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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Epigraph
Thumbnail Sketches
Introduction
Prologue: The Dream Team Gets a Name
1 Before the Dream
Chapter 1: The Inspector of Meat—Pros in the Olympics? It Was His Idea, and Don’t Let Anyone Tell You Different
Chapter 2: The Chosen One—Sneaker Porn Is Born
Chapter 3: The Commissioner and the Inspector of Meat—The NBA Sticks a Tentative Toe into International Waters
Chapter 4: The Legend—“I’m the Three-Point King”
Chapter 5: The Outcast—Isiah Throws It Away … Then Throws It All Away
Chapter 6: The Magic Man—With a Junior Skyhook, He Claims His Place on Top
Chapter 7: The Shooter—Mullin Puts Down the Bottle and Puts Up the Numbers
Chapter 8: The Christian Soldier—The Admiral Takes an Olympic Fall
Chapter 9: The Chosen One—And So Does a Fork Become a Holy Relic
Chapter 10: The Old Guard—Here Today … Gone Real Soon
Chapter 11: The Shadow Man—For the Kid from Nowheresville, Arkansas, Playing Alongside Michael Could Be a Real Headache
Interlude, 2011: The Shadow Man—“Michael Got Away with a Lot of Things”
Chapter 12: The Coach—A Man of Both Style and Substance
Chapter 13: The Jester—Sir Charles Wants to Be an Olympian … He Just Doesn’t Always Act Like One
Chapter 14: The Committee and the Dream Team—Okay, Superstars, Prepare for Deification.… Uh, Isiah? Not So Fast
Chapter 15: The Chosen One—Michael Seems to Have It All … But “All” Comes with a Burden
Chapter 16: The Spokane Kid and the Outcast—Isiah Sends an Olympic Message … and the Mailman Follows with a Special Delivery
Chapter 17: The Dukie—Wanted: College All-American … Must Perform Scut Duty on Summer Vacation
Chapter 18: The Glide—Clyde’s on the Team, and Jordan Shrugs
Interlude, 2011: The Glide—“Jordan Was Damn Good … But Was He Better Than Me?”
2 The Dream Unfolds
Chapter 19: The Writer—And So It Begins … at a Cattle Call in San Diego
Chapter 20: The Magic Man—For a Man Who’s Dying, He Sure Looks Pretty Alive
Interlude, 2011: The Magic Man—“It’s My Mind-Set That’s Kept Me Alive”
Chapter 21: The Coach—Chuck Has a Message for His Assistants: Make Sure to Ignore
Chapter 22: The One-Day Wonders—These Were the Best Days of His Life.… Surely Grant Hill’s Wife Understands
Chapter 23: The Writer—The Action Begins in Portland and Everyone Wants a Piece
Chapter 24: The Legend—Larry Shoots and Scores … and at Night Lies Awake in Pain
Chapter 25: The Kid from Spokane—Daly Had a Pistons Phone Number in His Hand … and It Wasn’t Isiah’s
Interlude, 2011: The Kid from Spokane—“You’re Not Writing That Down, Are You?”
Chapter 26: The Chosen One—So Many Balls to Sign … and Jordan Almost Reaches His Breaking Point
Chapter 27: The Writer, the Jester, and the Christian Soldier—Monsieur Barkley Will Indeed Take a Hit on 19
Interlude, 2011: The Christian Soldier—And What Shall a Man Do with All His Gifts?
Chapter 28: The Greatest Game That Nobody Ever Saw—“They Just Moved Chicago Stadium to Monte Carlo. That’s All They Did”
Chapter 29: The Writer—“There’s Helicopters Up There—This Shit Is Serious!”
Chapter 30: The Jester and the Angolan—“I Did Not Know That He Would Make Violence with Me”
Chapter 31: The Kukoc Game—“They Were Like Mad Dogs on Toni”
Chapter 32: The Coolest Room in the World—“Charles, We’re Sorry, but This Is a Ring Table.… ”
Interlude, 2011: The Chosen One—“I Know My Father Was Up There Watching Me”
Chapter 33: The Tie-Dyed Darlings—Sabonis Wins Bronze, Then Sleeps It Off
Chapter 34: The Gold, the Flag, and the Chosen One—Some Wear Old Glory … Though Not in the Service of Patriotism
Chapter 35: The Aftermath—Michael/Magic/Larry … and Then There Were None
Chapter 36: The Impact—“We Were Like Actors in a Play”
Epilogue: The Legend—“I Would’ve Liked to Have Touched Gold When I Was a Kid”
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Other Books by This Author
About the Author
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