Sam Cassell shares INCREDIBLE Hakeem Olajuwon during Houston Rockets tenure | Draymond Green Show

[@countryomelette]

Dream best center of all time!

[@TheRealJLucas]

yEEEEUUUUP

[@fun-vids6669]

100 percent!!!

[@justmeblac7273]

Relax

[@Pswayze23]

Hes the only player ive ever seen that can guarantee you a top 10 offense and top 10 defense even with only roleplayers beside him.

[@MagikFingers420]

Duncan too, his first ten seasons he made both All-NBA & All-Defensive teams every year. Dream is the only player with multiple QUADs in their career, best footwork for a 7 footer.

[@Pswayze23]

@@MagikFingers420 We never seen Duncan do that though. He had an MVP center, who was old but still played great defense. Than he had a young duo of fantastic scoring playmakers who were tough in tight moments. Hakeem did it with Maxwell and Smith.

[@PaulinaCupa]

@@MagikFingers420 Duncan is good but Hakeem was a better on the defensive side

[@FirashAdryan]

So happy to see people in the comments showing love to Dream. I think the elite 5’s in the 90’s deserves more love in general. The Admiral, Ewing, a young Shaq, hell you can throw Alonzo in there too.

[@hgkal808]

Zo would tear up todays 5s.

[@PriestdaKing]

And he all of them that work lm😂😂😂

[@jgalvanatx]

Facts

[@fun-vids6669]

Hakeem is the best center ever! and should definitely be in the Goat debate as well!!!!

[@action8859]

Big Facts.

[@mattc3929]

Not GOAT but definitely GOAT center.

[@mansurmajid2403]

absolutely

[@JTN-f1p]

I have an Olajuwon throwback jersey "Ketchup & Mustard" .Just got it 4 months ago. Love it.

[@mr.hester5671]

Joker is great, but Dream on on a whole other level

[@TeeTahhTee]

Thank you!

[@parisbiker2627]

think again.Joker got to much for Dream.Nobody in the world can stop Joker's arsenal of scoring & passing.

[@matrixtheory3088]

@@parisbiker2627smh dream would shut him down

[@spoonbred]

​@@parisbiker2627 Joker is literally a wetard defensively vs Dream

[@TeeTahhTee]

@@parisbiker2627 also! The Dream was Drafted number #1 !Over Jordan! Speaks for it self case closed!

[@ambientsounds5832]

man we need more dream stoires. the accent is killing me

[@ladyrae86]

😂😂😂😂

[@Therealstizz]

Hakeem never had Kobe or anyone close. If he did he would have more championships than Shaq. 💯

[@cecilb3216]

Actually Hakeem had some very good role players on his teams. He didn't have a championship coach all those years. Nice coaches but not championship. Hakeems 2 rings where all on him. Pat Riley and Hakeem.🤔

[@joshportie]

Those role players would be superstars in today's league though.

[@tranceightseven]

Growing up in Houston Hakeem is my (and many others) #1 sports hero. He beat Robinson, Ewing, Mutombo, Shaq and others on the playoffs. I wonder what he would be like if he was playing today and having started playing basketball when was 8 instead of 16…

[@TheLOD2099]

“I’ll block it” …knowing you that guy is savage yo 😂

[@masoncarteldope]

With all fairness, Shaq has more rings than Dream because he had the pleasure of playing alongside Kobe and D Wade. Dream didn’t have that luxury

[@memcrew1]

Phil

[@kiingphresh9328]

Dream is the 5 , on my starting 5 . He gave bigs nightmares 😂😂

[@action8859]

Big Facts

[@Face_made_for_radio]

Dream is still the 3rd best player I seen behind Lebron and Jordan. I stand on that

[@elai3147]

not a stretch at all, peak dream was as good as anybody

[@quickfixacademy]

No argument here. The dream is the best big to touch an nba court.

[@kingcatkid8567]

Put Kobe in there too

[@quickfixacademy]

@@kingcatkid8567 definitely gotta put Kobe in there. Bean played with a torn labrum and shot left handed the rest of the game. He was different

[@kingcatkid8567]

@@quickfixacademy he also won a championship with broken finger on dominant hand and a bone spur in his ankle. He said the bone spur was so bad he could barely walk. How is all I can say

[@graysonberryproductions512]

Sam was "fearless" in those first couple of seasons. We don't win without him. Coldblooded.

[@mua2]

Olajuwon is the most complete basketball player in history, even more complete than Jordan imo. His ceiling wasn’t as high as Jordan’s in terms of scoring and assisting and Jordan has a greater legacy, but practically everywhere else Dream had greater impact. For example Dream was a better scorer/assister than Jordan was a shot blocker or rebounder. Dream had ZERO weaknesses in his game.

[@TeeTahhTee]

Thank you!

[@Face_made_for_radio]

@@mua2 💯💯. I have never heard a single person complain about Dream being the 1st overall pick

[@crisisakagod]

@@Face_made_for_radio cause even in hindsight you draft dream michael wasnt gunna win in houston period if dream was drafted to the bulls its prolly 8plus championships

[@tranceightseven]

Hakeem is a first ballot HOF as an offensive player only and as a defensive player only.

[@ygtrill52]

That was the year Dream was supposed to be MVP. He took that personal!!!

[@slccammon3166]

Often forget he also beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the Conference Finals

[@torhowell5202]

He did stop the lakers from a possible 4peat

[@Pswayze23]

​@@torhowell5202exactly, if that 4peat happened, magic and Kareem are both probably considered goats over jordan

[@torhowell5202]

@@Pswayze23 probably. But that's including that wack ass call that coat Detroit their 3peat.

[@kevinhouston7274]

“Shaq got more rings”. Also Shaq plays with Penny,Kobe, and D wade.

[@areyes3695]

Tim Duncan has 5 rings 🎉

[@moses0686]

​@@areyes3695drafted to a good team. David Robinson tore his knee up in 96 so the spurs were bad enough to win the draft lottery in 97.

[@MickeyStone-h1y]

Shaq was just brute strength and power but he has no signature moves and he couldn't make FTs

[@HeightsOfHealth]

Stfu

[@JParkerAdair]

Clyde

[@folusojoseph989]

I need not comment any more. They’ve said it all. I really missed him playing. I wished he could play for ever.

[@MagikFingers420]

How many Hall of Famers has Shaq played with? At least 13 How many Hall of Famers has Dream played with? 1 - that is if Clyde Drexler made it. So of course he has more rings. Still swept Shaq in the NBA Finals, and those are my 2 favorite players of all time, then add Duncan for my top 3.

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

Dream grew up playing soccer, so to think he wouldn't be as good of an athlete as today's athlete is absurd. He could play with any center from any generation that has ever played the game. My personal opinion, he would be on my all time team. Magic, MJ, Bird, Duncan and Olajuwan. I'd put those 5 against anyone.

[@ch53tm]

The opponent was the Nets (not the Warriors) and Hakeem had a casual 5x5 in the season opener!

[@TheRealJLucas]

DR34M was a point forward / center, moved with finesse, baseline fall away, his dropstep, outside / mid shot, 2 quadruple doubles, 2 rings NBA all-time block shot leader, he was drafted number 1, Jordan #3... NO ONE in my city complained!!!!!!

[@TheRealJLucas]

H-Town would have beat the Bulls if they met in 93-94 / 94-95, we would STILL have the chips!!!

[@edwarddaou9941]

Dream was incredible…I was lucky to grow up watching DREAM is his prime….🤘🏽

[@chimricholds5503]

A seven footer with the handles of a guard. There’s a reason why Kobe worked on foot work with Olajuwon.

[@jcpenny3606]

Dream and Joker are the 2 most skilled big men that played the game. In some ways, it's apple and oranges between them. Dream the best 2 way center of all time, Joker the best playmaking, shooting and passing center ever.

[@gohanson27]

Ewing was a problem too

[@parisbiker2627]

Joker has 8-9 assists/game.Dream has 2 assists/game.Joker weights 25-30 lbs more than Dream & more heady.Joker would still go 27-9- 10 against Dream.

[@jcpenny3606]

Dream finished his career top 10 in scoring, rebounding, block shots, and steals. Dream has beaten Kareem, Moses, Ewing, Robinson, and Shaq. That's 5 of the top 10 greatest centers of all time. You're probably too young to have seen Dream played so let's just leave it at that.

[@TeeTahhTee]

@@jcpenny3606 right on!

[@TeeTahhTee]

@@parisbiker2627 there is no real Centers in todays game with the skill set of the Dream! Are you in a Dream ?

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

Sam Cassell!! Hakeem Olajuwon is my favorite player of all time.

[@MickeyStone-h1y]

Jokic for starters is too slow to even guard Dream so stop it

[@kellscochran]

My fav center fasho

[@patricksimmons3491]

Joker cool but, Dream would wear him out

[@doughbafett]

3:21 The Rockets started 22-1 that year.

[@LA-en1yz]

Jok is stiff Dream light on his feet

[@AliensAreReal_1]

Jokic can't even guard embiid Dream a KILL jokic

[@rsvp1473]

Hakeem…GO COOGS!!!

[@PaulinaCupa]

Draymond did Jordan, Koby , LeBron, or you to name a few lead a 6th seeded team to a title and every series you have to start without home court advantage

[@ruderiks8872]

I’ll give you an easy example - when was the last time you saw Kobe, lebron, getting 1 on 1 coaching and advice on their game by any human …. 2 goats of the past 30 years asked Hakeem to train them after he retired … and as good as joker is - look up the Hakeem vs Robinson in the western conference finals … ante man ain’t got them moves - Jordan only feared one guy … homie who blocked him 4 times in a game … lol

[@PaulinaCupa]

Shaq got sweeped by Hakeems Rockets and Jordans Bulls

[@devinlwoods]

Yeah they always throw out it was young Shaq, but Sam is right. That shaq and penny team was NO joke. They beat the Bulls team with the "rusty" MJ. MJ dropped game 1 bad with 19pts but followed up with 38, 40, 26, 39 and 24 in the rest of the games against that magic team. He and scottie did work on the hornets in the first round, too. Young Shaq was elite in those playoffs. He averaged 28p, 12.5r, 6.3a and 2.5b against the Dream in the finals.

[@ramtruth3]

ULTIMATE all around player on BOTH SIDES of the court.

[@PaulinaCupa]

Draymond you are a powerfoward won more Championships than Malone , Barkley, Kemp and I don't think you are a better player than them

[@kylestewart8317]

Dream would absolutely destroy jokic

[@PaulinaCupa]

You say Shaq is better than Hakeem cause he won more rings but as a basketball player Hakeem is better because he way superior on the defensive side the only thing Shaq did more than Hakeem is the rings and he scored more points and MVPs

[@PaulinaCupa]

Draymond Hakeem went to 2 National Championship games in college did you or Shaq do that

[@JoseAlvarez-i2d]

What if Dream and Clyde were together in there primes. Rings, rings, rings, etc

[@PaulinaCupa]

Dream is better r player over alot of players even right now cause he is way superior on the defensive side

[@PaulinaCupa]

Draymond you said Shaq was young when he faced Hakeem in the Finals in his 2nd year and Hakeem in his 2nd year 1986 his team beat the Showtime Lakers and lost to the Celtics in the Finals 4 to 2

[@Tyubnj]

Shaq was in year 3

[@Liampeters248]

Dream is 7ft Kobe simple as that..

[@MickeyStone-h1y]

Hakeem showed up and he always showed out. Just imagine if Dream was on the 1992 Dream Team and if Isiah Thomas was on it. Just mail us the Gold Medal.

[@digidrum2003]

In Dream's earlier days in the NBA he would of knocked Green's butt down and out!!!😂

[@Streetstraystx]

Dream is the greatest center ever

[@Hornsfan64]

Back when the NBA was about team play.

[@ScottNiesen-n1f]

Great Story!

[@eduardopaz1583]

Draymond Green's arguments are shallow, there is no analysis really, just his feelings. Hakeem sweapt Shaq: "Oh, Shaq was really young..." cry more for god's sake. Hakeem beat Kareem and Magic ans Wrothy with when he was young with Ralph bad knees Sampson and a bunch of coke heads. Shaq has more rings: Hakeem's 2 guards during his prime were vernon maxwell and later a washed clyde drexler. So no, joker has noting on the dream.

[@elnardowebster2842]

I saw a pick n roll where Olajuwon presses Starks all the way to mid-court and then slides back down low on Ewing and blocks him. The only play by another player comparable to that I've ever seen is the Giannis block in the finals on the Ayton alley-oop. But Dream did that like 50 times.

[@EL2ube]

He beat Kareem(didn't win the Ship), Shaq, Robinson, and Patrick Ewing. He is the #2 Center for me.

[@jgalvanatx]

My starting five: Magic, Jordan, LeBron, Duncan, Hakeem. Go ahead say I have no shooting and get ready for my defense and physical basketball.

[@thatBlahBlahCo]

They went 15-0 to start that season and then they were 21-1 before they lost another game.

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

joker is not in the same league as the ream ill say it

[@stk7778]

Dray making excuses for shaq. He was young. Yeah, okay. Hakeem was so much better and so was Kareem...

[@deebrown9263]

That's how you know these commentators don't know shit they don't even mention Hakeem in these convos , he was killing in a era of the big men , Joker is great but you cnt tell how great because lack of competition at his position, there isn't big men now , they are all finesse players, he's bigger than these guys, remember what Dwight did to him in the bubble , he wasn't in his prime at the time, a prime Dwight shutting him down , Hakeem cooking Dwight at any age

[@michaelkukich3527]

Hakeem Olajuwon is Nikola Jokic if Jokic was a phenomenal athlete. Olajuwon would destroy Jokic.

[@vaughnchauncy8360]

Sam shoulda been a HC long before now.He must not be in the Club.I agree totally that Hakeem would tear Joker up.These guys today are too lazy to defend.The guy does nothing out of the ordinary.Guranteed Wallace, Rodman could defend Joker.Hakeem well he tore Shaq up..buy yeah possibly 3rd best per se'..he had solid help too

[@reidkg12]

I have a really hard time believing that Olajuwon was not in shape when Sam Cassell was drafted... he just didn't care until it mattered.

[@KennethMangum-w3g]

Hakeem is 2nd greatest player I ever seen behind Jordan then I would say Kobe

[@fun-vids6669]

I agree! Though I believe he’s as good as Jordan and possibly even better

[@MickeyStone-h1y]

Jokic can't touch Dream period so stop that nonsense. Dream dominated quality Cs who are Hall Of Famers Kareem. DRob, Ewing, Moses Malone etc and Jokic wouldn't do that well against any of them in their prime.

[@digidrum2003]

Back in the day when i hooped o would use some of Dream's moves.....i am a point guard and some of those moves translated well to that position.....Dream said onece that he wanted to be a point guard,but grew too tall.

[@ColdSnapVA]

Sam is wrong--the Rockets went 15-0 to start the season. Still tying the NBA record set around 1950, which has since been broken, but still, it's a shame Sam oversold it. We'll take the two rings, though. Also, Hakeem set the all-time blocks record in April 1996, in one of Sam's last games as a Rocket before being part of the Barkley trade. What is Sam on here?

[@1PrinceWilliam]

Good for you branching out on your own! The intro on the old platform had a small part where you misspoke but they never went back to fix it or let you re-record it - not explicitly calling race on that but it felt incredibly unprofessional that they never fixed it. I used to work in tv production once upon a time - that shit is literally inexcusable and has to make it past multiple sets of eyes to get approved for air. So yeah, there letting you “f__k up” the intro without exception was peculiar to say the least.

[@PaulinaCupa]

Draymond did Shaq ever had 30 blocks in a playoff series or 200 steals in a season or how about you cause you are a good defensive player

[@benf1111]

Dream beat Kareem in the Western Conference Finals in year 2. The "Shaq was young" BS is BS.

[@TiggerLyOne]

Hakeem's legacy would be very different if a certain Knicks guard just shot half of his season average in a game 7😂

[@action8859]

Dream was totally better than any other big to play the game. Draymond, stop it

[@sschevmale24]

Green doesn't get it. If he ever saw dream play. He would of never said that disrespectful sh..

[@jgalvanatx]

Hakeem defense. Enough said. He is also up a ring.

[@themack74]

Man, the joke is not even close to being far away from dream

[@sxc5rhcp]

In short, Draymond you are nowhere close to Dream's defensive/offensive level. You ain't worth kissing Dream ass on Defense.

[@treveondaniels1722]

15-0 until they lost to the hawks

[@MrMichaelrichards]

ET phone home.

[@Jay_G94]

Q: Sam Casell have alopecia? Just noticed he have no eyebrows.

[@parisbiker2627]

Take whatever Sam sez & discount it by 13%.And don't buy a used car from him either

[@parisbiker2627]

Dream wouldn't stop The Joker either.If Dream stays under basket,Joker hits the long range bombs.Dream comes out,Joker drives & dishes.Would be a great match up.When you add the assists,Joker has his hands in more points than Dream.Fact.

[@Face_made_for_radio]

@@parisbiker2627 totally different games with way more possessions these days. Dream was getting those numbers when the scores were in the high 80s and low 90s. It’s not the same as a guy with a triple double while his team has 140 points. You can’t compare the eras and line the stats up like they are apples to apples.

[@trevormartines1219]

Dudes just be lying. They started 15-0 not 21-0. Opening night was against New Jersey not GS and Dream had 24 points. They played GS two games later and Dream had 32 11 and 3 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@dyllonjones1826]

30 years will do that to tou

[@bigkanesays304]

Bro he's old just let him tell the story God damn

[@Face_made_for_radio]

So a mistake gets interpreted as a blatant lie? Ok

[@bigkanesays304]

@@Face_made_for_radio no it means let him tell the story and we'll break it down later on nobody memory is that sharp especially when you're of his age that's all I'm saying

[@Face_made_for_radio]

@@bigkanesays304 I ain’t responding to you, you didn’t call him a liar

[@parisbiker2627]

The Dream is 6'10 255.He aint stopping The Joker,7'0 285.Seriously,Joker would roll him over & wear him down.Dream wouldn't know if he were coming or going with all the moves, range & passes The Joker has.Ive seen both in their prime.Dream was amazing but The Joker is on another skill level.

[@nessdagoat]

You little kids crack me up

[@technickle55]

You bugging

[@SmoothLounge7]

lol, you really saw Dream in his prime? Then you were what 6? No damn way Joker would stop the Dream. Dreams strength and his base alone could hold down Joker. I love Joker too but just no way he could win. Maybe 2 out 10 matches.

[@bigkanesays304]

Joker have problems with Embiid tho and Dwight. Hakeem would've been big problems for sure.

[@MikeWilliams-ed1lb]

U smoking plenty 🪨... joker will have plenty problem with the dream

[@edwinro77]

U ended the warriors bc no self control