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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1963) Hakeem Olajuwon Olajuwon in 2015 Personal information Born (1963-01-21) January 21, 1963 (age 62) Lagos, Nigeria Nationality Nigerian / American Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Listed weight 255 lb (116 kg) Career information High school ...
The third pick, Jordan, achieved even greater success than Olajuwon. He won six NBA championships, six Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, five Most Valuable Player Awards, one Defensive Player of the Year Award, eleven All-NBA Team selections, fourteen All-Star Game selections, three NBA All Star Game MVP Awards, and nine All-Defensive Team ...
Statistics accurate as of January 26, 2025. Hakeem Olajuwon has the most blocks in NBA history. ^ ... Team(s) played for (years) [c]
Mirin revisits the 1984 NBA Draft, where Hakeem was picked #1 by the Houston Rockets before the Chicago Bulls selected Michael Jordan with the 3rd overall pick, to talk about all of the potential ...
In Olajuwon's case, he is the only one to have also won the NBA Finals MVP Award and the NBA championship in the same season. [11] Jordan is the only recipient to have also won the scoring title in the same season, [12] when he also became the only player to win the award while averaging over 30 points per game (35.0). [13]
Only rookie in NBA history to lead his team in four statistics Jordan led the 1984–85 Chicago Bulls in scoring (28.2 ppg), rebounding (6.5 rpg), assists (5.9 apg) and steals (2.4 spg). Jordan again led the Bulls in four statistics in 1987–88 , this time leading the team in scoring (35.0 ppg), assists (5.9 apg), steals (3.2 spg) and blocked ...
By winning his second straight NBA Finals MVP award, Hakeem Olajuwon became the sixth player to do so on multiple occasions, joining Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. Olajuwon also joined Jordan as the only two players to win the award consecutively as of that time.
The Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debates heated up in 2020, thanks to ESPN’s The Last Dance and the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2020 NBA Finals. James now has four NBA championships to go ...