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Damn those are nba2k14 type stats.

 

if Robinson wasn't such a classy guy, It would be worth a try to get him to autograph a 95 Hakeem jersey just to see his reaction.

 

piss poor response hp.

 

Those numbers are crazy. Against the MVP, 1st team defensive center, and the #1 seeded team too. Epic.

 

and a 3 on steals????

He was I think top 10 all time I. Steals when he retired, but not anymore now that guys like Gary Payton have passed him up. But he was still exceptional at that.

 

Never mind I looked he is still number 9!!! Guy was on par with Jordan I don't care what you say.

 

I will add three things here.

1) Those are some insane numbers even by a young Akeem. I never understood the myth that I have seen some people propagate that he was not that good early on and became dominant only in early-mid 90s. He was dominant from the very beginning. You dont put up those kind of numbers and dethrone the WC champs if you are not dominant.

It is a shame that atleast 6 of his years were wasted by a team that broke down for various reasons and the management that could not rebuild quickly enough around him and wasted his talent.

2) As I said, the numbers he put early on were insane. But what makes those numbers even more remarkable is if you consider that he hadn't picked up a basketball until only a few years earlier. He began playing basketball at the age of 16. He could not even play on the team at UH when he first got there because he was so raw. To pick a new sport up, not even be able to play at the university level initially, and then in a matter of 3-4 years become so good so as to dethrone a Magic/Kareem/Worthy led WC champions in his second year as a pro is incredible.

3) Lastly, I wish there was NBA coverage during his career like we have today (internet, TV, social media etc etc.). People would be able to watch him play and talk about him and most probably come to the same conclusion that I have.....

Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon were two of the most complete players ever to play in the NBA. They dominated both ends of the court, were fierce competitors, did not have any glaring weaknesses to their game, dominated their position and their counter parts, and more importantly, as good as they were in the regular season, both took their game to a completely different level once the playoffs started.

Both were once-in-a-lifetime-player and I feel privileged to have followed their careers.

 

That is why you pick up African kids early on and let them play soccer or basketball or football

 

Those numbers are unreal

 

One of the greatest Centers ever to play basketball.

 

Hakeem was a legendary talent and an all-timer. Nobody will ever dispute that. Even the most ardent Duncan supporters acknowledge that Hakeem at his peak was probably the best the NBA has ever seen.

Was his career better than Duncan's? Folks can debate it all day but I'll leave that for history to decide, especially since Duncan's story is still being written.

And what does this have to do with the Spurs as an organization?

 

Sick numbers..... and Dream did it pretty. Best moves the league has ever seen.

Perhaps because it was against the Spurs.