Hakeem Olajuwon to Train Knicks

[dachuda86]

Originally Posted by DieHard Rocket As much as I love and respect Dream, you have to remember who turned Dream into the MVP caliber player that he was... And we already have him working with our bigs. So stop bitching about him not working with our guys.

Uh what was that?

[dachuda86]

Oh I should mention for all the young bucks who don't read up on Hakeem's development as a player... that's coach Guy Lewis from UH and Moses Malone... both were instrumental in developing Hakeem, along with others throughout the '80s

[sugrlndkid]

years later...the Dream still finds ways to toy with the knicks...

[jocar]

New York City?!?



get a rope.

[Easy]

Throw our big men to Fonde and let them bang with Moses Malone. They'll all turn out great.

[rocketsmetalspd]

Why can't the Rockets get Dream to train their big men and schedule some trainings with Dream? He should be working with CD to get our bigs ready for this upcoming season.

[LCAhmed]

[gambingo]

Chris Broussard's wet dream is a Knicks frontcourt "Dream Shakers." Yea....that's going to happen alright lol.

[tinman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/sp...he-knicks.html

Woodson and Olajuwon were teammates with the Rockets from 1988 to 1990. Woodson, a veteran at the time, helped the younger Olajuwon mature. Even then, Olajuwon could tell Woodson was interested in coaching once his playing career was over. The two formed a bond, and Olajuwon has watched Woodson become a respected coach in the league.

“Mike showed a flash toward the last part of the season of what he can do,” Olajuwon said, referring to the Knicks’ 18-6 record after Woodson replaced Mike D’Antoni in March. “You can tell he is comfortable making the right move to succeed.”

No one in the league will disagree with Woodson’s efforts to develop team chemistry. Earlier this week, Olajuwon said Anthony and Stoudemire would need to complement each other for the Knicks to win. He also said Chandler could be more dominant in the post with more back-to-the-basket moves.

Olajuwon will have the players focus on repetition in their post moves during the pre-training camp workouts.

“I think the team is expecting a lot of itself,” Olajuwon said. “They know they have to accomplish a lot this season.”

At first, Woodson wanted Olajuwon to come to New York during the early part of the off-season to help his three primary frontcourt players. That wasn’t possible, though, once Anthony and Chandler began training with the United States national team in preparation for the Olympics.

But Woodson, in a move that impressed Olajuwon, traveled to Katy in early August to watch Stoudemire’s first few training sessions.

Over dinner, Woodson told Olajuwon about his plans for the season and how he wanted the Knicks’ offense to focus on getting the ball inside. Woodson also saw Stoudemire’s improvement under Olajuwon.

He then asked Olajuwon if he would be interested in teaching Anthony, Chandler and others.

“The ranch is quiet and it’s very comfortable for the players,” Olajuwon said. “But I can understand with the guys coming back from the Olympics, so this time I made the exception to come to New York.”

Olajuwon said he was willing to give the Knicks feedback during the season. He expects the Knicks to progress under Woodson and contend in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks will be on Olajuwon’s TV a lot.

“When you work with a player for hours, days and weeks, you want to see them play,” he said. “You want to see how quickly they improve and mature.”

[J.R.]

BullyBall meets the Dream Shake (photo credit: Ali Raza) instagr.am/p/QClbQzkEbl/

— Alan Hahn (@alanhahn) September 26, 2012

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— Alan Hahn (@alanhahn) September 26, 2012

[DJGRIND]

Originally Posted by JuanValdez I was referring to Kevin McHale, but CD had a good reputation for teaching big men too. I'm sure Dream has a lot of great stuff he can teach players. Having Dream could be helpful on providing another perspective and having multiple good teachers can provide some robustness and maybe it clicks for a player to hear it from one guy instead of another. But other guys -- like McHale -- also have great stuff to teach. And while Dream was probably the better player, he could be better or worse as a coach (really, the most gifted players are oftentimes not the best teachers). And the repository of knowledge he possesses is probably only incrementally different from what someone like McHale can provide. And, since McHale is on the coaching staff, he can teach within the structure of the larger team philosophy and strategy and integrate it all. I'm not saying getting trained by Olajuwon is a bad thing. For a team with money to burn, like the Knicks, why not do it? But, I also have a hard time believing it's a big benefit. I'd guess it was a bigger benefit in morale -- "hey, the team is so committed to me, they spent a bunch of money to have me train with the best center ever!" -- and fan relations -- "Wow, the Knicks are trying so hard to win the championship, they spent a bunch of money to bring in the best center ever to train the big men!" -- than it is in actual incremental skill.

I see your point with McHale and I think his knowledge is extremely valuable.

But I do believe with the knowldge that Hakeem brings to the table and seeing the vids of him instructing, I beleive it would graetly benefit our team.

I do agree with NY having more money to throw around, but if you recall how much Hakeem (then Akeem) benefitted from Moses Malone's instruction, I can't see how you would want to try to duplicate that scenario.

[RV6]

Still doesn't seem right.