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Basketball Signed by the ‘Dream Team’
3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum
- Title:
- Basketball Signed by the ‘Dream Team’
- Manufacturer:
- Spalding
- Production place:
- Korea
- Date:
- 1992
- Period:
- 20th century CE
- Title:
- Basketball Signed by the ‘Dream Team’
- Manufacturer:
- Spalding
- Production place:
- Korea
- Date:
- 1992
- Period:
- 20th century CE
- Material:
- Leather, Rubber
- Technique:
- Moulding
- Dimensions:
- 24.1 × 24.1 × 24.1 cm
In the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, the USA men’s basketball team featured active professional players from the NBA for the first time. It has been described as the greatest basketball team ever assembled, nicknamed the ‘Dream Team’.
This ‘Spalding’ basketball was signed by members of the team at the 1992 Basketball Tournament of the Americas, an Olympic qualifying championship that took place in Portland, USA. They won the tournament and went on to achieve the gold medal in Barcelona.
Signed by: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Scottie Pippen, Lenny Wilkens, Chris Mullin, Mike Krzyzewski, Christian Laettner, Chuck Daly, P.J. Carlesimo and David Robinson
