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Another potential issue was the relationship between Jordan and the late Chuck Daly, who had beaten Jordan for a few years as coach of the Bad Boy Pistons. But this documentary showed that these two became great friends, and the Pistons-Bulls intensity never seemed to come up. Finally, the battle of the best power forwards in the game happened in practices between Karl Malone and Charles Barkley, but the individual matchups in practice led to healthy competition.

While this team was nicknamed The Dream Team, the Olympians had a lot of issues in practice and in playing the U. Select College Team in scrimmages. Humbling experiences let this team know that they always had to play to win, and they learned those lessons after early struggles. This goes to show that not only it wasn't always perfect for the squad, but that all these athletes fed off adversity and competition unlike any Olympic team before and after.

With the rule change allowing NBA players to participate, organizers knew their biggest hurdle was convincing Michael Jordan to skip his offseason golf rounds and lead the team.

MJ wasn't "gun ho about it" at first, but he said if the team was rounded out by other stars he would join. Take came easy when USA basketball was able convince some of the best players in the world to come along for the ride. One very controversial exclusion from the team was Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas. Organizers thought there was too much animosity between he and MJ to make it work.

When the team was complete it included an incredible 11 future Hall of Fame players. Coaching the squad was left up to legendary Detroit Pistons head man Chuck Daly for his ability to control tough personalities.

The reasoning behind Daly's selection is perfectly explained by the eloquent Charles Barkley. Things got off to a bad start when the Dream Team's first scrimmage against college players resulted in a big loss, led by University of Michigan's Chris Webber. The embarrassment made Daly ask that the scoreboard be erased before media came in to talk to the players.

But the loss gave Daly exactly what he wanted: a chance to actually coach these superstars and convince them that it wouldn't come easy. His assistant, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, believes Daly actually threw the game against college players by not playing Jordan very much so they could all learn a valuable lesson. The Dream Team still had to qualify by medaling at the Tournament of the Americas in Portland, though.

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