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Also led his team in the playoffs in scoring, rebounding, blocks, assists and steals (LBJ did that once), also won the title without a current all star or future hall of famer on his team - never been done before or since
@@mj23goat3 Dude, he said “THE GREATEST SEASON”; meaning ONE, as in the singular tense. So, not “Delusional.” But for that matter, MJ is THE ONE SINGULAR GOAT.
Hahahahaha, me too! First time we played like that, and I chose Hakeem, he asked “who’s that?”… I said “you’re fixin’ to find out”. And find out he did 🤣. All I heard the entire time was “that guy’s ridiculous “ and “this isn’t fair!” LOLzzzzz
AGREED.The-DREAM-gave it to you on both ends of the court unlike Shaq ( who out played Shaq-GREATLY-in their finals match-up ) and people forget DREAm was mostly a defensive player in college,who also started to develop a nice turn around jumper in the post.But,once in the nba he became an offensive juggernaut.And I do remember DREAM fighting a lot in the nba,even more than Barkley. LOL.
Kareem is the greatest big of all time due to his sustained prime, from age 18 to 40. Hakeem didn't reach his peak until the early 90s, and started to slow down by 1996. But he's still ahead of Shaq and Timmy, #10 on my GOAT list, and one of my all-time favorite players.
I refuse to fault anyone for having Kareem as their best but try to have a better argument. Hakeem played 18 seasons to Kareem's 20. Hakeem was a double-doublr machine from his rookie year for about 13 of his seasons. Faulting him for health is absurd. Hakeem didn't have one if the greatest players of all time, top 5, as his partner for half his career. Hakeem was a better defender, especially rim. Shot a better percentage & Kareem's production started to fall around the same amount of years as Hakeem's while being on a loaded Lakers while Hakeem had to carry Houston alone more than a decade of his 18.
@@fletchbundyuhh, and Dream is STILL the all-time blocks leader, which he took from Kareem with two less years on the court; and Dream will probably always will be the blocks leader if the shit ball they play these days is how it’s going to be.
Everyone has a greatest lineup possible, and Hakeem is at center on mine. The man turned basketball into poetry, everything he did was as artistic as it was flawless.
I was born in 1990 so I never got to see him play, but I've done my research on him, and this may or may not make sense, but he's my favorite player of all time that I never got to see play
Not only was he extremely driven and competitive, but creative and EXTREMELY SKILLED. FOOTWORK FOOTWORK FOOTWORK!!! Also an AMAZING and HUMBLE human being. That is the Dream!! The most skilled big man of all time.
Wilt and Kareem played against one another. Wilt is one of the few people to block his skyhook multiple times in the same game, and Wilt was way past his prime at the time.
I find it easier to assign players to tiers rather than rank them individually. Hakeem is in the top tier w Russell, Shaq, Wilt, and Kareem. Jockic will be in that tier soon if he is not already
Definitely my favorite center, most skilled center of all time 👍 I keep thinking what would’ve been if Chicago Bulls with MJ, Pippen and Rodman had Hakeem 🤔
It's very hard to argue who is the "greatest" big of all time due to so many factors, but I think it's always been pretty easy to declare Dream the most skilled big man of all time. Kareem is right there with him, but Dream's footwork was just something no center could replicate.
You have that backwards. Wilt Chamberlain is easily the best ever. Most skilled? How do you judge skilled? I have stats you have your opinion. And one thing to consider I don't think anyone who didn't play basketball until 17 i believe, is more skilled than other professionals playing it their whole lives. He is my favorite center of all time but I don't think of him passing the ball or hitting an outside jumper when I picture him playing. Do you? Then how can he be the most skilled? Moses was playing professionally when he was 17 and he was the man who taught Akeem how to play the low post. He must have had some skills.
You could easily make the argument that Arvidas Sabonis had more skill. He was old when he showed up and he was the best passing big man in the NBA. Still had a nice jumper too.
@user-xn3sz3pl9n Well if you look at Hakeem's skillset Midrange jumper Step Back jumper Fadeaway jumper Hook shot Spin moves Crossover Handles Footwork Dream Shake with counters Good Freethrow shooter Decent at Assists Elite Shot Blocker Rebounder Only center in top 10 Ever at Steals Post Defense Can guard Perimeter players in spurts and blocked 3 point shots Arguably one of the greatest two way players ever Showed the ability to hit the 3 ( even if he didn't use it much) His skill on both sides of the ball will place him in the conversation as most skilled Center Ever....even if your opinion is different
@@peterguidry6084 Csreer - 31 ppg - 23 rpg Led the league in total assists ond season Points one game - 100 Rbs one game - 55 One season avg- 50 ppg holds the next 3 spots as well 118 times scored 50 271 times scored 40 Holds 68 NBA records outright and is tied with 4more
@peterguidry6084 Wasn't finished Had a vertical somewhere in the 40,s some people say it was closer to 50 Little over 7. 1 They didn't record blocks at the time. If uou want to be amazed look up the rest of the records . Wilt , Ruth , Gretzky and Brady are on the MT. Rushmore of singular dominance. Olajuwan is my favorite big man who ever played and I started watching him at Houston znd watched in horror when Wotherspoon had the put back in the NCAA final game with Akeem standing rooted to the floor. He was awesome to watch and a fantastic player. Go and read the record book you'll change your mind BEFORE you finish his section of the dann thing. I'm sorry dude Wilt Chamberlain was that dominant and no one even comes close, second place can't even see him.
Olajuwon imo is the best center of all time. Not by career achievements but skill. He could score, play defense, get up the court. And his moves were incredible in the post and midrange. His quickness was insane. I'll take Olajuwon at center over anyone, ever.
Talking about the C position, he was the real deal. Even the small guys copied his move,to tell you how good he was. I always put him in my top 5 of all time
Hakeem Olajuwon was good enough that even if you only got him on one side of the ball he would help your team. Just his offense or just his defense is enough to be a rotation player on a playoff team.
i’ve always appreciated this channel but this became an S tier basketball channel once you dropped your recent lebron james video pointing out how he clearly has no case for GOAT or even #2. your channel is making way for the underrated GOATs who deserve it like Bird and Hakeem
i'm with you sean, i consider hakeem to be the best all-around center i've ever seen. and i'm old enough to have watched virtually all the greats (i never did get to see bill russell live though, let alone mikan). wilt, kareem, willis, bellamy, lanier, cowens, unseld, walton, moses, gilmore, robinson, ewing, shaq, duncan, embiid, jokic... the dream was just.... the best.
My dream is to pray along side my brother Hakeem at least once. He meant a lot to fellow Muslim Basketball fans and alongside Khabib is my favourite athlete of all time!
Had the pleasure to watch Hakeem the Dream growing up as a Houston native in the 80s and 90s. People forget that when he converted to Islam, he would fast during the day throughout the month of Ramadan. No food or drink of any kind during day games and he would still dominate.
And... he started playing basketball when he was 15 years old. If he had had a better team, 90s would have seen an amazing rivalry between rockets vs bulls.
You can’t ignore 1986 if you’re a Laker or Lakers fan. The Rockets turned out to be a surprisingly strong playoff opponent, but the biggest key to their success was a 2nd-year pro, Akeem Olajuwon. After that season, many analysts thought Houston was about to take over the conference for years to come. Unfortunately, they couldn’t duplicate the success of that year.
The dream has always been my favorite all- time big, I viewed him better than his spot in my top 10 than I put him, contradictory arising mostly due to popular discourse!
In the comment section of a video made by someone who wasn't born when Akeem was a rookie and where Legendary players are all saying how great he was you lead off your comment " this is the most underrated player of all time ." YOU SURE ABOUT THAT.
Still underrated and in some cases disrespected (thinking of people clowning Gianis taking lessons from Dream) and my favorite big other than Kareem. Iirc MJ said he was one of the only ones he hated to face and they didn't even play the same position and he was MJ's first pick in a dream lineup, that says it all. Folks can argue all they want, but I got Dream top 10.
Hakeem was a beast, his game during his prime was unmatched, Shaq, Robinson, Ewing couldn’t guard him and the all forever what if Jordan hasn’t retired after the first 3 peat …. Would MJ have been handed his 1st and 2nd finals loss
Not enough credit is given to Richard Mills for putting him on the Nigerian junior team and Guy Lewis at UH and Carroll Dawson for helping convert his soccer footwork to fundamental basketball footwork.
Another one of older school legends the young folk don't about, the Dream was the most annoying to deal with even on the videogames back in the day lol if you played against Houston you know.
Give Dream a Scottie and he wins 6 rings. He also made 3 straight final fours in college and beat the showtime lakers in their prime in the western conference finals.
My starting center. Put him and John Stockton and Larry Bird on the same team I really don't care who else is on the team I'll take them against the field 😊
If you could but Anthony Edwards’s heart and toughness into Anthony Davis. That’s dream. Anthony Davis physically can do whatever he wants but he don’t like playing the 5. He won’t be willing to destroy you to win. A lot of times he doesn’t want to offend lebron . It’s a shame really
I don’t think it’s controversial at all. I would argue Dream should be in the goat debate if not the top 5. My number 1 nba pick would be MJ. My number 2 is Dream.
