US 1992 Barcelona Olympics Basketball Roster : 4 Christian Laettner; 5 David Robinson; 6 Patrick Ewing; 7 Larry Bird (co-captain); 8 Scottie Pippen; 9 Michael Jordan; 10 Clyde Drexler; 11 Karl Malone; 12 John Stockton; 13 Chris Mullin; 14 Charles Barkley; 15 Magic Johnson (co-captain)
"Playing with these guys on the Dream Team was basketball heaven," Stockton remembers. "It was like someone would run to the spot and, upon getting there, the ball would be there. Guys made reciprocal moves. It was basketball poetry. There was no place you could throw the ball that was wrong."
And from my favorite chapter 33 (Lithuania and the Grateful Dead) :=
"A couple of things from that game resonates with me. At one point a loose ball happened to hit an official, keeping it inbounds and enabling Lithuania to retain possession. Less than a minute later Bird grabbed a rebound with his left hand, glanced at the same official, who was standing nearby, and bounced the ball off him, scooping it up a split second later. In that brief span of time between when he grabbed the ball and saw the official, Bird's basketball mind took a snapshot, developed it, and determined that he could have a little fun without giving up the advantage. He used to talk about how he was able to freeze the action, get time itself to almost slow down, so he could make a split-second decision."
My Rating : 3.5/5
"Playing with these guys on the Dream Team was basketball heaven," Stockton remembers. "It was like someone would run to the spot and, upon getting there, the ball would be there. Guys made reciprocal moves. It was basketball poetry. There was no place you could throw the ball that was wrong."
And from my favorite chapter 33 (Lithuania and the Grateful Dead) :=
"A couple of things from that game resonates with me. At one point a loose ball happened to hit an official, keeping it inbounds and enabling Lithuania to retain possession. Less than a minute later Bird grabbed a rebound with his left hand, glanced at the same official, who was standing nearby, and bounced the ball off him, scooping it up a split second later. In that brief span of time between when he grabbed the ball and saw the official, Bird's basketball mind took a snapshot, developed it, and determined that he could have a little fun without giving up the advantage. He used to talk about how he was able to freeze the action, get time itself to almost slow down, so he could make a split-second decision."
My Rating : 3.5/5
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“Bird's basketball mind took a snapshot, developed it, and determined that he could have a little fun without giving up the advantage. He used to talk about how he was able to freeze the action, get time itself to almost slow down, so he could make a split-second decision."
The above quote is fascinating:
Jives well with a book I read not too long ago. Here is a good description of the book:
“The choices we make----unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years----benefit profoundly from delay. As this provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life ... even when time seems to be of the essence.”
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
By Frank Partnoy
Aman
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