Hakeem Olajuwon

soft. Lebron constantly flops and cries if a call doesn’t go his way. There’s no way Lebron could play in Michael’s era. Michael had to play against legends like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Shawn Kemp, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Makembay Matumbo, Reggie Miller, and Patrick Ewing. These guys were known to be constantly fighting and they didn’t…

color of there jerseys are red for road games,white for home games, and black as an alternate. From all the 47 and plus years they have been playing, they have only won the champions two times in 1986 and 1995.In 1984, the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon who would be paired with 7'4"Ralph Sampson, forming one of the tallest front courts in the NBA. Nicknamed the "Twin Towers", they led the team to the 1986 NBA Finals. The team repeated as champions in 1995 as the sixth seed in the West…

[CI]We’ve seen many bigger and stronger players than Hakeem Olajuwon but nobody with his incredible skillset.Hakeem the dream dazzled many people with his legendary moves and that is a lot for a player who started playing the game at age 17! His Inside out passing which he found open shooter again and again would be a great skill for todays NBA,Passing big are starting to do a lot of work nowadays. [CI]There's always been a case for Hakeem being the best center of all time but usually the most…

When I was born to Jared Houston and Sarah Houston, it was very evident from the early stages of childhood and onward that something was very wrong with me- in a weird, but extraordinary way. The thing was that I was a born magician that possessed magical powers. This had good effects on the world that surrounded me; but unfortunately, in likeness to the amount of good effects, there were bad effects. Sometimes, as a result of the good effects that came with these magical powers, I could heal…

Less than two percent of all student athletes in high school who got college scholarship make it to the professional level. The other 98 percent of these athletes who don’t get chosen to play professionally need to obtain have a good education so they can have a successful career after school. Otherwise, they are at a disadvantage. My point is that student athletes should first obtain and maintain passing grades in order to play sports in high school and college. Playing sports should be a…

The research that was gathered about Michael Jordan’s historic NBA career, was very efficient to the researcher. The different opinions made it hard to agree that Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time, but in the end, the opinion stays the same. There are ten sources that will show the reader and have the reader decide who they think is the greatest of all time. These articles will talk about why Michael Jordan is the greatest, why he is not, and who else that could be considered as the…

The punch written by John Feinstein is not just a story but a true, interesting and fascinating story. I chose to write a report about this book because it was a story that change not just only the game (basketball) but also a story that change lives and also because the incident tend to happen in the sports that I also play. The incident happened on December 9 1977 a date I think that after reading this book won't be forgotten and will always be remembered by a lot of basketball…

Is Michael Jordan the greatest of all time National Basketball Association player? Michael Jordan is a famous African-American Basketball player who played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. Jordan played fifteen seasons in the NBA. Michael Jordan received many trophies while playing in the game of basketball. Currently Jordan is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan was very competitive at a young age. He always wanted to win every game that he is in. Michael Jeffrey Jordan…

The NBA playoffs are where heroes become legends, and through their play legends become basketball gods. The NBA playoffs are filled with so many great moments that people still talk about today. Just think about Reggie Miller breaking the hearts of an entire city in the 1990s, or the constant excellence that are the San Antonio Spurs, who in my opinion are the best run franchise in the last 20 years, or the decorated excellence the Lakers had in the league behind the heroics of Kobe Bryant, and…

averaging 17.1 points per game. Jordan then left college to join the NBA during his junior year. However, he returned in 1986 to finish his bachelor’s degree in geography. In 1984, Jordan was selected third overall in the NBA draft. He was behind Hakeem Olajuwon, who was selected first, and Sam Bowie, who was selected second. Jordan is now 6-foot-6 and very athletic. His athleticism earned him his infamous nickname, Air Jordan. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls, a team who only won 28 games…