Rare shots: 1984 Olympic Basketball Trials
Rare shots: 1984 Olympic Basketball Trials
Bob Knight
In the spring of 1984, Indiana coach Bob Knight invited the best 72 amateur basketball players in the country to try out for the Olympics. As Karl Malone, then a burly forward at Louisiana Tech, put it to Sports Illustrated at the time, "They said they was gettin' the best 72 and they wasn't tellin' no stories." SI sent three photographers to cover the tryouts, which included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton and other future stars.
Patrick Ewing
Charles Barkley
Chris Mullin
Charles Barkley
Patrick Ewing
Michael Jordan
Patrick Ewing
Steve Colter
John Stockton, Jim Master
Charles Barkley
Michael Jordan
Karl Malone
Dell Curry
Karl Malone
Michael Jordan
Chuck Person
Patrick Ewing
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley
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