Hakeem Olajuwon: No one utilized my post lessons better than Kobe Bryant

That's because there's no big guy gifted enough to do Hakeem moves.

The young Okafor perhaps. But that's way down the line.

 

His moves always required a guard or wingman because of the foot speed. No big men since or before him has shown that kind of ability. Everybody said he was more like a guard with his moves, so fast, so skilled and there's probably very few big guys who can do what he did. Also, it helps that Kobe is a student and diligent worker. Something others can learn from. *Cough* Dwight *cough*

 

At $200,000 per lesson, I sure hope he did.

 

Mostly because not many of them had a good mid ranged shot.

Half the reason dream go the opportunities he did down low is because players respected the fact that he had a good mid ranged jumper and they had to commit to fakes.

On the flip side, if you see someone like Dwight about to do a midranged jumper - its not something you're necessarily afraid of and you'll most likely let him have that shot.

 

Mid Range?
Does anyone in the whole NBA have a turnround jumper?

Rocket River

 

Poor Dwight.

 

KAT one day maybe?

 

Wow, is that right? I guess that's pocket change to Kobe but I always thought ex-players did that out of friendship

 

I'd really like to see Harden work with Dream in the post. He's very big and strong for an SG and has a great midrange jumper. We've already seen him make some amazing turnaround jumpers off of a spin + step-back.

 

Didn't he train Melo, too? I guess Melo already had some of the moves, so you couldn't tell much of a difference??

 

Strange. Don't recall Hakeem shooting 1-20 from the field.

 

Not sure about $200,000 per lesson, but Amar'e paid him something like $100k for a week or two of lessons.

 

DeeMow looked like he benefited some. Doubt he has that kinda cash tho, so maybe he only watched tapes. And I thought the fee was somewhere around 40K.

 

Amen? No love for Yao?