Sports Doc ‘We Beat The Dream Team’ Trailer About 1992 Olympics

Sports Doc ‘We Beat The Dream Team’ Trailer About 1992 Olympics

by Alex Billington
February 6, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Best pick-up game you’re ever gonna play in in your life.” HBO has unveiled an official trailer for a sport history documentary film titled We Beat The Dream Team’, from director Michael Tolajian. This is set for a streaming debut on Max starting later in February. The greatest basketball story you’ve never heard… Was it a fluke – or something more? College stars like Hill and Webber stunned the 1992 Olympic Dream Team of Bird, Jordan and Magic in practice, helping motivate the NBA legends toward their gold medal run. Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Penny Hardaway, and others recount their shocking 1992 game against the Dream Team. The doc features footage from the only surviving VHS copy of the secret scrimmage, interviews with the USA Select Team key players and coaches, and sporadic archival footage. With 1992 USA Select Team players Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, Bobby Hurley, Jamal Mashburn, Allan Houston, and Rodney Rogers; USA Select Team coach Roy Williams; Dream Team player Christian Laettner; Dream Team assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski; the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team players Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton; and 2024’s head coach Steve Kerr. Looks pretty dang good – check this out.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for HBO’s doc We Beat The Dream Team, direct from YouTube:

We Beat The Dream Team reveals the little-known story of a group of college basketball players who were tasked with preparing Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and the rest of the legendary “Dream Team” for their Olympic debut in 1992. In an unexpected twist, the college team, which also featured Grant Hill, Chris Webber, Penny Hardaway, Bobby Hurley, Jamal Mashburn, Allan Houston, Rodney Rogers, and Eric Montross, shocked the NBA superstars by defeating them in a scrimmage – an outcome that ultimately helped propel the Dream Team to gold. The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona marked the first-time professional basketball players were allowed to compete, giving rise to the legendary Dream Team. With the exception of Duke University’s Christian Laettner, who was the lone college athlete on the team, star college players were invited to the “USA Select Team” and brought in to the prepare the NBA superstars for the Olympics. Using the only surviving VHS copy of the secret scrimmage, interviews with the USA Select Team key players and coaches, and additional sporadic archives, the film revisits the sole game the celebrated Dream Team lost, unspooling the story from the perspective of many of the college athletes.

We Beat The Dream Team is directed by writer / producer / filmmaker Michael Tolajian, director of the films Once Brothers, Bought & Sold, Bluegrass Kingdom, Q Ball, and the series “Pass the Rock” recently, plus some work on “30 for 30”. Produced by Moses Musilu and Michael Tolajian; edited by Ken Mowe. Made by TNT Sports in association with HBO Sports Documentaries and Blue Ox Films. HBO will debut We Beat The Dream Team streaming on Max starting February 17th, 2025 this winter. Who wants to watch?

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