“DREAM TEAM: Birth of the Modern Athlete" is a five-part Paramount+ original documentary series that examines the uncensored story of the 1992 Men’s Olympic Basketball Team and the long-lasting cultural impact of how the once-in-a-lifetime super team changed sports on a global scale forever.

 

DREAM TEAM uses rare archival footage and explores original unheard audio interviews from Michael JordanCharles Barkley and Larry Bird among many more, while featuring recent interviews from Dream Team and NBA legends including Magic JohnsonPatrick Ewing and David Robinson among others. The documentary series builds a cultural history of basketball, tracing the evolution of the NBA leading up to the 1992 Olympics and its ensuing growth into the second most popular sport on Earth.

 

Executive produced and directed by The Malloys, brothers Emmett and Brendan Malloy, of “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell” and “The Offseason: Kevin Durant” fame, DREAM TEAM is inspired by Hall-of-Fame sports journalist Jack McCallum’s New York Times Best Selling book “Dream Team”, which explores the global growth of the NBA on the heels of the Dream Team’s international success. McCallum serves as a producer and is interviewed throughout the documentary series.

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