Year later that archive, with classic video of Michael Jordan and Larry Bird proved to reflect a prescient understanding of the power of digital assets in a wired world.
Eleven Hall of Fame players, including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, David Robinson, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley, came together to crush international opponents and win Olympic gold in Barcelona, Spain.
He was Londoner Michael Hudson, who was out bird watching, and had been one of the Queen's Royal coachmen at Buckingham Palace.
Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and a Hall of Fame list of others had that.
That wasn't worth much at first, but thanks to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and, eventually, Michael Jordan, the NBA exploded in popularity in the 1980s and '90s.
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That's probably why, in the NBA, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers teams of the '80s, led by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively, rate higher than the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls clubs of the 1990s.
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