We Beat the Dream Team

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We Beat the Dream Team

2025,

1h 20m,

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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 and Michael Jordan and the rest of the legendary 鈥淒ream Team鈥� for their Olympic debut in 1992. In an unexpected twist, the college team, which 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 鈥� an outcome that ultimately helped propel the Dream Team to gold. The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain marked the first-time professional basketball players were allowed to compete, giving rise to the legendary Dream Team. With the exception of Duke University鈥檚 Christian Laettner, who was the lone college athlete on the team, star college players were invited to the 鈥淯SA Select Team鈥� 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 rare archives, the film revisits the sole game the celebrated Dream Team lost, unspooling the story from the perspective of the college athletes.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

The results are delightful: It鈥檚 rare to see a documentary airing out a long-running beef as beautifully, good-naturedly and enjoyably as this one.

Feb 21, 2025

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Marty Brown

Common Sense Media

This one is for fans only.

Apr 16, 2025

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Scott Hines

Decider

If you can鈥檛 get enough of the Dream Team story, then there鈥檚 a lot to keep you satisfied here.

Mar 12, 2025

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

The footage of the "game" isn't the best quality, but the director has something better up his sleeve.

Feb 22, 2025

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics (Substack)

It鈥檚 not the tightest documentary, nor the most visually engaging sports film, but Hill and friends spin a good yarn about that day.

Feb 14, 2025

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stephen b

Was interesting to finally see some of the tape. I get highlighting the Grant Hill perspective, but the initial narration bogged it down in the beginning.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/25

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Birithivy Y

We Beat The Dream Team - 7/10. To be honest, this doc is just okay, and could鈥檝e been slightly better. It tells the story about the young team that beat the Dream Team in a warm up game. I鈥檝e heard this story many many times before, whether it be in the book I read about the Dream Team, or in anything media related that involved the Dream Team in general. Seeing the young team鈥檚 members giving their take on the events was nice, and some of those players ended up being household names themselves. I think that鈥檚 why this doc is mute in a sense: it鈥檚 not like this team was a rag tag team of non pros. These were first round picks, college stars, and overall solid players. Whether people like to hear it or not, its a practise game, and had this been an actual regulation game, maybe this story would work better! But, for the sports fan in me, it still was a decent and good watch to fulfill my NBA nostalgia!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Gerald W

This documentary is entertaining and provides lessons. The humor displayed by both players and coaches is something I enjoy. I believe the college players defeated the Dream Team. In my opinion, they made their case. The college players cough the DT sleeping. lesson! "No sleeping during the game" Chuck Daly's decision to remove the score is understandable to me. Think about what we would all be thinking in 1992 if he hadn't removed the score. Why telling this now?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Michael Tolajian

Director

Grant Hill

Self

Chris Webber

Self

Penny Hardaway

Self

Bobby Hurley

Self

Jamal Mashburn

Self

Synopsis

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 and Michael Jordan and the rest of the legendary 鈥淒ream Team鈥� for their Olympic debut in 1992. In an unexpected twist, the college team, which 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 鈥� an outcome that ultimately helped propel the Dream Team to gold. The 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain marked the first-time professional basketball players were allowed to compete, giving rise to the legendary Dream Team. With the exception of Duke University鈥檚 Christian Laettner, who was the lone college athlete on the team, star college players were invited to the 鈥淯SA Select Team鈥� 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 rare archives, the film revisits the sole game the celebrated Dream Team lost, unspooling the story from the perspective of the college athletes.

Director: Michael Tolajian
Producer: Moses Musilu, Michael Tolajian
Distributor: HBO
Production Co: TNT Sports
Genre: Documentary, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2025
Runtime: 1h 20m

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