always slid into the SF position for most of the rest of the game. Then again, there were times when he played every position. Overall though, his primary role was as a small forward. McHale was the main Power Forward.
best game and team EVER!!!
does anybody know the song in the end of the video
Man does anyone have the full video
Did anyone notice that the game Mccallum referred to here, and on his book, "the Dream Team," is different from the one MJ and Magic referred to on the documentary aired on NBATV? For one thing, according to Mccallum (www.si.com/more-sports/2012/07/24/usa-basketball-game-nobody-saw), Laettner was on Magic's team and made the first assist of the game resulting Barkley's first 2 points. This is different from the documentary as both MJ and Magic denied having Laettner on their team.
Anyone else picked up this up? Just curious. :)
An NBA fan from Hong Kong
laettner was an alternate. 5 on 5. beyond the ten, the last two, bird laying on his stomach with a stack of towels rolled up under his chin, and laettner giving guys a breather, for both teams, until it got really competitive and no one wanted to sub out for him.
Laettner over Isiah Thomas? That's dirty team management there
It wasnt that. Without a doubt they wanted I.T to be on the team he is a straight up G on the court. But the problem was that Michael had a strict condition that he would not play if Isaiah was on the team, so of course at the time who was the golden boy of the NBA? Certainly not Isaiah, its a no brainer who you would pick. Isaiah or Michael.
Laettner had to be there. That’s the rules. Had to have one non professional player on the team and laettner was the best in collegiate ball at that time. I still believe that mullin should’ve been out and dominique should’ve been in. Isiah definitely deserved a spot but they had that thing with MJ, pipp. Hakeem wasn’t a U.S citizen yet so he couldn’t benon the team but no doubt should’ve been on that team. Imagine the committee that had to choose this team?!?! Talk about tough......🤦🏽♂️😳
Hakeem Olajuwan should have been one of the centers of this team. He has been mostly referring the best center of all time, but why they didn't take him to the dream team, remained a mystery.
isnt he Nigerian?
+GanjaFarmer Yes he was, but he was already an american citizen. No problem for the national team.
+rolla he was not an american citizen until after 92 get your facts straight. and up to that point, ewing and robinson were considered better that was general consensus.
+manfred edilson If you compared Olajuwon's career with Ewing and Robinson's careers up until 1992, Olajuwon was the best of the three. The problem is that during the Summer of 92, Olajuwon was going through serious trade talks with the Rockets. The Rockets were accusing him of faking injuries and the Olajuwon was accusing the Rockets of caring more about making money, than putting together a winning team.
That being said, it didn't matter, because Olajuwon didn't become an American citizen until April of 1993. So he was ineligible to play for the American team.
Alex H he really wasnt the best of three. Robinson was thought to be the best as he won rookie of the year, defensive player of the year i think and took spurs into a strong contender while rockets were sub 500 team. And ewings knicks were always a contender too. 94-96 olajuwon lifted himself above 2.
well now we saw
The most team in the world👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
is this the whole piece or is there more ?
What were the starting five for team Magic vs team Jordan ?
This isn’t a video of the greatest game, no. This is just a tribute.
Biggest tragedy ever committed to this game is that this Dream team didn't play against Europe's Dream team, or Yugoslavia.
That is the best game that never was... Cause Yugoslavia felt apart.
Sometimes i imagine what would that be like, them playing against Petrović, Kukoč, Radja, Danilović, Divac, Djordjević, Obradović, Paspalj... And many other players that after played for independent countries of former Yugoslavia... I imagine.
Magic underated shooter....
Only 334 views. What a shame.
THE BEST RIGHT THERE
+Ismael Mbengue without isiah , i doubt it.
This would never happen today
while i agree that this team had the biggest names in basketball, it wasn't necessarily the most effective. It was Charles Barkley single handedly who really did the most damage to the opponent, on both ends of the court.
The. Best. Dream Team. Every. REAL TALKED
With class! Hahaha! As Barkley was elbowing a little Angolan dude.
pay my respect for those twelve! They made Basketball sounds 'easy' to play for everyone, with all the tactics and all the show...there'll be no more MJ or Magics along the planet, enjoy and don't hate :D
There's not a UA-cam video in existence about basketball that doesn't have lebron haters in the comment section. Dudes a two time champ and one the most charitable athletes ever, #fact, but people hate him so much lol
What was the purpose of this comment.
+notknowing There will always be haters of a player who didn't attend college... the same haters are hating Kobe on every MJ video.
I have 3 full sets of mint cards of this team.
wow ..i wish
i was there