The most recent episodes of ESPN’s 10-part documentary series, The Last Dance, heavily covered the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team — or the “Dream Team.”
The legendary USA squad was comprised of 11 Hall of Famers, including Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson, and swept through the Olympic slate with an average margin of victory of 43.8 points. This team was responsible for putting the NBA and basketball on the global stage that it is today.
But for Jordan, his business relationship with Nike did create a stir back in 1992.
The U.S. team’s podium apparel back then was outfitted by Reebok, and Jordan wasn’t too keen on displaying the Reebok logo while receiving his gold medal. He ended up covering the logo up with an American flag. But in the lead-up to that moment, he dealt with heavy pushback from former USOC executive Harvey Schiller.
That led to this moment captured on The Last Dance with Jordan calling Schiller an expletive.
— keith van fujimoto (@oakleyandallen) May 4, 2020
Well, it turned out that Schiller was tuned in to the episode because the 80-year-old former sports executive responded on Twitter.
Well, I bet the Dream Team members still have their Olympic Reebok award uniforms.
— Harvey Schiller (@HWSCHILLER) May 4, 2020
He guessed that the Dream Team members still kept their Reebok gear.
It wasn’t exactly a personal dig at Jordan, but Schiller clearly took note of the controversy.
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