Do you believe that? But I saved my notes, and, moreover, I had written dozens and dozens of stories about these guys for Sports Illustrated that formed the foundation of the book. He thought they’d be playing together the whole year. The publisher just didn’t understand the concept. Jack McCallum: I did – I actually started a book about it, but it fell apart before the team even got together. Life+Times: Did you envision writing some type of memoir like this back in 92, and did that influence what you noted and observed, or how you preserved your notes? Life+Times recently caught up with the writer whose career spans over 30 years to discuss his latest book, the globalization of the game over the past 20 years, and who he thinks would win the epic, hypothetical matchup between the Dream Team and the 2012 Olympic team. In his book which came out this past Tuesday, Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles and the Greatest Team Of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever, McCallum witnessed and documented the Dream Team’s entire journey from the inaugural practice to the gold medal ceremony. Whether reminiscing about the ’92 squad, or debating which Olympic team is better – this year’s or 1992’s – the work of longtime Sports Illustrated writer Jack McCallum is a key point of reference. Men’s basketball team roster, as well as this year being the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, have returned the Dream Team to the center of discussion in the sports world over the past few weeks.

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