Michael Jordans "Crew" (Shows love to Dream)

J.R. · Nov 20, 2013

http://www.nba.com/africa/hakeem_olajuwon_talks_charity__2013_11_19.html?cid=nba_12_twitter_L

NBA Africa: Changing gears a little bit, I'm sure you heard about Michael Jordan recently naming his all-time pickup basketball team, and how he listed you as a guy he'd like play with. Who is your all-time pickup basketball team, who are the guys that you'd want to play with?

Hakeem Olajuwon: Wow. That's a tough question because I need to think about that. There's a lot of great great players, hmmm. Michael Jordan, no question. You gotta put LeBron James in there too, no question. Point guard, John Stockton. Shaquille O'Neal, center. Power Forward? Oh man, hmmm, I would pick Moses Malone.

NBA Africa: I know it's such a tough question because there are so many great players to come through this league, but why did you choose those guys? What stands out about them?

Hakeem Olajuwon: These guys are truly great, great players. They have the desire to win definitely. These are winners. They know how to win, they're great, they're superstars. If you want to win against any team in history, I would pick those guys.

NBA Africa: So wait, you'd pick Shaquille O'Neal over yourself? You wouldn't want to play? What are you going to do, sit on the bench and watch everyone else play?

Hakeem Olajuwon: Hahaha, no, I'd pick Shaquille.

NBA Africa: There's no right or wrong answers here because I know these are just fun debates that basketball nerds like myself like to have. Recently your longtime friend and teammate, Kenny Smith, said something (on NBA TV's Open Court) along the lines of even if Michael Jordan didn't retire during the years the Houston Rockets won the NBA Finals (1994 and 1995), the Chicago Bulls would still lose to your team. What do you think about that, do you think you would have faced the Chicago Bulls in any of those Finals and been able to beat them?

Hakeem Olajuwon: You know, I hear that all the time. You never know. What I do know for sure, you've got to give credit to the Orlando Magic. Orlando beat Chicago in the (1995) playoffs and Michael Jordan was there. Earlier in the season, Michael Jordan had a great game against New York, he put up 50-something points. He was in great shape and in the playoffs Orlando beat them. Orlando had Shaquille, Penny Hardaway, Horace Grant. They were a tough team and they beat Chicago.
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iLookOK · Nov 20, 2013

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K-Low_4_Prez · Nov 20, 2013

dmenacela said: ↑

I wondered how MJ knew that Hakeem was in the all time NBA Top 10 in points, rebounds, steals, blocks, and shooting %. Was it scripted?

Nonetheless, I have a new-found respect for MJ since he mentioned Hakeem. I just don't know about the Worthy inclusion. Magic and Pippen makes sense but shouldn't Bird be in there?
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It's because Dream was drafted number 1 and nobody ever says anything about it... I mean it's pretty incredible, not many other players in NBA history could of gotten taken before MJ and it not look like the wrong choice.

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