No ever player brought more to the table to a team than Hakeem did. Offense AND defense at an all-time level, both. The GOAT conversation should definitely include Hakeem. (not just centers, GOAT period).
@@austin5944 resume depends largely on who you have around you. Give Hakeem Scottie Pippen and give Jordan a bunch of coke addicts (Hakeem's teammates past 1986). Do you think Jordan gets six and Hakeem two ? I think accolades are nice to have a conversation at a barbershop, but if we want to dig deep, I think we must take into account that, you know, it is a team sport, not a Marvel showdown. My opinion.
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It was a pleasure to meet Hakeem Olajuwon, he is a very humble and chill person. In my eyes he was the GOAT of his era and would still dominate today because people don't know that Hakeem could shoot mid to long range jumpers and even hit the 3.
In addition to these, he also had the "show the ball" fakes that Larry Bird used to do AND he could take a center out to the elbow and cross them over. He was amazing. Every kid in Houston would do the Dream Shake in their driveway or in pick-up games. That 95 WCF Series was just an utter destruction of Robinson, who won the MVP that year over Olajuwon. The scary thing is ... Hakeem was a better defender than he was an offensive player. All time shot block leader and was in the top 10 all time in steals when he retired
Thanks again for highlighting the importance of using the jump shot and/or hook to sell every other post move, just as you did in your McHale video. The main difference (I think) is that Hakeem had an extra bit of dynamic athleticism that McHale didn't have. Not to say that McHale wasn't athletic - he most certainly was a great athlete. But Hakeem had better quickness, above-the-rim hops, and explosive power that turned his driving moves into yet another go-to move (IMO). But as with McHale, all of his shimmies, fakes, and tricky footwork would have gotten far lesser results with without a reliable jump shot or jump hook. Thankfully, Olajuwon developed go-to shots over both shoulders, which made it exceptionally difficult to guess which way he was going to go. He was especially deadly when he stopped his dribble with a "split" step move in which he planted both feet at the same time. This allowed him to use either foot as a pivot foot, and he was deadly shooting or making a move over either shoulder.
Mchale had a better shooting touch though. Either way they were both awesome.. I had court side seats to see the knicks vs rockets in 1991.. Hakeem was up and down the court faster than anyone all game. Didn’t even break a sweat. Amazing athlete.
@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Yup, McHale was an absolutely incredible shooter. He was money turning over both shoulders. Righty hook or fallaway shot over left, and fallaway over right. It was why his fakes and up-and-unders were so effective. His defenders might have looked like fools for always biting on his fakes, but it was only because they had no choice. Hakeem was a pretty good shooter as well, but not in the same class as McHale. But he made up for it by being quicker and more athletic than McHale, which helped open up lots of potential shots and shooting angles. McHale was a fine underrated athlete, but Hakeem was in a class of his own.
I was at the hawks/celts game in 87.. last regular season game to determine home court advantage for the east. Good seats as well that my dad picked up. Mchale battled Kevin Willis (another great played) and Rollins all day.. holy shit they were physical. Throwing elbows, more pushing and shoving than many NFL games. You see so much court side that TV just can’t catch. I had always thought bird was overrated, but when you see all the passing he does live. It’s very different. He wasn’t that slow either.
@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Thanks for sharing! You definitely see a lot more up close than from the TV camera view from farther away. The game looks much, much faster. I went down near the floor level to watch garbage time in a Knicks Spurs game many years ago, and current Nets GM Sean Marks was flying around doing dunks for the Spurs. The passes were whipping around so fast. And this was garbage time play.
The Dream was 'mad' DRob got the mvp at '95. They actually gave Robinson the trophy when the West finals between Spurs and Rockets began. Olajuwon said to his teammates 'that trophy should be mine' and the rest is history. He pretty much destroyed Robinson in that series. That's why Olajuwon is a back to back champion as the main guy of the team and Robinson won his rings as the second option behind Duncan.
I think it's because he jumps so high. The ball is shot well above his defender's reach, so he doesn't need to use his body and off-arm to shield the ball. Whereas other big men who can't jump as high need to use their bodies and off-arms as shields.
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I agree the Bulls during those 2 years had no real interior presence since Horace Grant left to Orlando and Rodman was still with the Spurs... and even when they had a solid PF in Horace Grant, The Dream was just a bad matchup for the Bulls and he beat them handily 5 out of the 6 times they faced each other from 91-93.
@@Jclip HORACE LEFT BUT KUKOC WAS MVP IN FIBA AND NOW HOF DONT MAKE XCUSE FOR JORDAN, HE COULDNT BEAT SHAQ 2 VS 2 EQUAL FIGHT (PPL LIE HOW RUST HE WAS BUT HE SCORE 45 PTS VS EWING IN SAME PLAYOFF) WHILE DREAM SWEEP SAME SHAQ 4-0
