Hakeem Olajuwon

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.

Most Known For

Basketball: A Love Story

as Self

Beyond the Glory

Stand

as Self - Houston Rockets (archive footage)

Clutch City

as Himself

NB80s

as Self (archive footage)

The '84 Draft

Mount Mutombo

as Self

Phi Slama Jama

Arvydas Sabonis 11

as Himself

Going Big

as Self

Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters

as Self

Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream