There are many interesting things about Larry Bird, and his former teammates, journalists and friends have had many untold special moments with the Hall of Famer. Charles Buckley is no exception. The two were former teammates of the famous Dream Team in 1992, sir Charles, who revealed that Bird beat him in a challenge, but that was outside of basketball.
Charles Barkley: "After playing against him, I had a headache for two days."
Barkley said in an interview that his headache had been two days, not because of any commotion or punches or kicks between him and Bird, but because of a beer. The Dream Team of 1992 was considered by many to be the greatest team in Olympic history, and they were all popular NBA players at the time, who proved themselves to be the best on and off the court. Before the Barcelona Olympics began, Barkley and Bird wandered around Monte Carlo. But because of Bird, anything normal can quickly become competitive, and that's what Barkley learned.
"You definitely don't want to have a beer with Larry Bird," Barkley said in a Dream Team documentary. We drank Budweiser together, but Budweiser is the strongest beer in the world. It gave me a headache for two days. ”
Even for a supposedly friendly and ordinary event like drinking beer, the Boston Celtic legend proves he's a leader in the field. He defeated Barkley in a game of drinking against Barkley, a victory that Barkley himself acknowledged.
Even drinking can be rolled up, and who is most eager to compete among these star-studded '92 dream teams? The answer was simple, it was the superstar Jordan at the time.
As we all know, when you add a group of superstars and legends to the game, the competition becomes very fierce. The 1992 Dream Team players fought for pride, and some even had some egos. Everyone knows they're the team they need to beat, but not everyone knows how they roll into each other in training.
Barkley led the team by averaging 18 points per game, but the addition of Michael Jordan helped the team form an advantage. For Jordan's joining, according to his own words, he hopes to join this competition and feel the competition of top stars.
Jordan said, "I never got a chance to see how other All-Stars prepare for a game or a training session. Or compete with them in daily training to see how strong their desire to compete is, what they desire, what drives them to compete, what drives them to compete constantly. For me, that's why I played in the Dream Team for the 1992 Olympics. ”
Jordan and the rest of the Dream Team have beaten each other in training, but they love activities that allow them to have chemistry on and off the court. The players played hard and were competitive, but they learned how to play to each other's strengths, which was a key factor in the U.S. dominance at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.