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Biography
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream," is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and, in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers, as well as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Awards & recognition
- Great Immigrants Award · 2008
- All-NBA Team · 1999
- All-NBA Team · 1997
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1997
- All-NBA Team · 1996
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- Best NBA Player ESPY Award · 1996
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1996
- All-NBA Team · 1995
- Best NBA Player ESPY Award · 1995
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award · 1995
- All-NBA Team · 1994
- Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award · 1994
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1994
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award · 1994
- NBA Most Valuable Player Award · 1994
- All-NBA Team · 1993
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1993
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award · 1993
- All-NBA Team · 1991
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1991
- All-NBA Team · 1990
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1990
- All-NBA Team · 1989
- All-NBA Team · 1988
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1988
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1987
- All-NBA Team · 1986
- NBA All-Defensive Team · 1985
- NBA All-Rookie Team · 1985
- Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year · 1984
- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player · 1983
- 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
- FIBA Hall of Fame
