Schmidt accepts it all and happily obliges every request with a smile, and often with a hearty laugh. Absolutely nobody could have foreseen the astronomical level of popularity these 12 men enjoyed. He was top scorer in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 events, including when the US Dream Team - rated the greatest basketball unit ever assembled - stormed to the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics. Run against animated Olympic runners, race down a virtual slalom at this new Colorado museum, Tokyo Olympics CEO suggests relaxed entry rules for athletes, Denver Mayor Hancock apologizes for flying for Thanksgiving after urging others not to travel due to COVID-19, Denver mayor traveled for Thanksgiving despite pandemic and Twitter was not happy about it, Health officials lift shutdown orders for 5 Douglas County restaurants that violated COVID-19 restrictions, Another district court judge says inappropriate conduct by other judges is the norm in Adams County. TM © Olympic Channel Services S.L. That's why I shot good. But although his Brazil teams never got beyond the quarter-finals, it was the Olympics that Schmidt was best known for. He played in Brazil, Italy and Spain but never joined the NBA because he was worried it might have prevented him playing internationally for Brazil. Let me make it a little more difficult. "We know Oscar has been a great player over the years, but we are playing Brazil, not him. ", "Sometimes it went well, sometimes not, but I always did my best," said Schmidt. He’s the one who single-handedly beat the United States on its own soil nearly 30 years ago, stoking the ambers that led to the Dream Team. I was also a rebounder. Everybody who plays basketball is a kid. I thought, we want to win the game. If only camera phones had existed in 1992, Oscar Schmidt would have one heck of a selfie on his mantlepiece. What do you remember about the Dream Team. Oscar Schmidt was voted as one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 for his achievements. Furthermore, for his phenomenal play in the Olympics year after year, he … Clyde Drexler, who played for the US in that game, acknowledged Schmidt's talent. So when we play against each other, the great players respect the other great players of the other team. Michael Jordan isn't playing in the 1996 Olympics, but his international counterpart is. Nobody was allowed to park a vehicle within two blocks of the Ambassador hotel where they stayed. We came very close, but life is like that. Why didn't you go and play there?The reason I never played in the NBA, was that as I started to get older, you must run fast every game and I just said no. Rebajas en zapatillas, sudaderas, camisetas... todo lo que necesites para disfrutar de tu deporte favorito. When it comes to deciding which is the greatest basketball team of all time, there is no divisiveness. But one day I spent two hours to make the 20, and then I kept shooting to see how far I could go. He was still hurt. The 1992 Dream Team represents the highest ideal of the sport, and there has never been a better team of basketball players assembled since. Alto 2,05 m per 110 kg, Oscar giocava nel ruolo di ala, guadagnandosi il soprannome di Mão Santa ("mano santa") per la sua precisione al tiro. I played against his father every year, and our team was much better than his team - and we would kick his ass every year. "The one I played best in was Seoul - the percentage the team was shooting, we should have won a medal and we could have won the Olympics. At that time, there had been discussion inside the U.S. basketball program about possibly using professionals in upcoming Olympics. The Dream Team was relentlessly mobbed everywhere they went.Brazil's phenomenal scorer Oscar Schmidt stated his goal for the tournament thusly, "I want all the American team's autographs if possible."