TEMPE, Ariz. -- Zeke Jones was a wide-eyed, 25-year-old, first-time Olympian when the organizing committee gathered all the athletes from every nation outside the Stadium of Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain in preparation for the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Games.
Well, almost all the athletes.
"That was the year of the Dream Team for basketball," Jones said, referring to the American squad that introduced professionals into the Olympics with NBA icons Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin and Duke standout Christian Laettner.