Hakeem Olajuwon (The Greatest Center in NBA History) NBA Legends

A lot of people may disagree with the title of this video but I don't...Kareem, Russel, Wilt, Moses, Shaq, Walton, Parish were iconic at they're position but I feel Hakeem is on another Level Kareem might be a hair under him but I truly feel the dream would be too much for Capt...Hakeem was a killer when it counted he turned it all the way up come playoff time he went on two of the all-time greatest playoff runs in back to back years annihilating a handful of the greatest Hall of Fame big men in the history of the sport and made it look easy...Hakeem was a FN beast he's the best bigman I've ever seen play with my own two eyes by far!!!!!!!!! IMO he would've gave the icons the business they wouldn't be able to guard him 2 quick, 2 smart and 2 skilled...if there was no Michael Jordan my Goat would be Hakeem or Bird (pick your poison) Hakeem and Jordan dominated on both ends at subhuman levels
#TheDream #GoatBigMan #MerryChristmas

[@veracity5977]

1992-1995 Hakeem Olajuwon is the best basketball player I’ve ever seen. Not even Jordan, Bird, or LeBron in their primes compare to the absolute machine Hakeem was.

[@cassiuspharell8711]

92-93? Barkley & Jordan is better than him on that season and playoffs

[@superdopehiphop]

Funny you mention those names as MJ LeBron Hakeem Bird the 4 best players I’ve ever seen and I’ve gone to 1500+ NBA games since mid 80s (center court row 10 pacers season tickets since 87-88 and went to 10-15 games per yr since 85-86…moms cousin in Chicago where she’s from so been to 3-4 games there per year too)! I’ve been going to 40-60 games center court row 10 since 87-88 and 10-15 the 2 years before that and MJ LeBron Hakeem Bird are the 4 best players I’ve ever seen! 85-95 playoffs Hakeem 28, 12, 3, 2spg, 4 bpg! 94 95 b2b years Hakeem had #1 most made field goals ever and #5! In-between # & #5 is MJ 93 LeBron 2018 Shaq 2000! Switch Hakeem’s team/coaches/FO/teammates that Russell Wilt Kareem Shaq Duncan had he’d have 5-12 titles and if they had his exact situation they’d all have 0-2 titles max imo! Hakeem 84-85 to 94-95 was 11-5 head to head vs MJ too! 95 Rockets would of def beaten Bulls in Finals (granted they couldn’t get there). MJ himself said “Thank God that beast out west isn’t making Finals as we have no answer for him!” Ralph Sampson injury then lack of help for most part Til 95 Clyde in terms of another all star. I can’t believe he didn’t leave with how badly run they were and what ownership did to him when he was hurt. Sounds like he absolutely wanted to. I wouldn’t of blamed him at all given how hard he played/worked! Clearly him and owner had better relationship, but still!

[@fun-vids6669]

Spot on Hakeem was the best player on the planet from 1992-1995 I don’t think anyone is even close

[@chiron8381]

Crazy how he is slept on. I feel he is the best center all around

[@mannyowens3093]

Hakeem is the greatest center ever unstoppable both ends if he played with todays shooters WOW

[@allanhouston6759]

*Hakeem Olajuwon 8 times lost in the First Round and missed the Playoffs in his Prime.* Hakeem is not the greatest Center in Nba history.

[@mannyowens3093]

@@allanhouston6759 Damn dog i guest Hakeem was playing 1 on 5 he didn't have teammates y'all let the media tell y'all how to judge players im talking about a player not team wins Shaq, Ewing, Kareem, David couldn't do shit with him

[@allanhouston6759]

@@mannyowens3093 Stop making excuses. 1996 WCSF: Sonics vs Rockets ( 4:0 ). Game 1, *Hakeem Olajuwon=6-Points, on 33%.*

[@davidreis7902]

Sorry to bust ur bubble but wilt the stilt Chamberlain was the GREATEST HANDS DOWN

[@tysonkemp100]

@@allanhouston6759 You pull out one gm to try and discount Olajuwon. Comical. I guess you missed the about part in the video when they talked about who was the best playoff performer all time, after a research was done huh? Hakeem came out number one.

[@elvispresley5921]

I've always LOVED the song "The lion sleeps tonight".... till today. But other than that , that was so well put together. Masterfly structured video! Great upload ^ ^ TY

[@FacePCGaming]

Thanks a million

[@rodneybyrd334]

The Dream was the truth ask Shaq

[@allanhouston6759]

Shaquille O"Neal also defeated Hakeem Olajuwon. 1999 WCFR: *Charles Barkley= 23- 13- 4, FG-53%.* But Hakeem Olajuwon still lost even with that help.

[@hamzasinanaj9132]

@@allanhouston6759 Shaq is the only player to defeat Jordan in the playoff's as well. So what kind of math are you using here ???? Hakeem put those team's on his back and "one man army that shit" Come on man no love for Hakeem??

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@hamzasinanaj9132 Jordan was beaten a LOT of times in the playoffs. He never even made it TO the Finals for more than half of his career.

[@boblarry649]

Havebt watched my heroes since 11 and 35 now buying his jersey

[@fun-vids6669]

I agree that in his prime he was better then any player that has ever played the game best center ever yes that’s obvious and he’s definitely a top 5 player or better

[@billthoemke6624]

Well said 100% agreed

[@gregthomas3137]

Easily the best center ever. The edits in this were wild lol

[@ron88303]

No. Out of 12 notable centers I reviewed (ignoring Wilt), Hakeem ranks: 6th in avg points generated (scoring + assists) per 36 minutes played 6th in avg. rebounds 1st in avg shots blocked (tied with D. Robinson) 5th highest in avg. turnovers 8th in free throw percentage Also: 5x all defensive first team (tied with Jabbar) 4x all defensive second team (Jabbar was 6x)

[@NuradinAlas]

Hakeem most skilled and one the greatest center of all time

[@ron88303]

No. Out of 12 notable centers I reviewed (ignoring Wilt), Hakeem ranks: 6th in avg points generated (scoring + assists) per 36 minutes played 6th in avg. rebounds 1st in avg shots blocked (tied with D. Robinson) 5th highest in avg. turnovers 8th in free throw percentage Also: 5x all defensive first team (tied with Jabbar) 4x all defensive second team (Jabbar was 6x)

[@robertsmith-jy7nh]

Underrated

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Nobody holds more records than Wilt. Nobody has more rings than Bill. Nobody has more points or elegance than Kareem. Nobody has more moves than Hakeem.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Shaq had a brute force and personality and dominance that deserved respect🏀

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Quite a few folks have more points PER GAME than Kareem. He's only #16 on that list (but all of the names ahead of him are also known as great scorers....)

[@hamzasinanaj9132]

I love Hakeem video's lol He is a throwback :) If Sampson was not hurt all the time he would have hand 6 championship's

[@davidreis7902]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allanhouston6759]

1985 WCFR: *Ralph Sampson= 21- 16- 2, FG-43%.* But Hakeem Olajuwon still lost even with that help.

[@davidreis7902]

Yes he did and he did many times,u must be to young to of watched the games in real time that's the issue,see when people comment and say...oh yeah this guy was the best or this guy was the best but if you never seen them play in real time and watched how they really impacted the game u will never know,it's like alot of these people who comment about Larry bird and say,well Larry had a bunch of HOF around which is true,but I will tell u this without Larry bird that hall of fame team as some of u say would never have won a chip without the great Larry bird that's why I will still say and I don't give a rat's ass about stats keep the stats and shove em,Larry bird is and will always be better then LeBron James and like I said keep the stats because i dont give shit,it's how Larry played that LeBron could never play like Larry, but to me still and always be,the greatest is M.J.....but Larry bird is close

[@allanhouston6759]

@@davidreis7902 Larry Bird is better than Hakeem.

[@davidreis7902]

@@allanhouston6759 I will put it this way,i would rather have Larry bird then hakeem olajuwon.

[@k1To12310]

You know I had to show up for another one

[@midris7887]

Bro bullied Patrick erring

[@linh811]

1994 MVP DPOY FMVP

[@superdopehiphop]

I’ve been going to 40-60 games center court row 10 since 87-88 and 10-15 the 2 years before that and MJ LeBron Hakeem Bird are the 4 best players I’ve ever seen! 85-95 playoffs Hakeem 28, 12, 3, 2spg, 4 bpg! 94 95 b2b years Hakeem had #1 most made field goals ever and #5! In-between # & #5 is MJ 93 LeBron 2018 Shaq 2000! Switch Hakeem’s team/coaches/FO/teammates that Russell Wilt Kareem Shaq Duncan had he’d have 5-12 titles and if they had his exact situation they’d all have 0-2 titles max imo! Hakeem 84-85 to 94-95 was 11-5 head to head vs MJ too! 95 Rockets would of def beaten Bulls in Finals (granted they couldn’t get there). MJ himself said “Thank God that beast out west isn’t making Finals as we have no answer for him!” Ralph Sampson injury then lack of help for most part Til 95 Clyde in terms of another all star. I can’t believe he didn’t leave with how badly run they were and what ownership did to him when he was hurt. Sounds like he absolutely wanted to. I wouldn’t of blamed him at all given how hard he played/worked! Clearly him and owner had better relationship, but still!

[@charlieprince3740]

What version of the lion sleeps tonight is that lol

[@dudelittle147]

I disagree but hakkem is definitely top 5 though

[@shawnprivate5322]

Idk,Dream was great..I got him starting in place of Shaq

[@rakheemaesthetic8783]

🤣🤣🤣 do you not see him dominating every center hes literally AD without the 3pt shot but way way more skilled and way way more defensively sound wtf...shaq didn't want them problems u can see the defeat all in his face n body language

[@veracity5977]

Hakeem is the GOAT center and a top 5 player of all time hands down.

[@genejenkins5896]

Hakeem is hands down the greatest center of all time

[@mrblue3879]

90s fanboy Hakeem is great but Kareem is obviously the 🐐 center in fact he's the 🐐 period lebrons gonna catch that spot with 5 rings tho

[@mannyneva1760]

Dream is the best 4/5 all time

[@sniff270]

Wilt is the greatest center AND player of all time.

[@mannyowens3093]

Sniff what is u smellin yo

[@elvispresley5921]

@@mannyowens3093 Naw man , Sniff is right , Yo. Wilt is prolly the only other center who have the strength & agility to keep up with Dream!

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@elvispresley5921 Bill Russell could argue the point, but I do put Wilt as the BEST player of all time - but Bill as the GREATEST. Keep in mind Basketball is a TEAM sport, and Wilt was very slow to get good at TEAM play.

[@elvispresley5921]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 Oh, i agree with you!

[@veracity5977]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 wilt was a stat padding team cancer who never made his team better or elevated his game in the playoffs.

[@Philasophical_Truth.Wisdom]

Dude, he not even CLOSE to the Best Center in ALL OF HISTORY!! This dude is a POWER FORWARD compared to #WILT #KAREEM & #SHAQ!!🤨🤨🤨 And LETS BE (ABSOLUTELY) CLEAR, Wilt Chamberlain is not only #1 or #2 ALL TIME BEST PLAYER OVERALL (depending on your preferences) in the ENTIRE HISTORY of the game/#NBA, but there is WITHOUT QUESTION that Wilton Norman Chamberlain is the BONAFIDE #1/BEST/GREATEST CENTER OF ALL TIME. END OF STORY!!!🤨🤨🤨

[@thedude3538]

Out of kareems top 10 scoring season he won one champ. 1971. The first series was against a 41-41 team. The second was against a injured Lakers that didn't have West. Third and Final series was against a 42-40 team. That was in 1971 vs the second worst NBA Finals team in modern history. What's the worst you ask? The 1981 Rockets that made the Finals with a losing record. Oh and kareem lost to that team also in the 1981 playoffs. Infact you have to go way back to 1959 to find worst when the 33-39 Minnesota Lakers lost in the finals to Bill Russell when there was only 8 teams in the entire league.

[@thedude3538]

Just to put that into perspective. Second year Kareem (1971) beat a 48-34 lakers. Lakers didn't have their starting point guard in Jerry West during the Conference Finals. In the NBA Finals kareem beat a 42-40 Baltimore for his first champ during the 3 rd playoff format era. Second year Hakeem beat kareems 62-20 lakers. The lakers had Three All-Stars plus Rockets didn't have their starting point guard during the Conference Finals. In the NBA Finals Hakeem faced Larry birds 67-15 Celtics that had Three All-Stars to 6 games in the NBA Finals during the harder four round sixteen team playoff format era.

[@thedude3538]

I would take Hakeem over kareem Anyday. If Wilt openly admits that he couldn't stop kareem (who is extremely overrated), I doubt he's going to stop Hakeem. Plus Wilt Chamberlain was a liability at the end of close games since he couldn't shoot free throws. The original "Hack-a-Shaq" was made for Wilt Chamberlain. Kinda ironic for a great offensive player to become a liability on the offensive end of the court in close games.

[@thedude3538]

Plus a lot of people don't realize that the best version of Shaq was possibly the Magic and not the Lakers. 1994 and 1995 Shaq was basically Laker Shaq that could run faster and jump higher.

[@allanhouston6759]

*Hakeem Olajuwon 8 times lost in the First Round and missed the Playoffs in his Prime.* Hakeem is not the greatest Center in Nba history.

[@reggiespear7455]

Jabbar and Parish and some of the others center's was old but Jabbar could not be stopped by Hakeem got work by an old man Jabbar took on Ralph Sampson and Hakeem and held his own two against one look it up the old man was unstoppable

[@dawnmcdermott9585]

I truly don't understand all you basketball pundits who talk about basketball up and down and back and forth you need to get your situations correct Hakeem olajuwon that is not his name his name is akeem and as soon as you pundits get it right I'm blasting you on these comments because it's been years and you still do not pronounce the man's name right it's not Hakeem it is Akeem do your research

[@douglasgordon6204]

He was great 👍 but don't get carried away.

[@mrblue3879]

2:14 hey special Ed guy Kareem was 40 years old u waste of seed and Kareem still dropped 21 on him and he's not even a scorer

[@zendariuskincaid5205]

That lion king tune was annoying as hell 😡

[@518jimg]

THE IDEA THAT HE IS ANYWHERE NEAR WILT CHAMBERLAIN IS PREPOSTEROUS

[@hakeemolajuwon4352]

Olajuwon is head and shoulders over Wilt, it's not even close. Wilt is a career loser who was never a good shooter, never a great ball handler, never a great steals leader like Olajuwon. Wilt didn't have anybody even half as good in his era and still only won 2 rings in the weakest era of all time

[@CarlosLopera-ck5rl]

Naw I'll agree he the best not no top 5 he was undersize in all his battle Shaq David Kareem Ewing and others were all 7footers he was 6ft10 and destroyed them on both ends defensive and offensive and yeah 6ft10 like Charles 6ft4 MJ The Goat also 6ft4 doing clowns

[@rakheemaesthetic8783]

😂😂😂 u goofies really hate hakeem n the comments

[@rmcfete]

Not

[@derylwilliams9199]

anyione with a scintilla of intelligence that really knows anything about pro basketball knows that Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and William Felton Russell are the best centers to play the game and Hakeem would be no 4 respectively....everyone has their opinion and Hakeem was definitely great but better than Kareem and Wilt -----what a joke!!!!Wilts name to this day dominates the NBA record books and half of his stats were not even recorded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We like who we like aka partiality for whatever reason.....and those clips of the Bulls vs Rockets showing Jordan getting shots blocked by Hakeem were deceptive because Jordan gave the Rockets fits the same way he did everyone else....everyone in the NBA gets shots blocked and there are myriad highlights of Jordan blocking Hakeem's shots too.......Hakeem was a great one just not the greatest ever....there is no such thing even where Jordan is concerned because in most cases great players play during different epochs of time and usually never against each other in their prime!!!!!!! Furthermore, for Shaq the supercoon to denounce other Laker Centers (Wilt, and Kareem) like that is reprehensible!!!!!!

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Kareem> Hakeem

[@veracity5977]

Hakeem is 1,000,000x better.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

While Hakeem is an all time great center (I rank him in the Top 5), EVERYONE should know that the greatest was Bill Chamberlain. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCZomhpr9J2g7s

[@Impega24]

Haha Shaq was better

[@reggiespear7455]

He not top 10 big man in nba history get real