The Successor - Yao Ming and Hakeem Olajuwon
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Uploaded by thekurtman31 on Aug 5, 2006
Hakeem Olajuwon is my favorite athlete of all-time. Let's get that straight right off the bat.
I did not make this video, nearly 5 years ago now, to claim that Yao was better than, as good, or even on his way to being as good as Hakeem. I simply wanted to highlight similarities in their games, given that they had so many other similarities (#1 pick in the draft, foreign born, playing center for the Rockets, etc.).
The word "successor" does not, in any way, claim superiority. It simply refers to something or someone who came after another. Hakeem was the Rockets franchise center before, and Yao was shortly after.
Again, this video was made nearly 5 years ago. At that point, Yao had played in 244 of 246 possible games in his first 3 seasons, and had ONE injury from which he bounced back convincingly in '05-'06. He was steadily improving, and had already proven to be a 22 point, 10 rebound, 2 block per game player. The fact that he has fallen from grace so swiftly in recent years does not falsify any claims that this video initially made.
Because it made NONE.
Thanks for watching.
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@dm319756 kevin martin and aaron brocks luis scola ariza yao ming those are my best player in houston rocket their awwweeessssooommmee
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man u must be putting a WHOLE LOT OF effort in this video, finding all the highlights from both players with the same moves, blocks, dunks, footwork, three pointer and destroying Shaq lol (i'm a huge fan of Shaq btw).. absolutely fantastic! thumbs up!
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thx thekurtman, this video is brilliant.
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Song Was Fucking Sick!!!
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yao ming=ralph sampson
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dream shake, he really had successfully got it
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@mnsa0676 amen
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lol at yao's reaction to being picked first in the draft
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GENETICALLY MADE YAO MING SCIENCE
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Two greatest Centers in Rockets' history. (No disrespect to Ralph Sampson, but that's how I feel)
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Yao Ming is just like Tracy McGrady. When healthy, Yao is much better than Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady is much better than LeBron. But injuries, if those damn injuries didn't happen, Yao Ming, T-Mac and the rockets would still be in the playoffs, still love Kevin Martin though.
dm319756 7 months ago 13
Honestly, Yao Ming really is the best center in the league right now. Even if he IS injured, hes still the best. Then again that can all change with this coming season.
ganky142 1 year ago 5