Hakeem Olajuwon basically slapped in the face : check this out guys!!

they probably left him off the list because he won center of the decade, and they knew that if they put him in their he would overwhelmingly win.they probably just wanted it to be competitive.

 

I noticed this earlier today, and started to post on it before I got sidetracked w/ the question... didn't dream get citizenship back in the early 90s?

 

i'm not sure, i was just wondering what the 'rules' are to their vote. for example, if their 'historian' (some database programmer) chose to select all of the players that were non-citizens (unlikely i concede) rather than select all of the players born elsewhere, then i could understand the error.

but you're right, it doesn't make any sense.

 

What did you expect Hakeem gets slapped in his face by a few of the clutch city bbs writers so you cant be surprised.

 

Those guys at nba.com are a bunch of punks. You can't even put Hakeem and Dikembe in the same talent class for crying out loud.

SIDE NOTE: I hate it how you can't download the highlight reel plays on your computer. You have to open it up on the site, and come back to that site just to view it. It would be so much betta if you could just download them on your computer so you can just watch them any time you feel like it. Man, those guys are a buncha punks.

 

alaskansnowman
on your side note, you can get it off your computer, its stored in the cache on your hard drive, usually its in C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files
if you are using Microsoft IE
or C:\Netscape folder if you are using netscape,

 

i agree with whomever said it was a citizen issue. I think it was that simple, hakeem is considered an american, i dont think mutombo is.

otherwise it is a no brainer.

I know that hakeem only recently became a citizen, becuz i was at one time mad that he was left off of Dream team 1. (he would have made it instead of ewing or david, imo.)

 

gr8-1,
it was the olympic stuff that made me wonder also. Remember how the NBA made such a big deal about Mutumbo going back to the Congo/Zaire/National Republic of... Country formerly known as--- whatever, to help their olympic team? Also Kukoc plays for his country also (seems like Croatia, but I think he's a Serb). Whoa, I need to do the Billy Madison to get an update on World History.

 

in the same poll, hakeem was named the center of the decade for the entire nba....

 

If Detlef is also an American citizen now, I guess that would answer the question. HOwever, I have no idea of how to go about finding out. Anyone???

 

Well, I did manage to find a little something. It wasn't updated though, stating Detlef is with the Sonics!


Detlef Schrempf
Seattle SuperSonics

HT./WT.: 6-10/235
BORN: 01/21/1963, Leverkusen, Germany.
HIGH SCHOOL: Centralia (Wash.).
COLLEGE: Washington.

PERSONAL NOTES
Wife, Mary was a hudler for the West German National Team. ... International business major. ... Enjoys football and tennis. ... Big fan of Joe Montana and Boris Becker.

CAREER NOTES
Selected by Dallas Mavericks in first round (eighth pick overall) of 1985 NBA Draft. ... Traded by Mavericks with 1990 or 1991 second-round draft choice to Indiana Pacers for C/F Herb Williams (February 21, 1989). ... Traded by Pacers to Seattle SuperSonics for F Derrick McKey and F Gerald Paddio (November 1, 1993). He was on the German Olympic team in 1992 so unless he has obtained citizenship since then, I guess the citizenship reason for leaving him and Hakeem off the international list holds no water.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/players/301/index.html

MISC. NOTES
Member of West German Olympic team (1984). ... Member of German Olympic team (1992).