For that, he made a television broadcasting contract with the NBC worth two million dollars, with condition to set a Soviet and Czechoslovak team to play in finals, unfortunately for him, that plan has failed due to Soviet embassy prohibited their team to perform, just before the final match.
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At the time, it happened that the best Czechoslovakian team Dukla Praha and Soviet Union were guests in the U.S. so Obradović got idea to form a four teams tournament with participants: Dukla, Soviet Union, San Francisco Clippers and Mexico (as a host of soon to be Olimpics).