Dream Team (48 page)

“Harry” (Patrick Ewing) and Larry comprised the Dream Team’s Odd Couple.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

Karl Malone befriended boxer Oscar de la Hoya during the Games.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

After struggling with alcohol early in his career, Chris Mullin worked as hard as anyone to become a Dream Teamer.
Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images

Alone of the Dream Teamers, John Stockton could go virtually unrecognized on the streets of Barcelona.
Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images

Not surprisingly, Clyde “The Glide” Drexler resented being a Dream Team add-on.
John W. McDonough/Getty Images

No matter how much he claimed that it wasn’t difficult, college-kid Christian Laettner had a hard time being one of the boys.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

Jordan felt that David Robinson (shown here jamming with Branford Marsalis in Barcelona) loved music more than he did basketball.
Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images

The ferocious manner in which Scottie Pippen and Jordan went after Croatia’s Toni Kukoc (7) is a vivid Olympic memory for all the Dream Teamers.
Richard Mackson/Getty Images

Daly’s love of golf was a big reason that Jordan signed on.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

Jordan and stogie were frequent companions.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

As Bird reclines in the background, Jordan furiously pursues another table-tennis victory.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

Wherever Magic went, the world’s most famous HIV carrier drew a crowd.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images

Barkley was at once the team’s public relations nightmare and its greatest ambassador.
Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images