Hakeem Olajuwon
January 21, 1963 (61 years old) in Lagos, Nigeria
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream," is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and, in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers, as well as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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Credits
- 2023 ·Standas Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)
- 2018 ·Basketball: A Love Storyas Self
- 2017 ·Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Mattersas Self
- 2016 ·Phi Slama Jamaas
- 2015 ·Clutch Cityas Himself
- 2014 ·Arvydas Sabonis 11as Himself
- 2014 ·The '84 Draftas
- 2012 ·Going Bigas
- 2011 ·NB80sas Self (archive footage)
- 2001 ·Beyond the Gloryas
- 1995 ·Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dreamas