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This incredibly rare and beautifully signed and preserved 1992 USA Olympic "Dream Team" autographed Tournament of the America's basketball comes with a personal letter
to recipient from a prominent Spalding company executive.
The letter outlines the history of the ball and clearly authenticates this gorgeous piece of history!
The ball includes signatures from every player and coach:
Michael Jordan
Clyde Drexler
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Charles Barkley
Patrick Ewing
Karl Malone
Scottie Pippen
David Robinson
Chris Mullin
John Stockton
Christian Laettner
Coaches:
Chuck Daly
Lenny Wilkens
PJ Carlisimo
Mike Kryzewski
The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active NBA players. Described by American journalists as the greatest sports team ever assembled, and called by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame "the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet," it defeated its opponents by an average of almost 44 points en route to the gold medal against Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain. Chuck Daly served as coach, assisted by Lenny Wilkens, P. J. Carlesimo, and Mike Krzyzewski
The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the international debut of the Dream Team, which defeated Venezuela in the final to win the tournament.
Only 200 of these specific basketballs were every made and only 50 of the balls were ever autographed.