Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley featured in ‘We Beat The Dream Team’ HBO documentary film

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Once upon a time, the 1992 U.S. Olympic “Dream Team” led by Michael Jordan and Phoenix Suns legend Charles Barkley got smoked by some college kids.

Arizona State men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley was the point guard among the former All-Americans, who beat the greatest team ever assembled. That scrimmage during the Dream Team’s first practice is profiled in the upcoming HBO documentary “We Beat The Dream Team,” premiering February 17.

The film’s trailer was released Wednesday.

Interviews in the trailer include Magic Johnson, Barkley, and several of the eight-man practice squad members. Hall of Famers Grant Hill and Chris Webber, Jamal Mashburn, Allan Houston, and former Suns guard Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway offer their recollections of what happened during the scrimmage as well. Hurley is in the trailer’s montage of riveting highlights and photos from the scrimmage, and those college stars’ highlights during the early 1990s.

“You’re thinking, ‘Man, like, these guys took our opportunity,'” Hill said in the film’s trailer.

He referred to the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team’s former college player-filled roster before the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. That year was the first when the roster of mostly NBA All-Stars won the gold medal after Team USA underwhelmingly won the bronze in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Hill is Hurley’s former Duke teammate and played for the Suns from 2007-12 during his 19-year pro career. He is now the Team USA men’s basketball managing director.

“It was kind of like you want to be on a practice squad, and you’re talking to college All-Americans and potential pros, all eight of us on that team,” Mashburn said. “We’re not practice players.”

Webber talked about when he first met Dream Team member Larry Bird. They shared a ride to their hotel in San Diego where they practiced.

“I just remember getting off the plane, and I saw a sign with my name on it and I walked to the car, and Larry Bird’s sitting in there, and I’m like, ‘Hell nah,'” Webber said as he smiled about…

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Publish date : 2025-02-05 23:29:00

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