It was then I remembered a story from back home, a story I was eager to share with them about the Green Giants of the small town of Hebron, Ill., and they were just as eager to hear it. I thought “yeah, sure, in your dreams.” It was, well, impossible. When they learned I was from the States, they were eager to share their hopes of playing against the USA, the famous Dream Team, with the likes of hoops superstars Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. With little financial support and lacking even a decent practice facility, they seemed pretty ragtag to me, but very proud and full of hope. The country was still reeling from the collapse of Soviet dominance, super inflation and a real fear of the unknown.īecause of its location, this town was considered a kind of health resort and, to my surprise, home to a goodly number of giants.Įventually I was informed these giants were actually the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team preparing for the ’92 Barcelona games. I was lecturing at a town deep in the forests of Lithuania.
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