A Title Fight between Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon in their collective primes would have been an event for the ages—a match of mega proportions that could only be made in heaven. It would be a ...

After Hakeem Olajuwon guided the Houston Rockets to the 1995 NBA Finals, there were conversations about the rise of the NBA center. Many analysts viewed Olajuwon's rise as the resurgence of the great ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Former Houston Rockets and University of Houston basketball star, Hakeem Olajuwon's dream began at Hofheinz Pavilion. The then young basketball player learned to play the game of ...

There are few players, if any, in basketball history who have been more pleasurable to watch than Hakeem Olajuwon. The legendary Rockets center was poetry in motion on the court, all seven feet of him ...

For almost every center entering the NBA today, Hakeem Olajuwon remains the gold standard — a big man who left behind a complete blueprint for dominance on both ends of the floor. His footwork, timing ...