Why Hakeem Olajuwon was BETTER THAN YOU THINK 

Where do you rank Hakeem Olajuwon amongst the all-time greats?

He is simply the greatest center of all time

Hakeem the Dream Olajuwon no doubt the best center ever.... I'm a LA fan but the man was a phenomenon

Hakeem is SUPER underrated..............

The best ALL AROUND center ever.

This why he is the greatest center of all time.

Im taking him #1 overall in a franchise starting draft with every player all time to choose from.

Definitely the greatest Center of all time!!! He redefined the position....he had the best moves, he wasn't as big as other Centers but managed to overplay them, his blocks were from another planet... great jumps, perfect timing!!! What else can i say.... i lived in Chicago from 1995-2003, was very happy that the Bulls won all those Championships but Hakeem and the Rockets did it in a different manner and i admire them for that!!!! Definitely, Hakeem is my favourite player that ever played the game of basketball!!!

You might try, but you are never touching that Dude. Absolute Best Ever!

Hakeem the greatest center of all time. Easy. 🙌🏼

Hakeem"The Dream" Olajuwon is the greatest center ever!

Greatest! Of All Time!

In my opinion, the Dream is the best centre of all time.

My top 5 of all time Olajuwon, Jordan, Bird, Magic, Duncan

GOAT SIMPLE

The absolute BEST Center!!!! Stats don't lie. It was an epic pleasure watching Dream play and take on the greats throughout his career!

Don't forget he also faced Rodman who's in the 1995 Spurs. Rodman made the All-NBA 3rd Team with his defense alone. Greatest defensive frontcourt ever (Robinson + Rodman).

Hakeem franchise player. The rockets didn’t appreciate it. But the man never bailed on the city. Could have gone elsewhere and won more championships.

Had me arguing with these fools today at my job, telling me Hakeem is not a top 10 player and Kobe’s over him. That’s blasphemy!!!

Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are the greatest center’s in basketball history. But between the two I have to go with Hakeem because he has a more diverse skill set. He could beat you in so many ways.

Olajuwon is the goat and its not even close!

My favorite player! Dream is by far the best center in my book!!! Noone had his moves, could stop him. I loved that spin move on the Admiral! He shook him!!!

Best Center of all time!!

I lived in Houston Texas during the 90s and and Hakeem we're by far the best team I've ever seen play and I've never seen another team like them do the things they did Hakeem is awesome Rudy t was one hell of a Coach. And the Rockettes coming back from three games to one and winning it's beyond the greatest team especially in a playoff setting

Most underrated player ever imo top 10 all time player

Achenes the best center of all time Hakeem Olajuwon is the best center of all time

Yes I’m a fan of Akeem Great memories

He is great! I've always said he's the greatest center in my era maybe all time. Numbers don't lie!

I followed Akeem/Hakeem since his UH days......he had a lot of back handed blocks in his career...if he could not block a shot in a conventional way he would improvise....you can see this in some the clips shown here.

I’ve always said that dream was the goat center, but he didn’t get to play in the 60s and he wasn’t high profile like some of the others on the all time list. Teams are very lucky that he didn’t have a stronger supporting cast sooner, otherwise he would have won 6 or more easily.

He's the most Dominate 2-way center ever, Number#1 in my book

He is simply the best..he can bring champion trophy 2 times as the only lonely all star player in his team...who else could do that... name 1 ?...

He is the GOAT and it really isn't close other than hype !

Hakeem!!!

One of the best I’ve ever seen

The best!!!🏀❤🏀

Top 3, but I say #1 because I watched him

If someone told me that they believe Hakeem is the Greatest player ever I wouldn’t disagree at all I think he should be in the conversation he’s definitely a top 5 player all time if not better

For me a prime Hakeem and a prime arvydas sabonis would give a lot of teams headaches

An absolute stud and one of my favourite players of all time along with his boy Ralph Sampson. Cant imagine the havok those two would've wreaked if Ralph never got hurt. Nevertheless is one of the goats and is one of the most well rounded players of all time. He never played on any super teams in his prime yet still dominated and won. Like you said, his championships weren't a product of Jordans departure I don't think people understand how much a championship run takes a toll on your body. Its between 16 and 28 games extra which is the main reason why there have been so few threepeats and nothing above aside from the 60s celtics who were just built different. Those playoff series's you went over are crazy too, just absolutely dominated.

Shaq praises him, that says a lot

considering he was able to legitimately compete with his conemporaries in the 80s and 90s respectively i saw him more peerless as far as all around GAME than MJ. ESP in the 90s...i mean shaq, ewing, robinson couldnt touch him....and we rarely saw match ups on par with that level against jordan at his position or in his finals other than the lakers and they got injured/bounced out by mj that really sparked his rise. Hakeem took just about every one of his "peers" behind the woodshed 95 vs the spurs is easily one of the greatest displays of dominance and all around game VS an MVP that could come to mind and to think He was going to town on the lakers back in the 80s that it took this long for him to have enough talent around him to COMPETE. Yet he never cried or threw anyone under the bus like we see most of todays stars or Young upstarts getting coaches fired b4 theyve played a single playoff minute.

Best centar forever!!!

He is the greatest center ever in a draft he would be my 1st pick and I'm a bulls fan

Truly, Hakeem is the greatest center to ever played the game but, his Achilles hill was that he didn't Americanize earlier enough during his career. This took away favorable public perception and media accolade that goes along with being a franchise player. To rank Bill Russell and Shark above Hakeem in the center position constitute a total disrespect to the game of basketball in its entirety

Excellent video by the way.

is he the best ever? yes. yes he is.

Beautiful lesson and video

Best Ever

The only reason Olajuwon gets so much disrespect and is overlooked by nearly everyone, is because he refused to sign with Nike cuz he wanted to have a shoe that poor kids can afford.

I grade players on how effective they are on both sides of the ball. That being said I have MJ 1A and Dream 1B, the 2 best players I've seen play...

This Man averaged: • More Steals than Kawhi Leonard • More Blocks than Kareem Abdul Jabar • More Rebounds than Anthony Davis The fact that he did all of that _and_ was also one of the Leading Scorers-is insane.

Those numbers you put up with Olajuwon in the playoffs in 94 & 95, was his usual from the moment he appeared in the playoffs from his Rookie Season forward (85-86). Hakeem is definitely, top 3 in my book, and I'd probably say it's him or Kareem at the top 2 centers. However, I feel Hakeem; Jordan and Lebron, are the three most skilled and athletically gifted players to ever play the game. As far as who was the best: I guess, you can give the nod to Jordan and Olajuwon, as they were great defensive and Big game players from day one. Lebron, didn't always live up to the big moment. Kareem, gets honorable mention in that Skill/Athleticism short list, as his Sky hook and incredible size and length were super weapons worthy of mention. LOL

No weak spots in his game period. He could shoot, post, dribble, crazy footwork, hit FTs, and all while being a great defender. Hack a Hakeem never existed.

He is easily tge greatest center of all time. I think the word center marginalizes him. This video makes a case for him being the greatest player of all time. It seems that perimeter players get preference in that ranking. He defeated all stars but he also took down legit hall of famers.He was equally dominant on both ends of the floor. This puts him above the rest.

I never had any doubts about who,s the greatest...all around center of all time....& I've seen them.all especially Wilt Chamberlain vs Bill Russell in the old Boston Garden when I was a kid...the note Bob Cousy got his 20,000th assist award...but to me its ahkeem... hands down...Kareem always played w/ 3 or 4 all stars on his teams....in fact the Lakers won the title in Magic,s 1st yr I think w/o Kareem he was hurt...but w/o Arkeem...? no way the Rockets win titles....so that's my 2 Cts for what its worth... ha ha...😎

He is

Dig the post. Just like the comparison to players he never played against. If did. Stats mean nothing I give props to Hakeem tho. He's not my favorite center of all time but he is the best of all time.

Clyde Drexler was all NBA 3rd team in 1995.

Hakeem and Kareem then there's everybody else.

You’re the best ever who gave him his due right.

If he would have been surrounded by more earlier in his career he would of won way more chips....easy....

Like how you added that starks clip

Dream is the goat

Top 10 alltime no order Jordan Hakeem Wilt Russel Kareem Bird Magic Dr. J Isaiah Big O Best alldefense team 5. Russel 4. Hakeem 3. Pippen 2. Jordan 1. Payton Best alloffense team 5. Wilt 4. Hakeem 3. Bird 2. Jordan 1. Magic

Unfortunately this video is not exactly accurate when it comes to block shots. Wilt Chamberlain would have been the all time block leader if blocks were official stats when Wilt was playing. Also Bill Russell is another center that should be on list for blocks.

Hakeem was great, but nobody was better than the kid from Overbrook High School. Nobody.

He bought me lunch in 1996.

Well if Hakeem would have joined a real team from the start like Boston or LA no one else would have ever won s*** Jordan who

Jordan, Kareem, Bill, magic, lebron, bird, wilt, Duncan, Shaq, Hakeem. Top 10 players of all time Me personally, I have Hakeem the greatest center of all time. Even MJ has him in all time starting 5.

3 only because he didn't play against chamberlain or Russell

As great as Wilt was both in there prime Olajuwon dominates Wilt

AVERAGED 27+ PPG 2 OR 3 TIMES!!!!!

Corruption at it's best welcome to the NBA they robbed the one-and only goat

the fourth best ever

Player. Not center !

Over rated