What makes this frame quietly compelling isn’t the drive itself — it’s who Jordan is driving past. In the summer of 1992, Michael Jordan and Christian Laettner stood on the same side of the floor in Barcelona, gold medals around their necks, as part of the 1992 Dream Team. Laettner was the only college player chosen for that roster, picked alongside Jordan, Bird, Magic and the rest of the most celebrated team in basketball history. Months later, this photograph captures the two of them as opponents: Jordan in Bulls red-and-white, Laettner in Timberwolves blue, the rookie reaching as the veteran blows by.

By the time David Banks made this image around 1993, Laettner was deep into a rookie season that would earn him All-Rookie First Team honors after going third overall out of Duke. The photograph is a color Type I original — bright, sharp, and uncommon in a Type 1 field dominated by black-and-white press work — with a clean look at the Air Jordan VIII on Jordan’s feet. The matchup is certified by name on the PSA label, and the print sits on Kodak Professional paper, the watermark visible across the back. It is a modest piece by the standards of this collection, but the Dream-Team-teammates angle gives it a story most action frames don’t carry.