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TIL that while Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird described playing on the 1992 US Olympic basketball team as the greatest experience of their lives, Michael Jordan said that the biggest benefit was learning about his teammates’ weaknesses. He later won three NBA finals against them.

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