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Hakeem Olajuwon Scoring Skills Video

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by RedRedemption, May 25, 2012.

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  1. RedRedemption

    RedRedemption Member

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    <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K7tPZ-KljR0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Pretty good quality.
     
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  2. AFS

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    I'd forgotten how ugly the Spurs' court used to look.
     
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  3. vstexas09

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    never gets old.
     
    #3 vstexas09, May 25, 2012
  4. Kwame

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    Would Morey have even drafted Akeem or would he have passed on him because he was too raw? Even if he did draft him, would DM have had the patience to let Olajuwon develop or would he have cashed in his "asset" for something that was more tangible after a few years? In Maury we trust? I shudder to think.
     
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  5. Jontro

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    Video was too short.

    That footwork... is he a wizard? That kind of footwork from a big man can only come from sorcery. No other explanation.
     
    #5 Jontro, May 25, 2012
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    One thing i noticed is how he always got that beautiful high arc. Very few big men replicate that today.
     
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    Morey hasn't reached @ the 14th pick. The "raw" players you are talking about at the 14th pick and at the 1st pick are COMPLETELY different.

    That said if Morey went with the less raw player and fell into Michael Jordan, I don't think it would've been that bad.

    That draft makes any franchise GM look like a genius except Portland, they found a way to f that up.
     
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    Prime Deke got shook a couple times in that video.
     
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    I've never thought about it, but I wonder if a young Jordan/Healthy Ralph combo would have won a title in the '80s.
     
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    Greatest center to ever strap on shoes... and to think he didnt start playing bball untill i think 14... its like watching poetry in motion...
     
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    This has probably been posted 100 times on this board...

    Never gets old though. Good editing, beast moves.
     
    #11 cuddie, May 25, 2012
  12. Kwame

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    or soccer

    or fell into Sam Bowie
     
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  13. BigMaloe

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    Dribble and moves like lebron... crossin over like AI... spinnin like barry sanders... hookin like kareem.... dunkin like griffin...
     
    #13 BigMaloe, May 25, 2012
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    The hook on Cambell is a travel. Great vid.
     
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    No one would've taken Bowie when they already had Sampson and Akeem was on the board.
     
    #15 dharocks, May 25, 2012
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    Poor portland and bowie...
    Poor portland and oden...
    Wtf is wrong with portland...
     
    #16 BigMaloe, May 25, 2012
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    notice the first shot is Nowitzki's iron-leg step-back jumper. Hakeem actually invented it.
     
    #17 heypartner, May 25, 2012
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    Holy **** that movement and footwork, just ****ing wow. ****ing incredible.
     
    #18 RocketMadness, May 25, 2012
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    I hope I get to see another big that's as skilled as Hakeem was, watching the centers today almost depresses me when I see Hakeem clips.
     
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    If we develop Patrick Patterson, I'm confident he can replicate some of those moves.
     
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