Jamal Mashburn is a significant historical footnote in basketball history. The former Wildcat is one of only eight players that can say they beat the Dream Team and lived to tell the tale. The legend of that story has grown and now Mashburn is ready to share something you have not heard before.
For the first time in 1992, the USA Olympic basketball team was not filled with college kids. The new rule paved the way for the Dream Team’s creation, yet the college kids still needed some sort of international basketball outlet. They got that by becoming members of the Developmental Team.