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BASKETBALL AVENGERS
1992: The greatest team in the history of sports was assembled - and no one else even had a chance. The original Dream Team, forever unbeatable.
‘92 was the first year that NBA players were allowed to play in the Olympics; before that only amateur players from USA could compete (although weirdly - and unfairly - pros from other countries were always allowed to play).
Years later, responding to Kobe's claim that he and Lebron's 2012 Olympic team would beat the OG Dream Team, Charles Barkley "just started laughing".
Willis Reed once got in a fight with the Lakers and beat up the whole team.
He brought the NY knicks to the promised land twice, delivering the championship in 1970 + 1973.
Reed’s legendary list of accomplishments includes Rookie of the Year, league MVP, 2x Finals MVP. He is also the main character in one of the seminal “all-heart” moments in NBA history.
I’m too young to have watched Willis Reed, but his legend looms large in the history of basketball. i wanted him to tower on the canvas the way he towers over American sports folklore.