@shizzmogris "win his 1st Title w/o ever having another Hall of Fame (future HOF) teammate " Keep in mind that Garnett's going to the Hall too. Chauncey played with Garnett 2 year, before Detroit. I'm not just talking about the title year.
@shizzmogris I'm talking about their career teammates who they has supporting them before they got their 1st title. Dream had guys like Lewis Lloyd, Jim Peterson, Robert Reid, and Ralph Sampson. But actually, one other player who can fall in this is Dennis Johnson, winning his 1st title when he was a Sonic.
@shizzmogris You still don't understand my point. Lol. If Chauncey played with a HOF teammate before OR during the 1st title, then he's out. Kevin Garnett. Don't worry, Chauncey's still great.
@MrBeanage oh yea ur right forgot he played for the T' Wolves... but that shouldnt matter bcuz thats a totally different team nd he wasnt even the starter
@MrBeanage Olajuwon ended his career in the top ten all-time in blocks, scoring, rebounding, and steals. He is the only player in NBA history to retire in the top ten for all four categories (he is now 11th all-time in rebounding).
@ARZCARDINALS,if the guy guarding him didn't screw up, than yeah,none of it will happened. If dream was fully ready to anticipate it, he would do the same thing to KJ just like he did here.lol
@ARZCARDINALS And how many times did K.J eliminate Hakeen and the Rockets? Oh, thats right none. Hakeem beat KJ and Barkley 2 years in a row and once coming back from 3-1 to. Yeah KJ did block Hakeem but Hakeem got his ass back. Houston own the Suns.
@rustycageandrun Naw homey. Olajuwon got him back. KJ fell on his back after that block. LOL Even if so...Olajuwon is a hall of fame legend. Kevin Johnson doesn't have Olajuwon's credibitlity. Hell..Tim Duncan got dunk on a few times in his career. Is he still not one of the best Power Forwards of all time. KJ got a little moment on Hakeem. It's all good. No hard feelings. :)
Owned Hakeem for all eternity? Hmm KJ may have dunked over Hakeem but at the end of the bothe series with the Suns, Hakeem and Rockets eliminated them.
So whose laughing now with 2 titles? And to beat them coming back down from 1-3 to win 4-3 and in the Suns home..LOL
you're missing the point, i'm talking about that dunk not those two years, of course the rockets owned the suns, and then barkley left to play with them... ouch.
btw, clean block on KJ. too bad they didn't show the other angle where olajuwon was so far up the court that no one thought he could catch up to KJ. i'm sure KJ was shocked to him there so quickly.
i laugh when people say the rockets would've not won if MJ had retired. just a bogus assertion. just remember during the bull's first 3yrs when they won the championship, the rockets dominated the bulls. i guess i could make an assertion that the rockets would've had 5 championships had they made it to the finals during those first 3yrs to play the bulls. get my drift.
@texasguy10209 only reason they lost in 93 was the two bad calls in overtime in game 7...seattle shouldve lost and then rockets wouldve beat the suns like they did in 94 and 95
if you watched those rockets in 94 they had somthing special if mj did beat them theres no way it woulda been easy dream was unstopable that year and the bulls didnt have a answer for him
Hakeem did swat KJ, but I don't think this was the "payback" game. I dunno, I'd have to look at old tapes. thats a long time ago
I could only imagine if Hakeem was 25-30in his prime in the league right now, he would efifn own the place. There isn't one center who would stop him. They'd have to send in their whole front court
this came first. this was during the season. the dunk over hakeem happened in the playoffs. that's why kj was so pumped. this was #1 on nba action plays for the week that season.
haha. bullshit. that block was during the season. since you have a game that obviously don't exist. PLEASE tell everyone(especially me) what game it was.
The revenge was beating that azz in t playoffs after spotting them a 3-1 lead, then winning back to back titles. This just shows why Olajuwon was the greatest defensive player ever. Can only dig out very few times that did happen (even that I'll defend) its not like Dream was waiting under the basket for him, KJ is very quick and just beat him to the rim while using the rim to do it. But still, cause he had the balls to even try, I'll give it to him. Go look up Shaq gettin' it, plenty of those.
KJ got Hakeem on that one dunk, but thats bc his man broke down. Olajuwon wasn't even in position to defend properly but still tried. Most guys would have just let KJ go after it and stepped out of the way.
@327372 actually KJ is the most underrated point guard in NBA history! I think he's better than Stockton.. it was KJ's injuries that will probably keep him out of the basketballs hall of fame.. but KJ was definitely an elite point guard!
@327372 Kevin Johnson never got his just due, but REAL basketball fans KNOW he is Top 10, one of the greatest point guards guards of All Time, you just talking hater bull shit!!
nwsidehtownballer you sound very smart i say the same thing best player of alltime he did it all its nothing he did not do,he was a shut down defender a shut down scorer plus he was a closer he closed the game whether it was on defense or on offense, acres homes,texas representer here
He had the footwork of a point guard and the shooting touch of a shooting guard, but could also dominated the paint with his power game. He played the game like it was made for him, but also played with poise in key moments, with grace in times when it looked hopeless, and alot of class in terms of sportsmanship.
He dominated Robinson the following year in the playoffs after he was awarded the league MVP. He's the only player to record over 3,000 blocks and 2,000 steals in a career, but of course is also the top shot blocker in NBA history. He didn't achieve that because he was taller than most, but because he was ridiculously aggressive on the defensive end.
I don't believe in GOAT in basketball....but I will say I'd draft Dream from scratch to start a team over any other player in NBA history. Imo yes there were more dominant scorers in NBA history than Dream....but no other NBA player in history had the "combined" impact he had on the floor at both ends offensively and defensively.
I would say greatest player, because Olajuwon played during the time frame of great centers. He use to dominate Kareem, Ewing, O'neal, Robinson, Bol, Mutumbo, and Mourning. The most impressive thing is he is the only player in history to become the defensive player of the year, league MVP, and finalizes MVP in the same season.
Thanks for posting hate to bust your bubble though. That was actually the end of the series when kj dunked on hakeem. The rockets were up and the game was pretty much decided. I don't make excuses for my boys but that dunked was an "anger dunk" because they at one time led 2-0 taking the series back to phoenix and still got eliminated. Thus the birth of "CLUTCH CITY".
Hey let's not forget Dream is one of only 4 guys to get a quadruple double....also, Shaq is a helluva center, but a guy who is a career 56% free throw shooter, I can't put ahead of Dream....and let's not forget that Dream did the same thing to Rod Strickland that he did to KJ in the Portland series..Dream was unbeatable
Yeah he was one of the greastes centers of all time, a big man that could handle the rock, on assist, hell he had a cross over and that unstoppable spin move and head fakes, 2 rings, back to back he had the D and the O what couldn't he do? Nasty. Starting 5 of all time he would be my center
I don't know about that, but definitely top five (Wilt, Russell, Kareem, and Shaq are probably ahead of him). But for a about a three or four year period, he was definitely dominating the league like few others. must have been that dream team snub.
I would put Russell ahead of him before I put Shaquille there. Russell's defense made the offense and those rings wouldn't be in Boston if it was not for his defense. Shaquille would still be w/o a ring if he had not been associated with two masterminds on the bench (Riley and Jackson) and two phenomenal play makers (KOBE and D-WADE). Personally I wouldn't put anyone ahead of Hakeem but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I dont know. I have nothing against Russell, but I feel his legacy is inflated from being a dominant team in a very JV league NBA. Even with Kobe and Wade, Russell had a much superior cast in Boston than Shaq had in L.A. and Miami.
Id personally rank it Kareem, Wilt, Hakeem, Shaq and Russell based on greatness, but Hakeem was the best of all his prime in the mid 90s IMO.
dikenot, if KJ went at Hakeem head on 10 times, 9 times out of 10 he would have gotten rejected. So please don't discredit the fact that KJ got shitted on by Hakeem just because it was a weakside block. Idiot.
yessir! more like 99 outta 100! he did elbow Dream and used the other side of rim and was lucky he was at home. sad thats all KJ is remembered for. and yeah, dikenot...is an idiot!
same awesome play just as KJ dunked on Hakeem. KJ did so on the best defensive player in the game (or at least after Bill Russell). But Hakeem, being a center, raced back (usually a guard's job to run back for the fastbreak) to block a point guard underneath the basket.... amazing athleticism. No center today can pull that off (not even Howard), and back in the day maybe the Admiral could.
They played 2 different positions, so its impossible to compare. And then you didn't even mention CBA guys that nobody wanted like Elie, scooped off of Portland's bench, never lached onto a NBA team with playing time until he ran with Dream. Herrera was another one outta the CBA playing big playoff minutes.
Chucky Brown in '95 signed to a 10day contract and started for Herrera when he got injured.
How many greats can say they ran with CBA guys and won in the playoffs? Only Dream.
MJ GOAT?, yeah right bud. MJ w/o Pippen in terms of winning was like Hill in Det and TMac in Orl, a superstar stuck on a island all by himself in the playoffs.
38-44?
40-42?
What "GOAT" makes playoffs with win totals like that? Dream never had a losing season until he was 37 years old and no longer the focal point of H-town.
Dream had 3 fifty win seasons w/o Clyde or Ralph, and made a Finals w/o both of them.
How many Finals MJ had w/o Pip or even a 50 win season? LOL
wow somebody who finally appreciates Hakeem. For whatever reason I think the NBA like turned its back on Hakeem until Jordan retired and then we he came back put the spotlight bck on him. Hakeem was jsut as dominant aand would beat out Jordan in coaches polls in who they were worried about the most.
For whatever reason the NBA and the Refs didn't like Olajuwon. He never got respect but the opposite. Look up Jordan record before against Hakeem. The Bulls could not match up with the Rockets because Jordan couldn't drive with Hakeem in the paint and it made it easier for him to defend. The NBA (IMO) did not want the rockets to meet the bulls in finals. They never showed hakeem face when talking about the greats, he wasn't and is still not featured on promos other than flash shot.
Jordan is one of my fav. players but Hakeem deserves the same recognition. No one 'owned" Hakeem. He destroyed Shaq in the Finals(no off. to shaq) and made David robinson look like a FOOL. When he played the bulls, he would abuse in post with the all famous dream shake. All hale Hakeem. the most complete center in nba history.
How many MVPs does Dream has?? 1 or 2 and MJ has 5. How many scoring titles does Dream has?? 1 or 2. MJ has 10. They both won DPOY so yes MJ is in a league of his own.
U r a real fuckin douch bag. The Rockets would NOT have won a championship if MJ wouldn't have retired. U fuckin idiot. MJ lost to Shaq becuase MJ came back mid season and was rusty! The very next season MJ SWEPT SHAQ in th Finals. So please make sense before u go running ur mouth. U fuckin idiot.
"The Rockets would NOT have won a championship if MJ wouldn't have retired."
Yeah they should've met in the Finals....but too bad MJ was addicted to the BlackJack table,lol. He came back and lost averaging 32ppg/7 rebs and 5 asts in 95 playoffs and lost. Go sell your excuses elsewhere.
@tksmithjr. Hey man I am a huge Bulls fan but lets put it this way. 1994 I think with MJ Bulls get to Finals since they nearly beat Kncisk without him. However, Hakeem was at his peak so unfortunately we never get to see one of the greatest matchups (MJ-Dream Bulls-ROckets) in Finals. Next season Bulls were in a transition period so even with MJ Rockets may win but if Bulls made FInals in 94 (and even won it) they do not go through a transition phase in 1994-95.
@JZ2001JC i sorta agree with what your saying... i think the 94 ring would've been theirs easy had he been there ...you are talking about the "3 peat" championship bulls of course nobodies running over that core team..not on that high ..then like you said no transition phase thru 94-95 make it back to the finals vs Dream,Drexler and co..who may have been a bit different but i strongly doubt they win it just due to what we all know happens for the next 3 years LMAO .....MJ "WOULDVE" had 8 rings.
Intelligent response, funny how I wasn't even messaging u!
Most bball players would tell u that blocking someone right at the rim, w/them coming at u to dunk on ur ass, is sweeter then blocking someone from behind. Thats just common sense.
I think the fact that a center ran down a point guard to block him is amazing. Thinking about centers in today's game... I don't think any of them could do that.
I can't think of one right now either. The fastest center I ever saw was D Robinson. Some of today's PF's could do that, Prince is probably the best but he's a SF.
hey, there's no use with this guy... he's in denial...i used to be the same way- i liked magic better than jordan as a kid, then it was hakeem, then it was Malone-- and i'm from chicago!!
But gaddamn, by the time he was taking on the Jazz for his 6th ring and the city was going ballistic and partying I freed my soul and became a believer! There was nothing more he had to prove.
Hakeem is the greatest Center of ALL-TIME because all the other well known centers grew up playing basket ball right here in the U.S.A. Olajuwon, played soccer in Nigeria in his up bringing. What if he came to the NBA in his Prime like all the others.......#1
22...these Jordan supporters are so funny. His team didn't have time to "adjust" to MJ after he returned?
Damn the Rockets traded for Clyde when Dream was out for 10 games, Maxwell got thrown off the team, Herrera who was supposed to be starting PF after Thorpe had a season ending injury. And they didn't have home court advantage in any series. They had BIGGER adjustments to make the CHI!!! Did CHI have any players suspended/injured prior to 95 playoffs?
First things first..."the greatest of all time". I don't believe one player is way above anybody else, and in case you haven't heard NBA legends speak they've offered their own opinions on the flawed GOAT media belief. Oscar has called himself the greatest player ever. Wilt has called himself the greatest player ever. In a team sport with different positions it has its flaws.
And so what the NBA was just supposed to shut down because MJ was bored and decided to bat .200?
We're not talking about 1996, we're talking about 1995. A Bulls team lacking a real defensive rebounding PF, which they had in both their 3 peats was the reason they lost vs. Orlando.
Sorry but your "the team had to get used to playing with MJ" excuses needn't be heard from the Rockets who overcame injuries, a suspension, a midseason trade, and no homecourt advantage.
if MJ never retired, we all know that they would have 8 peated. Him leaving the league is the only reason the Rockets got a championship ring, they had to beat the knicks in 94...The knicks...MJ's chew toy team hahaha give me a break. It isn't an excuse, the man wasn't himself, watch the old tapes and then the 96 ones. Difference is night and day
Who is this "we" you're referring to? Oh yeah the 23 fanclub huh? Maybe you never watched the "old tapes". MJ performed better when he lost vs. Orlando than when he won a title.
I guess you call 41% FG and 27 ppg better in 96 Finals?
The Knicks were no pushovers and you make it seem like they were a walk in the park. They pushed the Bulls to the brink in the early 90s and Hakeem was a far better center than Ewing. Swap the 2 centers and I wouldn't be surprised if the Knicks won.
Haha, who is winning a series in 6 games crushing someone? I would rather say Hakeem and the Rockets crushed Orlando Magic in 95, the same Orlando that beat the Bulls...
I don't think any team that won a title in NBA history ever had such a turbulent leadup to a playoffs like the 94-95 Rockets did. And they overcame everything....including sweeping a ORL team that beat the MJ led Bulls.
I guess 32ppg - 7 rebs and 5 asts a game on 48% shooting by MJ vs. Orlando is what they call "out of shape" huh?
Funny,when did MJ average 50 in a series? Can't say I recall. Hell he even had a 64 pt. game against the Magic with Shaq as a rookie and LOST so you aren't really saying much.
He'd often have 30-40 scoring binges against the Olajuwon led Rockets and lose. Unlike MJ Dream never needed 40-50 pt. games to beat teams (well he had to prove a point to Robinson :).
Better to have a 20-30 pt. game getting his teamates involved, the main reason the same Orlando the beat CHI got swept by HOU.
LOL, a 6ft 6" guard wins 6 titles...what more is there to say? HUH, Hakeem won 2, i was a big fan of the nigerian nightmare... But, don't ever try and compare... Never in your wildest dreams can you compare him or any other to the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!
Sorry the Bulls won 6 titles. It's a team sport. Jordan GOAT? Prove it, never came close to a ring until Scottie developed.
Dream loses Ralph who helped smoke SHOWTIME & still takes a bunch of scrubs to a Finals in 94.
MJ needs Pip a 1st team all NBA + all NBA def + Ho.Grant to barely beats the Knicks/Suns in 93 playoffs and Dream comes along next year and schools the same teams with a bunch of nobodies.
MJ 8-12 in his career vs. Dream, and that was with PIP most of the time. :)
Olajuwan had scrub teams?? Kenny the Jet Smith, Otis Thorpe?? scrubs?? Horry won plenty of championships after and Cassell was a great pg- even made the Clippers into winners, Drexler is a Hall of Famer.
a young shooting guard from Noth Carollina comes to the Windy City and leads his team to 6 championships. Will Perdue and Luc Longley get more pussy than they ever dreamed of. UNPRECEDENTED, yet to be duplicated. There is only 1. Deal with it.
out of respect for Hakeem being from the motherland, he never went at Olajuwon with all his power. He never dunked on or attempted to dunk on Hakeem. Everybody respected Hakeem.
lol@Chris....I like you, but u do not understand the game of basketball. We're talking of 93-94 1st, not 94-95 when I say Dream won with scrubs.
Horry could not play w/o a dominant big man. Smith never even sniffed playoffs before Houston, Thorpe once he got traded no one ever heard of him again. He only made all-star once and that was with Hakeem.
Cassell was a rookie in 93-94 and he wasn't even a starter.
Kenny Smith played for a losing Kings team until he played with Dream.
"I'll tell you a story sum of everything. Jordan come down the lane and dunk on stockton- a fan yells- Hey Mike, pick on somebody your own size. So, next play, he come down the lane and dunk on a 7 ftr.- den, when he runnin back down, he say 'was he big enough?'"
Sorry, truth is you can't compare MJ to a center. Hakeem dropped 33 a game on Shaq who is the most physically dominant player in history. He tore down 2 damned basketball supports.
Can you tell me MJ ever faced anyone like this 1 on 1?
MJ faced 2 sg's in his career in top30 in scoring in the playoffs. Dream faced 5.
Who had it tougher head to head: "MJ vs Clyde/Reggie"?
woulda had the deuce if he just did a quick layup
Loudmouf84 3 months ago
i think hakeem and lebron are overrated in 2k12
Guitarherotimmydude 3 months ago
@Guitarherotimmydude hakeem is underrated he should have 99 overall considering he's so versatile
samtheman7975 2 weeks ago
@Guitarherotimmydude and 99% of the world now thinks you are dumb for this comment.
ThePLANxZ 1 week ago
shaqs better than him
32shaqattaq 6 months ago
@32shaqattaq Shaq, himself, said Dream's better. Believe your boy.
MrBeanage 6 months ago 5
I'm pretty sure that was before the KJ dunk. Who cares. Hakeem> KJ
thekdog34 6 months ago
this is better than the dunk
warriorshockey5 7 months ago
Dream is the only play in NBA history to win his 1st Title w/o ever having another Hall of Fame (future HOF) teammate (Robert Horry won't make it)
Smith, Maxwell, Thorpe, Horry!
MrBeanage 7 months ago 4
@MrBeanage you either just listen to epsn guys talk or you don't like Cylde the Glide Drexler.
WushuDude13 7 months ago
@WushuDude13 You gotta read son. I said "1st Title"
Clyde came in 94/95 (Dream's 2nd title) And I'd say Glide's my favorite commentator w/ Worrell.
MrBeanage 7 months ago
@MrBeanage wat about the 04 Pistons lol... Chauncey may go to the hall but thats it
shizzmogris 6 months ago
@shizzmogris "win his 1st Title w/o ever having another Hall of Fame (future HOF) teammate " Keep in mind that Garnett's going to the Hall too. Chauncey played with Garnett 2 year, before Detroit. I'm not just talking about the title year.
MrBeanage 6 months ago
@shizzmogris I'm talking about their career teammates who they has supporting them before they got their 1st title. Dream had guys like Lewis Lloyd, Jim Peterson, Robert Reid, and Ralph Sampson. But actually, one other player who can fall in this is Dennis Johnson, winning his 1st title when he was a Sonic.
MrBeanage 6 months ago
@MrBeanage still chauncey nd the pistion, rip hamilton, ben wallace, tayshaun nd all them were there b4 the first title
shizzmogris 6 months ago
@shizzmogris You still don't understand my point. Lol. If Chauncey played with a HOF teammate before OR during the 1st title, then he's out. Kevin Garnett. Don't worry, Chauncey's still great.
MrBeanage 6 months ago
@MrBeanage oh yea ur right forgot he played for the T' Wolves... but that shouldnt matter bcuz thats a totally different team nd he wasnt even the starter
shizzmogris 6 months ago
@MrBeanage Olajuwon ended his career in the top ten all-time in blocks, scoring, rebounding, and steals. He is the only player in NBA history to retire in the top ten for all four categories (he is now 11th all-time in rebounding).
Sicilian49 6 months ago
@Sicilian49 Beautiful point man. That's why Jordan, Barkley, Admiral, Ewing, AND Shaq say Dream's the best Center they've ever seen.
MrBeanage 6 months ago 2
dudes, look at the difference in their size. KJ's elbow was above the rim on that dunk.
philkampel 8 months ago
dudes, look at the difference in their size. KJ's elbow was above the rim on that dunk.
philkampel 8 months ago
An KJ won what?Oh yeah nothing,The Dream lives on!
MrScott4020 11 months ago 2
Probably my favorite block of all time. He ran down KEVIN JOHNSON!!!!! and then blocked it......
maxeypad 1 year ago
Haha kjs dunk was by far better than Hakeems block cause well kj dunked all over his face with a little tbag as well
ARZCARDINALS 1 year ago
@ARZCARDINALS,if the guy guarding him didn't screw up, than yeah,none of it will happened. If dream was fully ready to anticipate it, he would do the same thing to KJ just like he did here.lol
EmperorJBO 11 months ago
@ARZCARDINALS And how many times did K.J eliminate Hakeen and the Rockets? Oh, thats right none. Hakeem beat KJ and Barkley 2 years in a row and once coming back from 3-1 to. Yeah KJ did block Hakeem but Hakeem got his ass back. Houston own the Suns.
texasguy10209 9 months ago
love how the Dream came swooping in and just waved that huge arm!
edyken77 1 year ago
put kj on his ass!
alancam87 1 year ago
he told him not bring it back in there little man
ballinflash3 1 year ago 3
GIMME DAT SHIZNIT!!!!!!
tryin2makeit 1 year ago
Im the biggest Hakeem fan but I could of sworn KJ dipped on Hakeem after this
boxingfan510 1 year ago
DAMN!
StardeAnamdi 1 year ago
The Dream embarrased KJ on that one. Dunking with no ball in hand(s) = Owned!
TheSurefireGamer 1 year ago
DIZZZAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Exile101882 1 year ago
thats what i like to call a power move
thefirstjellyman 1 year ago
I believe that this block occurred on February 19, 1994, in the regular season. K.J.'s dunk took place on May 15, 1994.
So actually, it was K.J. who "repaid" Olajuwon.
joekiddlouischama 1 year ago
@joekiddlouischama I actually heard from a lot of people that 'Hakeem had his revenge'. I don't know the exact dates, so you could be right...
montenegrin2010 1 year ago
@joekiddlouischama,The Dream paid Kevin Johnson back.
Thats what he gets for dunking on Hakeem.LOL
EmperorJBO 1 year ago
Lol KJ, they may call me "The Dream", but Im gonna be your worst nightmare.
Apex144 1 year ago
he didn't get KJ back, KJ owned him for all eternity.
rustycageandrun 1 year ago
@rustycageandrun Naw homey. Olajuwon got him back. KJ fell on his back after that block. LOL Even if so...Olajuwon is a hall of fame legend. Kevin Johnson doesn't have Olajuwon's credibitlity. Hell..Tim Duncan got dunk on a few times in his career. Is he still not one of the best Power Forwards of all time. KJ got a little moment on Hakeem. It's all good. No hard feelings. :)
Boogers4dinner 1 year ago
Owned Hakeem for all eternity? Hmm KJ may have dunked over Hakeem but at the end of the bothe series with the Suns, Hakeem and Rockets eliminated them.
So whose laughing now with 2 titles? And to beat them coming back down from 1-3 to win 4-3 and in the Suns home..LOL
texasguy10209 1 year ago 2
@texasguy10209
you're missing the point, i'm talking about that dunk not those two years, of course the rockets owned the suns, and then barkley left to play with them... ouch.
rustycageandrun 1 year ago
@rustycageandrun BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sure buddy
ZwienerZ 1 year ago
btw, clean block on KJ. too bad they didn't show the other angle where olajuwon was so far up the court that no one thought he could catch up to KJ. i'm sure KJ was shocked to him there so quickly.
zcarenow 1 year ago
i laugh when people say the rockets would've not won if MJ had retired. just a bogus assertion. just remember during the bull's first 3yrs when they won the championship, the rockets dominated the bulls. i guess i could make an assertion that the rockets would've had 5 championships had they made it to the finals during those first 3yrs to play the bulls. get my drift.
zcarenow 1 year ago 2
I do, but remember that the Rockets worst nightmare were the Sonics. In 93 and 96 {both against Seattle} the Rockets lost
In 93 and 96 it should have been Bulls vs Rockets in finals. So maybe yes the Rockets would have had not 5 but 4 instead. 93-96
People still say that in 95 was because MJ came back at mid-season. Well, we got Drexler at mid-season and won at #6 and the Bulls were at #5
The 1995 Rockets should go down as the greatest playoff team ever. The way they did it was amazing
texasguy10209 1 year ago 4
@texasguy10209 only reason they lost in 93 was the two bad calls in overtime in game 7...seattle shouldve lost and then rockets wouldve beat the suns like they did in 94 and 95
gangsta4lifee 1 year ago
that was a foul.
jayrich510 1 year ago
if you watched those rockets in 94 they had somthing special if mj did beat them theres no way it woulda been easy dream was unstopable that year and the bulls didnt have a answer for him
3422cj 1 year ago
Hakeem did swat KJ, but I don't think this was the "payback" game. I dunno, I'd have to look at old tapes. thats a long time ago
I could only imagine if Hakeem was 25-30in his prime in the league right now, he would efifn own the place. There isn't one center who would stop him. They'd have to send in their whole front court
jonatbaylor 1 year ago 2
gay
CLOC602PHX 2 years ago
this came first. this was during the season. the dunk over hakeem happened in the playoffs. that's why kj was so pumped. this was #1 on nba action plays for the week that season.
RUDOLPHLYRICS 2 years ago
Ehm, stop talking out of your ass.. I have the freaking series on my computer at the block came the dunk...
homeboiUH 2 years ago
haha. bullshit. that block was during the season. since you have a game that obviously don't exist. PLEASE tell everyone(especially me) what game it was.
RUDOLPHLYRICS 2 years ago
for me this is 15 times better than the dunk ownage.
Antikaku99 2 years ago
Revenge was beating them in the playoffs and not just one dunk.
CHRISTIANABUSED 2 years ago 2
That is not enough revenge for what KJ did to his azz, that dunk was brutal, look at the size difference.
Croozer 2 years ago
The revenge was beating that azz in t playoffs after spotting them a 3-1 lead, then winning back to back titles. This just shows why Olajuwon was the greatest defensive player ever. Can only dig out very few times that did happen (even that I'll defend) its not like Dream was waiting under the basket for him, KJ is very quick and just beat him to the rim while using the rim to do it. But still, cause he had the balls to even try, I'll give it to him. Go look up Shaq gettin' it, plenty of those.
pickzkickz 2 years ago 13
This reminds me of Moby Dick! LOL Revenge is a mother fucker! LOL Hahaha
Boogers4dinner 2 years ago
sucks to b AJ. I wonder what he was thinking when he got blocked like a little girl.
ELkORji 2 years ago
AJ? KJ!
TheSleepaholic 2 years ago
lol.. whhooppsiee.. i was too sleepy. Sir, Sleepaholic.
ELkORji 2 years ago
looooooooooool that looked like when a parent smacks a child in the back of the head for picking up a toy he should have.
Tr0llsNeverDie 2 years ago 3
Got to love it, when you get your ass packed, fall down as if you were fouled.
MerkinMuffly 2 years ago
2 me Hakeem is underrated.
drodmanfan91 2 years ago 62
@drodmanfan91 very
JColeM7785 1 year ago
@drodmanfan91 I think he's the best C ever
Grotsnik12 1 year ago 3
revenge..haha
aywon4 2 years ago 2
paybacks a bitch...
valin771 2 years ago 4
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that block was from behind. When KJ dunk on him it was in his face!!!
mrleroy1966 2 years ago
true, true
grayson311 2 years ago
this is sick, sick, sick best block I've ever since KJ kissed the floor with his butt jajaja, that happens when you dunk on Hakeem, payback jajaja
scuadrado07 2 years ago
oh my god humiliation!!!
derLullabyMolch 2 years ago
KJ got Hakeem on that one dunk, but thats bc his man broke down. Olajuwon wasn't even in position to defend properly but still tried. Most guys would have just let KJ go after it and stepped out of the way.
jonatbaylor 2 years ago 2
Kevin Johnsons dunk over hakeem was one of the best dunks of all time
getnashtysuns 2 years ago
wow you swated a 6 ft point guard when your 7 ft. the slam still way better you can never get him back for that
keithzawatski 2 years ago
so the dream is the dream hes the MAN
jester0773 2 years ago
who cares bout the slam? Hakeem will remain the greatest center in history...and KJ, will be remembered for nothing
327372 2 years ago 5
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5jensco 2 years ago
k how will kevin johnson be remember for nothing when he is one of the greatest point guards ever and ppl look up to him you fucking idiot
keithzawatski 2 years ago
calm down...i was talking comparatively. Hakeem Olajuwon is in top 50 greatest players ever list and kevin johnson is not.
327372 2 years ago
@327372 actually KJ is the most underrated point guard in NBA history! I think he's better than Stockton.. it was KJ's injuries that will probably keep him out of the basketballs hall of fame.. but KJ was definitely an elite point guard!
ARZCARDINALS 11 months ago 2
@327372 Kevin Johnson never got his just due, but REAL basketball fans KNOW he is Top 10, one of the greatest point guards guards of All Time, you just talking hater bull shit!!
VoiceOfReezun 10 months ago 3
@327372 kj was a beast
gengiz80 10 months ago
nwsidehtownballer you sound very smart i say the same thing best player of alltime he did it all its nothing he did not do,he was a shut down defender a shut down scorer plus he was a closer he closed the game whether it was on defense or on offense, acres homes,texas representer here
worthy186 2 years ago
OH MY GOD, LOOOOOOL
DJCRLO 2 years ago
He had the footwork of a point guard and the shooting touch of a shooting guard, but could also dominated the paint with his power game. He played the game like it was made for him, but also played with poise in key moments, with grace in times when it looked hopeless, and alot of class in terms of sportsmanship.
NWsideHtownBaller 2 years ago 5
He dominated Robinson the following year in the playoffs after he was awarded the league MVP. He's the only player to record over 3,000 blocks and 2,000 steals in a career, but of course is also the top shot blocker in NBA history. He didn't achieve that because he was taller than most, but because he was ridiculously aggressive on the defensive end.
NWsideHtownBaller 2 years ago 3
I don't believe in GOAT in basketball....but I will say I'd draft Dream from scratch to start a team over any other player in NBA history. Imo yes there were more dominant scorers in NBA history than Dream....but no other NBA player in history had the "combined" impact he had on the floor at both ends offensively and defensively.
FuShengAlex 2 years ago 5
I would say greatest player, because Olajuwon played during the time frame of great centers. He use to dominate Kareem, Ewing, O'neal, Robinson, Bol, Mutumbo, and Mourning. The most impressive thing is he is the only player in history to become the defensive player of the year, league MVP, and finalizes MVP in the same season.
NWsideHtownBaller 2 years ago 3
Don't forget, NBA Champ ;)
jonatbaylor 2 years ago
Hakeem is alot bigger than him
that was not that grate
berrysanders123 2 years ago
Thanks for posting hate to bust your bubble though. That was actually the end of the series when kj dunked on hakeem. The rockets were up and the game was pretty much decided. I don't make excuses for my boys but that dunked was an "anger dunk" because they at one time led 2-0 taking the series back to phoenix and still got eliminated. Thus the birth of "CLUTCH CITY".
psykomystro 2 years ago
Hey let's not forget Dream is one of only 4 guys to get a quadruple double....also, Shaq is a helluva center, but a guy who is a career 56% free throw shooter, I can't put ahead of Dream....and let's not forget that Dream did the same thing to Rod Strickland that he did to KJ in the Portland series..Dream was unbeatable
michaelwayne99 2 years ago
Yeah he was one of the greastes centers of all time, a big man that could handle the rock, on assist, hell he had a cross over and that unstoppable spin move and head fakes, 2 rings, back to back he had the D and the O what couldn't he do? Nasty. Starting 5 of all time he would be my center
KGLookALike 2 years ago
the greatest center ever
tharealist81 2 years ago 4
I might go as far to say, greatest player ever.
SuperSecretSquirrel 2 years ago 5
I don't know about that, but definitely top five (Wilt, Russell, Kareem, and Shaq are probably ahead of him). But for a about a three or four year period, he was definitely dominating the league like few others. must have been that dream team snub.
synopsisav 2 years ago
Russell is not ahead of him. He's overrated just cause he was apart of all those championship teams. He was never an alltime offense player.
the512messikan 2 years ago
I would put Russell ahead of him before I put Shaquille there. Russell's defense made the offense and those rings wouldn't be in Boston if it was not for his defense. Shaquille would still be w/o a ring if he had not been associated with two masterminds on the bench (Riley and Jackson) and two phenomenal play makers (KOBE and D-WADE). Personally I wouldn't put anyone ahead of Hakeem but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
psykomystro 2 years ago
I dont know. I have nothing against Russell, but I feel his legacy is inflated from being a dominant team in a very JV league NBA. Even with Kobe and Wade, Russell had a much superior cast in Boston than Shaq had in L.A. and Miami.
Id personally rank it Kareem, Wilt, Hakeem, Shaq and Russell based on greatness, but Hakeem was the best of all his prime in the mid 90s IMO.
the512messikan 2 years ago
bring up anybody guys can someone tell anyone who become MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season
only the dream, only the dream
gando50 2 years ago
loooooooooooooooool WHAT A BLOCK
Kill Him Hakeem! :D
strobuz 2 years ago
dikenot, if KJ went at Hakeem head on 10 times, 9 times out of 10 he would have gotten rejected. So please don't discredit the fact that KJ got shitted on by Hakeem just because it was a weakside block. Idiot.
gerardsandytoes 2 years ago
yessir! more like 99 outta 100! he did elbow Dream and used the other side of rim and was lucky he was at home. sad thats all KJ is remembered for. and yeah, dikenot...is an idiot!
pickzkickz 2 years ago
Get that OUT OF THERE!!!
Deadshot089 2 years ago 2
HAHAHA I was gonna say that....
bdriz16 2 years ago 2
nah nah nah its "GET THE FUCK OUTA HERE" with that vicous ass blockkkkk....
ludacrisboii 2 years ago 2
And it was a block of KJ to get to the Finals. Whether it was revenge or not, it'll be a play in KJ's mind forever, like John Starks.
sgbtexan 2 years ago
All that was, was Clutch City Dream defense.
The best combination of offense and defense, as well as clutch play in a big man the NBA has ever seen.
Russell had D. Chamberlain the power and presense, Jabbar the patented shot and longevity. Dream had it all.
Wish I had the quadruple double game on here.
sgbtexan 2 years ago
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Please this wasnt revenge he blocked him from behind.But KJ dunked in his face head on!
DikenotVsSuckSheng 2 years ago
still cant believe kj dunked on him
sgr4444 2 years ago
you can even hear hakeem's hand just slap the ball away.
biggie1972smalls1997 2 years ago
was this clip from the 93 or 94 playoffs?
eddiefonzarelli 3 years ago
haahhahahhah
skuat3 3 years ago
LOL, fall down, maybe they'll call the foul
MerkinMuffly 3 years ago
All BALL.
maxpeezaay 3 years ago
same awesome play just as KJ dunked on Hakeem. KJ did so on the best defensive player in the game (or at least after Bill Russell). But Hakeem, being a center, raced back (usually a guard's job to run back for the fastbreak) to block a point guard underneath the basket.... amazing athleticism. No center today can pull that off (not even Howard), and back in the day maybe the Admiral could.
tienyutai 3 years ago 7
Just NASTY
luv4shorty 3 years ago
They played 2 different positions, so its impossible to compare. And then you didn't even mention CBA guys that nobody wanted like Elie, scooped off of Portland's bench, never lached onto a NBA team with playing time until he ran with Dream. Herrera was another one outta the CBA playing big playoff minutes.
Chucky Brown in '95 signed to a 10day contract and started for Herrera when he got injured.
How many greats can say they ran with CBA guys and won in the playoffs? Only Dream.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago 2
MJ GOAT?, yeah right bud. MJ w/o Pippen in terms of winning was like Hill in Det and TMac in Orl, a superstar stuck on a island all by himself in the playoffs.
38-44?
40-42?
What "GOAT" makes playoffs with win totals like that? Dream never had a losing season until he was 37 years old and no longer the focal point of H-town.
Dream had 3 fifty win seasons w/o Clyde or Ralph, and made a Finals w/o both of them.
How many Finals MJ had w/o Pip or even a 50 win season? LOL
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
wow somebody who finally appreciates Hakeem. For whatever reason I think the NBA like turned its back on Hakeem until Jordan retired and then we he came back put the spotlight bck on him. Hakeem was jsut as dominant aand would beat out Jordan in coaches polls in who they were worried about the most.
freelancepimp 3 years ago 2
Maaan it's because of this "MJ retired so Dream could win" B/S.
In 93/94 he beat everybody MJ needed a 2nd superstar and a all-def PF to beat. Plus Malone/Stock combo in their primes, both 1st all NBA team.
And here's the thing....Smith wasn't a top10 PG, Maxwell wasn't a top10 SG, Horry wasn't a top10 SF, Thorpe wasn't a top10 PF!!!
And it ain't like he wasn't great before 94 and hadn't won when it mattered in the playoffs. He smoked LA dynasty in only 5 games.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
For whatever reason the NBA and the Refs didn't like Olajuwon. He never got respect but the opposite. Look up Jordan record before against Hakeem. The Bulls could not match up with the Rockets because Jordan couldn't drive with Hakeem in the paint and it made it easier for him to defend. The NBA (IMO) did not want the rockets to meet the bulls in finals. They never showed hakeem face when talking about the greats, he wasn't and is still not featured on promos other than flash shot.
freelancepimp 3 years ago 4
Great post.
Jordan is one of my fav. players but Hakeem deserves the same recognition. No one 'owned" Hakeem. He destroyed Shaq in the Finals(no off. to shaq) and made David robinson look like a FOOL. When he played the bulls, he would abuse in post with the all famous dream shake. All hale Hakeem. the most complete center in nba history.
TracyMacAddidas 3 years ago 20
Yeah I feel you and I love Jordan too but hakeem do have soem crazy stats.
freelancepimp 3 years ago 2
it is a team sport asshoe. who ever did it all by themselves??
GSWCWATTS 3 years ago
How many MVPs does Dream has?? 1 or 2 and MJ has 5. How many scoring titles does Dream has?? 1 or 2. MJ has 10. They both won DPOY so yes MJ is in a league of his own.
liason514 2 years ago
MVPs? Olajuwon abused a MVP in playoff ball.
Dream didn't need a scoring title to win a ring in 94 or 95. Guys like TMac and Stackhouse have won scoring titles and Dream hasn't.
They both won a DPOY, although Dream has two to his 1.
FuShengAlex 2 years ago 2
no, he didn't. but he did need for mj to be playing pro baseball. haw haw
ultrakool 2 years ago
Man please. We'd have owned MJ in 95 anyways if he couldn't even get past Shaq.
FuShengAlex 2 years ago 2
um, sure...it'd have been more likely for joel olsteen to have gone to the championship in that building than the rockets. he can hoop. hee hee
ultrakool 2 years ago
Should of, would of, could of. Stick to watching the MJ run Bobcats. WOOOOOOO!
BigPapaSmurf25 2 years ago 3
U r a real fuckin douch bag. The Rockets would NOT have won a championship if MJ wouldn't have retired. U fuckin idiot. MJ lost to Shaq becuase MJ came back mid season and was rusty! The very next season MJ SWEPT SHAQ in th Finals. So please make sense before u go running ur mouth. U fuckin idiot.
tksmithjr 2 years ago
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"The Rockets would NOT have won a championship if MJ wouldn't have retired."
Yeah they should've met in the Finals....but too bad MJ was addicted to the BlackJack table,lol. He came back and lost averaging 32ppg/7 rebs and 5 asts in 95 playoffs and lost. Go sell your excuses elsewhere.
FuShengAlex 2 years ago
@tksmithjr. Hey man I am a huge Bulls fan but lets put it this way. 1994 I think with MJ Bulls get to Finals since they nearly beat Kncisk without him. However, Hakeem was at his peak so unfortunately we never get to see one of the greatest matchups (MJ-Dream Bulls-ROckets) in Finals. Next season Bulls were in a transition period so even with MJ Rockets may win but if Bulls made FInals in 94 (and even won it) they do not go through a transition phase in 1994-95.
JZ2001JC 2 years ago
@JZ2001JC i sorta agree with what your saying... i think the 94 ring would've been theirs easy had he been there ...you are talking about the "3 peat" championship bulls of course nobodies running over that core team..not on that high ..then like you said no transition phase thru 94-95 make it back to the finals vs Dream,Drexler and co..who may have been a bit different but i strongly doubt they win it just due to what we all know happens for the next 3 years LMAO .....MJ "WOULDVE" had 8 rings.
Ryzon28 1 year ago
I agree w/1bounce23 on this one!
1thetruf 3 years ago
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K.J. got Hakemm better cause he dunked on Dreams face.
Dreams block did redeem him somewhat, but the block was from behind.
1bounce23 3 years ago
you're an idiot
chipdouglas03 3 years ago
Intelligent response, funny how I wasn't even messaging u!
Most bball players would tell u that blocking someone right at the rim, w/them coming at u to dunk on ur ass, is sweeter then blocking someone from behind. Thats just common sense.
1bounce23 3 years ago
Plus K.J. is a foot shorter than Dream. Best dunk ever! A center blocking a PG; not so much.
flugplatz21 3 years ago
I think the fact that a center ran down a point guard to block him is amazing. Thinking about centers in today's game... I don't think any of them could do that.
Sportswhilesleeping 3 years ago 12
I can't think of one right now either. The fastest center I ever saw was D Robinson. Some of today's PF's could do that, Prince is probably the best but he's a SF.
flugplatz21 3 years ago
@Sportswhilesleeping no centre could ever do that
mylesusa 11 months ago
as a side note, hakeem is my favorite center of all time. i'd take him over wilt or shaq anyday.
stematwork 3 years ago 4
hey, there's no use with this guy... he's in denial...i used to be the same way- i liked magic better than jordan as a kid, then it was hakeem, then it was Malone-- and i'm from chicago!!
But gaddamn, by the time he was taking on the Jazz for his 6th ring and the city was going ballistic and partying I freed my soul and became a believer! There was nothing more he had to prove.
chrismzac 3 years ago
Hakeem is the greatest Center of ALL-TIME because all the other well known centers grew up playing basket ball right here in the U.S.A. Olajuwon, played soccer in Nigeria in his up bringing. What if he came to the NBA in his Prime like all the others.......#1
shellshockkd12 3 years ago
They needed time to 'adjust' to Jordan?
LMFAO
The Magic schooled the Bulls in 95'. Get over it.
Wheelio 3 years ago
only 8 franchises have won the title since 1979...from then til 2008 only 8 teams.(lakers,celtics,sixers,pistons,bulls,ROCKETS,
spurs,heat).30 years---8teams,to me that makes houston one of the more successful franchises in the nba.give us some credit
housebanks22 3 years ago
22...these Jordan supporters are so funny. His team didn't have time to "adjust" to MJ after he returned?
Damn the Rockets traded for Clyde when Dream was out for 10 games, Maxwell got thrown off the team, Herrera who was supposed to be starting PF after Thorpe had a season ending injury. And they didn't have home court advantage in any series. They had BIGGER adjustments to make the CHI!!! Did CHI have any players suspended/injured prior to 95 playoffs?
Real men don't make excuses
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
the greatest of all time returning after playing baseball for 1.5 years to a line up that had just
stematwork 3 years ago
First things first..."the greatest of all time". I don't believe one player is way above anybody else, and in case you haven't heard NBA legends speak they've offered their own opinions on the flawed GOAT media belief. Oscar has called himself the greatest player ever. Wilt has called himself the greatest player ever. In a team sport with different positions it has its flaws.
And so what the NBA was just supposed to shut down because MJ was bored and decided to bat .200?
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
so you don't have any excuses as to why the bulls crushed a sonics team that the rockets fell to, right?
stematwork 3 years ago
We're not talking about 1996, we're talking about 1995. A Bulls team lacking a real defensive rebounding PF, which they had in both their 3 peats was the reason they lost vs. Orlando.
Sorry but your "the team had to get used to playing with MJ" excuses needn't be heard from the Rockets who overcame injuries, a suspension, a midseason trade, and no homecourt advantage.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
if MJ never retired, we all know that they would have 8 peated. Him leaving the league is the only reason the Rockets got a championship ring, they had to beat the knicks in 94...The knicks...MJ's chew toy team hahaha give me a break. It isn't an excuse, the man wasn't himself, watch the old tapes and then the 96 ones. Difference is night and day
Milkman23 3 years ago
Who is this "we" you're referring to? Oh yeah the 23 fanclub huh? Maybe you never watched the "old tapes". MJ performed better when he lost vs. Orlando than when he won a title.
I guess you call 41% FG and 27 ppg better in 96 Finals?
The Knicks were no pushovers and you make it seem like they were a walk in the park. They pushed the Bulls to the brink in the early 90s and Hakeem was a far better center than Ewing. Swap the 2 centers and I wouldn't be surprised if the Knicks won.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
Haha, who is winning a series in 6 games crushing someone? I would rather say Hakeem and the Rockets crushed Orlando Magic in 95, the same Orlando that beat the Bulls...
maxpeezaay 3 years ago
I don't think any team that won a title in NBA history ever had such a turbulent leadup to a playoffs like the 94-95 Rockets did. And they overcame everything....including sweeping a ORL team that beat the MJ led Bulls.
I guess 32ppg - 7 rebs and 5 asts a game on 48% shooting by MJ vs. Orlando is what they call "out of shape" huh?
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
UR talkin REALLY crazy, U know that??
chrismzac 3 years ago
Huh?
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
MJ took a freakin year and a half off, so he only scored 32- otherwise he would've dropped 50 on they ass!
chrismzac 3 years ago
Funny,when did MJ average 50 in a series? Can't say I recall. Hell he even had a 64 pt. game against the Magic with Shaq as a rookie and LOST so you aren't really saying much.
He'd often have 30-40 scoring binges against the Olajuwon led Rockets and lose. Unlike MJ Dream never needed 40-50 pt. games to beat teams (well he had to prove a point to Robinson :).
Better to have a 20-30 pt. game getting his teamates involved, the main reason the same Orlando the beat CHI got swept by HOU.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
LOL, a 6ft 6" guard wins 6 titles...what more is there to say? HUH, Hakeem won 2, i was a big fan of the nigerian nightmare... But, don't ever try and compare... Never in your wildest dreams can you compare him or any other to the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!
6 titles ...6 championship MVP's
chrismzac 3 years ago
Sorry the Bulls won 6 titles. It's a team sport. Jordan GOAT? Prove it, never came close to a ring until Scottie developed.
Dream loses Ralph who helped smoke SHOWTIME & still takes a bunch of scrubs to a Finals in 94.
MJ needs Pip a 1st team all NBA + all NBA def + Ho.Grant to barely beats the Knicks/Suns in 93 playoffs and Dream comes along next year and schools the same teams with a bunch of nobodies.
MJ 8-12 in his career vs. Dream, and that was with PIP most of the time. :)
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
Olajuwan had scrub teams?? Kenny the Jet Smith, Otis Thorpe?? scrubs?? Horry won plenty of championships after and Cassell was a great pg- even made the Clippers into winners, Drexler is a Hall of Famer.
a young shooting guard from Noth Carollina comes to the Windy City and leads his team to 6 championships. Will Perdue and Luc Longley get more pussy than they ever dreamed of. UNPRECEDENTED, yet to be duplicated. There is only 1. Deal with it.
chrismzac 3 years ago
"MJ 8-12 in his career vs. Dream"
Wheelio 3 years ago
out of respect for Hakeem being from the motherland, he never went at Olajuwon with all his power. He never dunked on or attempted to dunk on Hakeem. Everybody respected Hakeem.
Except Shaq and KJ. lol
chrismzac 3 years ago
lol@Chris....I like you, but u do not understand the game of basketball. We're talking of 93-94 1st, not 94-95 when I say Dream won with scrubs.
Horry could not play w/o a dominant big man. Smith never even sniffed playoffs before Houston, Thorpe once he got traded no one ever heard of him again. He only made all-star once and that was with Hakeem.
Cassell was a rookie in 93-94 and he wasn't even a starter.
Kenny Smith played for a losing Kings team until he played with Dream.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
"I'll tell you a story sum of everything. Jordan come down the lane and dunk on stockton- a fan yells- Hey Mike, pick on somebody your own size. So, next play, he come down the lane and dunk on a 7 ftr.- den, when he runnin back down, he say 'was he big enough?'"
Karl Malone, 2nd all time scorer in NBA history.
chrismzac 3 years ago
Quote's aren't factual, you want a quote here's one:
"There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE GREATEST PLAYER EITHER"
Michael Jordan taken from his biography.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
Sorry, truth is you can't compare MJ to a center. Hakeem dropped 33 a game on Shaq who is the most physically dominant player in history. He tore down 2 damned basketball supports.
Can you tell me MJ ever faced anyone like this 1 on 1?
MJ faced 2 sg's in his career in top30 in scoring in the playoffs. Dream faced 5.
Who had it tougher head to head: "MJ vs Clyde/Reggie"?
or:
"Dream vs. Jabbar,Parrish,Ewing,DRob,Shaq?"
MJ's best SG ever, but cannot compare to centers.
FuShengAlex 3 years ago
HAHAHAHA
wake up, step into reality... there is no guard 6'6 with 6 rings... and 6 MVPs,,, yeah mf
chrismzac 3 years ago
Yeah I guess Russell is twice the player MJ was with 11 huh?
FuShengAlex 3 years ago