Why is the USA called the Dream Team?

Question

In basketball

Answer 1

This Team isn't actually called the "Dream Team"

This team is called the "Redeem Team"

(Redemption from previous failures)

Google Dream Team and see the huge star power they had in their team.

The big 3 consisted of

Michael Jordan

Magic Johnson

Larry Bird

a couple other players were

John Stockon

Karl Malone

Chris Mullin

Patrick Ewing

just to name a few ...

That was the best ever team to be put into the comp

Answer 2

OJ Simpsons' defense team

Answer 3

Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, etc. etc.  

Answer 4

because they are the greatest team ever assembled in team sports history..

Answer 5

derrr.... they have the ultimate players!!!! thats why

Answer 6

lol because they have a team everyone else could only dream of.. have you seen their players, its unfair to every other country lol im aussie and love my country's team but usa are the best i think everyone could admit that.. great game between aus and u.s the other week, proud of our boys ! we made it through to the next round too! yeaaa

Answer 7

If you had to play them they would be your worst nightmare team :-)

Answer 8

This ins't their name now that was just what they called their 92 olympic team because they pretty much wasted every1 in every match dey had. They will win this year dere on the road to redemption :)

Answer 9

it started a few years back

once pros  could not  perticipate in the olympics

until the us  started getting there butts kicked  in a game  they beleived  the rest of the world  could  not come close  to  beating them in

Well one day    the usa  said  hey ; ;were not going to take this

we now are going to send our best  basketball players  to the olympics

we will kick  some  serious  butt

its like a dream come true

our dream team   the team  we  could only dream of having

and it was nick named dream team

The Original Dream Team



Many consider it the greatest team ever assembled, in any sport. Yet even that description fails to give it proper credit for its impact.



Magic Johnson was as enthusiastic as the Dream Team's victories were emphatic.

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The original Dream Team, the U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, was a phenomenon on and off the court. It mattered not that it dominated the Olympic competition, beating its eight opponents by an average of 44 points. What was important was that the Dream Team, the first U.S. Olympic team to include NBA stars, gave fans a glimpse of basketball at its finest, and an entire world responded.

Since 1992, basketball has exploded in popularity around the globe, rising to a place where it truly challenges soccer's status as the world's most popular sport. Much of that is due to the impact of the Dream Team, which attracted fans and followers wherever it went.

"It was," said Coach Chuck Daly, "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."

And what a band it was. Start with three of the game's all-time greats: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Add the irrepressible Charles Barkley for a little spice, as well as seven more NBA All-Stars: centers David Robinson and Patrick Ewing, power forward Karl Malone, swingmen Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler and point guard John Stockton. Complete the roster with Christian Laettner, the best college player of 1991-92 and a future NBA All-Star.

Opponents didn't have a chance, but they didn't care. One player, while trying to guard Magic Johnson, was seen frantically waving to a camera-wielding teammate on the bench, signaling to make sure he got a picture of them together.

"They knew they were playing the best in the world," reflected Daly after the team won the gold medal with a 117-85 win over Croatia on August 8, 1992. "They'll go home and for the rest of their lives be able to tell their kids, 'I played against Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.' And the more they play against our best players, the more confident they're going to get.

"Finally there will come a day -- I'm not saying it will happen anytime soon, mind you, but it's inevitable that it will happen -- that they will be able to compete with us on even terms. And they'll look back on the Dream Team as a landmark event in that process."

Answer 10

I dunno cause they sure aren't

Answer 11

cause the best players are there

Answer 12

cause they think there good...not that good

Answer 13

The original dream team, in Michael Jordans time, was the first. Before that we would send our college players to the Olympics, so when the Pros were allowed to participate, it was hyped as the Dream Team. Basketball hypes everything.

To answer your question, the Olympic team we see today just inherited it.

Answer 14

I'd imagine it's because they do a lot of it

Answer 15

it is actually called the redeem team because it has been lost and upset the last many olympic so they don't win the gold.

Answer 16

because they have the best players just in one team.

Answer 17

just look at their roster