NEW YORK — Blue and yellow shirts were being whisked around the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue. People, young and old, international and local, were scurrying about in hopes of scoring some gear to get signed by basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin. It was his day, and on the first floor, near a display paying tribute to Team USA, he would soon connect with those he appreciates so dearly.
The nostalgia athletic apparel company Mitchell & Ness had outfitted the section specifically for the 1992 Dream Team. On the floor were numbers from the summer of ’92 — box scores with the flags of the nations Team USA drubbed in Barcelona. Lining a path to an elevated table in the back were white boxes listing the results. The 68-point win over Angola, a 51-point semifinal win over Lithuania and that tightly contested 32-point victory in the gold medal game against Croatia.
On the walls were jerseys of various NBA legends and Dream Team teammates, but Mullin’s gear was…
