The Other Dream Team Page #2

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the rivalry takes on a special edge.

The Red Army team,

right there in the name, it's all there.

I mean, it's the army of the Soviet Union

based in Moscow,

which had essentially annexed Lithuania.

And the name "Zalgiris" refers

to the great knights of the old Lithuania.

I remember before final games

some generals from army,

they come to meeting and said...

This was not only their pride,

that was the open war.

We are not going to accept,

no way, no time ever

the occupation of Lithuania

and we are fighting the enemy.

Not in a field with explosives,

bombs, machine guns, or planes,

but we are fighting them

on a basketball court.

For the first pick in the 1986 NBA draft,

the Cleveland Cavaliers

select Brad Daugherty

of the University of North Carolina.

Chuck Person of Auburn.

John Salley of Georgia Tech.

For the last pick

- of the first round...

- Hurry up!

...of the NBA draft,

America's game,

the Portland Trail Blazers

select Arvydas Sabonis of the Soviet Union.

That's gonna be an interesting selection.

Good night, nurse.

Ridiculous. Just ridiculous.

Well, I can't spell it and

I can't pronounce it.

The thing that

I'd like to talk about is that Sabonis.

Because this guy right now

is one of the top three

or four centers in the world.

What about getting him out?

That is a problem.

We are talking

to some people who are talking to people.

There's been nothing really very strong.

I suspect it will have to be

on the political level,

on the diplomatic level

before anything ever would take place.

Tommy Sheppard with the Wizards.

We'll see you at 3:00 today.

- Okay.

- Bring your A-game.

I said bring your A-game.

Jonas is a little bit of a

mystery in this draft.

Talent-wise, I think he could end up

being the best player in this draft.

What time he comes to the NBA,

and when that talent begins to blossom,

that's up for debate.

Exciting time for you, man.

You're only a rookie one time.

You only get drafted one time.

Might as well enjoy it.

My father played basketball

when he was young,

- but my father is rower.

- Yeah?

- Rower.

- A rower?

- Oh, really?

- My father told me,

"If you choose rower,

you will be good rower. "

- It's easy, right?

- Yeah. He told me, "Come on. "

The camp can be pretty intimidating

because these guys know that their future

depends on what the people

in the room think.

The dollar amount between

being the second pick in the draft

and the 20th is millions of dollars.

So there's a lot at stake.

There's question marks

about how ready he is

and we're never gonna know for sure.

He's a risk.

Going into the Olympics,

we were feeling pretty good.

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