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- Hakeem had 32 points on 12-19 shooting, and grabbed 14 rebounds. Sampson had 23 points on 10-14 shooting.
Rockets despite being up most of the game lost in the end due to poor FT shooting (50%) and committed a lot of turnovers. - กีฬา
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Its amazing how these two guys seem to play so well together in Hakeem's rookie year.
If Sampson had stayed healthy, those two would have been the toughest inside, one-two punch in NBA history. Sampson was the man early on and Hakeem was right there with him.
Sampson rebounding and leading the break at 7' 4'' ... a sight to behold...!!
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Sampson was a beast before the injuries.
Damn... How good was Sampson?.. Athletic, quick in the post, and taller than everyone else.. He could handle the ball, too, and lead the break..
Damn shame his knees couldn't hold up longer..
He wasn't taller than Mark Eaton
Both about 7’4” if I remember correctly?.. But that was a long time ago..
@@jacobjones5269 Eaton was listed as 7'5. I know it's nit picking but obviously Sampson was way more athletic for his size
I agree, I think Eaton was taller, but just a scosh..
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I don't think people realize how skilled Ralph Sampson was. At 7'4 handling the ball and running the break 'amazing. We all know how good Olajuwon is but Sampson, if he didn't sustain that back injury would have gone down as one of the all-time greats.
we need the 86 Rockets on NBA 2k14!!!
Excellent basketball! So much grace and skill
Ralph Sampson had a 9'11" standing reach and a 36" vertical leap, and Hakeem Olajuwon had a 9'6" standing reach and 36" vertical. Sampson could almost touch the top of the backboard from a standing jump and easily grab the top of the backboard with a running or one step jump.
This had to be during the 84-85 season because i dont see Karl Malone. His first season was 85-86. The 84-85 season was also John Stockton's rookie yr.
Sampson and Hakeem on the same team God Dam they were fuckin good!!!! Legends!
Oh Shit, talk about the triple towers, Eaton, Sampson and Hakeem!
Add Paultz and Kelley 44 to that group of towers as well... And was Petersen already a 🚀 Rocket?
Geez, I'm still impressed by what Sampson was able to do on the court when he was healthy and motivated. Most athletic 7'4" player I ever did see (pre-injury Sabonis comes mighty damn close though). They really should've placed him at center and move Hakeem to the PF spot. Maybe that would've extended his career a bit. As of today, the closest the NBA has to an actual "Twin Towers" combo is Pau Gasol/Andrew Bynum of the Lakers. Both LEGIT 7-footers with big-time skills...
5:28
Man, I miss the old NBA.
Then the jazz player got punched so bad in the face by Hakeem.
Young Hakeem was a freak athlete.
Do you have a game 4 of this series? Olajuwon had 12 points in the 4th and blocks a lay up by Stockton at the buzzer to clinch the game. Final score was 96-94. Pretty intense game. Eaton set a playoff record for 10 blocks too. He was forcing Olajuwon into some really tough shots in the paint early on in the game.
Jazz vs Rockets rivalry
he was angry when he was young. islam calmed him down greatly and improved his game.
that was a nice punch though lol
A brutal punch in the face.
Hakeem is the 🐐
Hakeem is a great post shooter, amazing to watch. As a Knicks fan tho...you already know which Center I prefer :P
Hakeem? He was slightly better than Ewing.
I'm a huge Ewing fan as well
nice footage havent seen this game for sale often this is a high level of what they could do and did
If it wasn't for Houston taking the center postiion away from Ralph Sampson then handing it to akeem and then forcing Sampson to play a forward, Sampson would have been one of the greatest players ever and most certainly the best big man ever. That guy was a dominating.figure in the NBA and even when he played college ball in Virginia.
Wrong made up revisionist history
Sampson was a beast
INCREDIBLE one handed pass from sampson 2:37
Olajuwon had a 9'6" standing reach and a 36" Standing Vertical, and Sampson had a 9'11" standing reach and a 36" standing vertical.
Scoring in the paint again the twin towers must have been a monumental task for any team.
Sal Amander So you're telling me Sampson could reach 13'0" ?
Some of these numbers sound fishy. I believe the max recorded reach is by Shaq/Dwight at 12"6. Ralph and Hakeem would probably hover a bit lower than that at best. Wilt would be another story though.
@@gauthamkailash he stated standing reach not max reach
@@dr.kingmessanger1196Estimated Max reach using vertical leap + standing reach.
Hell Sampson was too with his quickness for a big man.
looking at this video you would actually believ that Sampson had a game at one time. But the Dream was something special and everyone knew it.
the lost art of the sky-hook
Funny thing is that Hakeem's sucker punch against Billy Paultz fired up the Jazz and they won this game. Utah would continue to have the last laugh by eliminating Houston in the first round that year.
2:05 listen to the announcer. he hits the nail on the head.
Yep Shaq, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and alot of other centers would have to agree.
Gary Bender and Doug Collins on the call.
Mark Eaton was getting absolutely worked! lol
He was getting destroyed
All the Trail Blazers needed to do was call "heads" and The Dream is a legend for Portland instead of Houston. Clyde and Akeem reunited in 1984! Born in Portland, the greatness of this video is still hard to watch, similar to watching rookie Jordan with the Bulls. Beautiful players. Portland took brittle boned Sam Bowie, a regrettable choice.
What if the rockets had accepted Portland offer of the second pick along with clyde for ralph Sampson. The rockets could of had Hakeem, Jordan, and Drexler 😮
Possibly but Sampson's body failed him. Had the Rockets stuck him at center, all that banging may have brought on the injury sooner. Just speculating.
Also, from what I see, Sampson wasn't as proficient as Akeem was at posting up at this time. Samson seemd to float further outside in order to show off his skills (jumper and dribbling). See him leading the break off the defensive rebound? That meant he wanted to show the entire package, while Akeem was content to play center.
Watching Sampson and the Dream play is an obvious reason for college players to stay in college longer and develop their games.
Ur 20 years late on that argument. Yo back to college urself grandpa
Victor better take notes.
Hakeem is the goat post moves has better playoff Per then most poeople
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A 7'4 Power Forward?
Daaammnn u saw that punch Hakeem made at 7:15???
Lol @ Merk......these guys were brash and hotheaded. Beat up on the Lakers in 86 and then started yelled the phrase: "unbeatable". They should've known better. Then when asked about Boston's tradition Dream tells reporters: "I am from Nigeria.....we know nothing about Boston's winning tradition".
Shouldn't have fired Bird up like that. He and McHale were just too much for us. As a Rockets fan, damned sad to see what coulda been had Ralph stayed healthy.
Their 84-85 defeat to Jazz is worse than Jordan losing to Milwaukee or Boston from 85-87... This was no excuse... In all honesty the Twin Towers 🗼🗼 gave up two series they had little business losing... 84-85 to Utah, 86-87 to Seattle... I still can't make sense how they lost these series'.... Veteran composure of the Jazz? Depth of the 87 Sonics?
Can u describe the truest factors in depth?
Hakeem played extremely well in most of these games and I don't believe had clutch failures outside of the punch of Paultz in this series and his rookie year free throw shooting woes... 86 he stepped up hugely vs Los Angeles and took over the series from Game 2 forward and Sampson pressed on firmly alongside him... He played valiantly vs Boston in 86 Finals and Sampson had his ups and downs... Some very strong moments even for Sampson in that series... Vs the Nuggets and Kings and Blazers I'm guessing Hakeem and co. we're comfortable around Hakeem's leadership to gel behind his strong and confident performance...
But what did namely Seattle in 87 do to avoid the loss to Houston of 86-87... Houston was the better team no? They had the experience, the players, Sampson and Hakeem still even if Sampson was at his crossroads...
Sonics head coach I know was applauded for his management of the 87 Sonics roster during the playoffs and vs Houston. I'm rewatching the Hakeem era closely these days. Trying to familiarize myself with his career as much as I was comfortable with Jordan, Ewing and Barkley's career trajectories and primes and team circumstances and playoff opponents, rivalries and their big games and clutch moments and weaknesses and regular season storylines and momentum shifts.
Not that the Jazz didn't have a low key good roster... Dantley, Green, Griffith, Eaton, Bailey, Stockton... They had scorers in Dantley (a league leading scorer along with Wilkins, Bird, Aguirre, King, English some of the best SF's scoring forward wing power forwards to ever play and some of the greatest scorers ever) Griffith (an excitable offensive player along the likes of future Stockton running mates Hornacek and Jeff Malone) Green could defense and make plays like his contemporary point guards Dennis Johnson, Maurice Cheeks, Norm Nixon, Nate McMillan, Fat Lever etc.) Eaton is an all time shot blocker (Hakeem should have had his 1989 DPOY 🏆 but oh well) and Bailey was a long version of James Worthy, alot like a softer gamed Buck Williams or an inside Clifford Robinson, or offensive minded Horace Grant, or Cedric Maxwell or Robert Horry before the death of the mid range game in the NBA.
Utah had a quality franchise before Stockton and Malone arrived they were simply the pinnacle and longest fabric used to make that 20-25 year stretch run as long as it did but the fabrics were beginning to assemble quite nicely even before the Stockton and Malone combo helped kept it threading for as long as it did.
83-84 thru 85-86 the Jazz played in two semifinals rounds in 84 and 85, 86 they lost first round with a tag team Bailey, Dantley and Malone forward triplet unit... And 87 they readjusted again around Karl Malone and Bailey and 88 Stockton and Malone was very real... And of course they made the semifinal again before reverting back to zero in 89 & 90 and then their golden age of the Stockton and Malone era began round 91 into 92... Coincidentally when Magic Johnson left as well to give space to the other dominant point guards in the league.
George Gervin and Julius Erving were still strong in 84-85 as well. The Small Forward position in the NB80's was ridiculously deep. That has to be the strongest position hands down of that decade and era... I mean even Barkley is a Small Forward at times throughout his career.. those names plus Barkley... The post was a coveted office space occupied by many talented Small Forwards playing big and with strong elbows ..
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I strongly disagree with the sentiment you posted drawing a parallel to Jordan and Chicago losing those years to the twin towers losing in 85 and 87 (since I've seen on many threads from other posters that bring up the simplistic argument that amongst HOFers only Jordan never lost with homecourt).
The 84-85 Jazz were 41-41 but their record was very misleading because Dantley missed almost half that season injured and would've been better with him healthy. When healthy he was definitely a top 5 SF during that era (and as you mentioned there was a glut of high scoring SFs that span). Dantley would later help spearhead a Detroit team that beat Chicago too. Would've surely been Finals MVP in 88 had Detroit won. And the Twin towers had major problems with the presence of the much stronger and taller Mark Eaton. He was 7'4" 285. (When in Jordan's career was he ever matched with a guy 5 inches taller and about 30 lbs heavier on defense?) He blocked a NBA record 5.6 blocks a game that season that has yet to be surpassed almost 40 years later. The best versions of Hakeem himself and David couldn't come close to such totals. Nor even Dikembe or Ben who were strictly defense first players like Eaton. He was impossible to back down on post ups. He averaged almost 6 blocks a game and who knows how many more shots he altered as well?
Basically you're asking a developing rookie Hakeem to come in and put a mid 90s level beatdown h2h vs the greatest rim protector in modern NBA history from the get go vs a more experienced Utah squad. And they lost game 5 at home by 7. In a season they improved big time. Of course pre injury Sampson was ahead of the curve to Pippen as a player but at the end of the day Jordan and Pippen didnt immediately take the NBA by storm in terms of advancing far in the playoffs from the get go either.
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In 87 first off they caused a minor upset to beat the emerging Blazers out West that year to get to Seattle.
Hakeem shot 60% FG in both rounds in 87.
In NBA history only Kareem/Shaq amongst Centers have ever posted a 30ppg/60% FG series. And other than them amongst all players only Michael Jordan himself has ever had a 30+ppg 60 % FG series. That's extremely rarified air (pun intended).
McDaniels (when his head was screwed on right lol) Chambers & Ellis were a very good offensive trio. Not sure how many teams in history had three 23ppg or better scorers on their team.
And you didnt factor in that in both 85 and 87 Houston (just like Jordan's Bulls those years) was battling behind the scenes drug problems. Lloyd and Wiggins were thrown out the league during the 86-87 season and Houston basically had to figure out the rest the year how to make up a combined loss of 24ppg a night. The previous season where they made the Finals they had to figure out how to make up losing Lucas and 15ppg. Imagine midway through one of the the 96-98 Bulls seasons someone like Toni Kukoc missed the rest of the regular season and playoffs. And then another season between 91-93 both John Paxson and BJ Armstrong are kicked off the Bulls and in both cases nobody was around to replace them.
They were 42-40 vs 39-43 Seattle in 86-87. I think the " had no business losing" label regarding Houston...is a stretch. This wasn't some LBJ vs Dallas in 11 or 04 LA vs Detroit. Eliminated putting up a 61/62 Wilt level 49/25 game on the road in a double OT game.
Hakeem may have had a bad individual performance like 90 vs LA but Houston during his time imho didnt lose series they should have won or played down to the level of their competition. Maybe 97 vs Utah could be argued and that's it imho
Houston under Hakeem was never some overly talented powerhouse team that had the favorite moniker to begin with.
As I remember, the Dream was a bit of a malcontent early in his career.. With other player, and especially refs, who it took a LONG TIME for him to win over.. I don't think it was Cartwright, though, as much as it was he rededication to his faith.. But I'm not 100% positive about that..
Wow. At 2:54, Olajuwon beat everyone down the court, including the lead guard who started in front of him.
Olajuwon is so lucky he didn't get ejected on that one. He got away with it.
@5:02
Paultz flopping on Olajuwon, good acting, quick strong moves by Olajuwon... Beautiful long distance hook shot by Akeem Olajuwon
@5:11
Olajuwon off Reb into fadeaway
@5:20
Akeem blocks Kelley from Stockton doing literally what he did with his eyes closed for 19 more years following this...
i am glad for him too and maybe you are right.i am glad that you gave me this information because it is either true or at least some people believe it's true..which stills an information.but as far as his popularity,it has nothing to do with that because the vast majority of fans only know the wise and calm olajuwon so it is certainly not the reason why he is not as popular as he should be.it has more to do with the other things i talked about i believe...the jordan era,his personnality etc.
do what you wanna do...i have been following nba basketball since my childhood.i always remember olajuwon as a role model and classy player but yeah maybe at the beginning that wasn't the case...well if it's true i admit didn't know that.but for that particular game,the commentator says clearly :"that's Akeem retaliating a little bit because he is upset"that means the guy knocked him first and got away with it(remember it's only a summuary of this game) and akeem got mad.
My father always hated Hakeem for throwing a cheapshot that knocked out Olden Polynice of UVA in college.
Young Akeem was a great tip rebound dunker...
@franchise35 Um yes, he was bad as well, But I was referring to the shot at 7:15 thanks. Young Akeem had a bit of a temper.
That's the other tower, Ralph Sampson wearing #50 but good dunk nonetheless
You got that right!
@jaranarm But Hakeem would have the last laugh by eliminating Utah in '94 and '95 for 2 championships :)
Exactly, Utah got hammered twice in 94 and 95 by olajuwon.
Twin POWER!!
Amazing seeing sampson play....
If Sampson would have stayed healthy, the Rockets would have moved him to small forward.
Olajuwon is OMG good.
Sampson is good.
If this happened nowadays Olajuwon would get suspended like 5 games. Wasn't even a foul called. lol
Wow, dirty pot shot (H)Akeem took at Paultz at 7:15
Hey NBA2K.....how about those '85,86 Rockets one time?
About 7:14, Hakeem gets fed up with Paultz.
Which seasons do you believe most he was robbed? I have major opinions on this. From this first five years, last 5 seasons of Abdul-Jabbars career when he was a low post offensive specialist and spot defender and Moses Malone was tailing off into twilight and Ewing was just getting started and before David Robinson even started a game.
1984-85
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1. DPOY 🏆 Mark Eaton 6.0 stops 🛑 per game
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 3.9 stops 🛑 per game
3. Sam Bowie 3.4 stops 🛑 per game
4. Michael Jordan 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
5. Michael Ray Richardson 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
1985-86
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1. Manute Bol 5.4 stops 🛑 per game
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 5.4 stops 🛑 per game
3. Mark Eaton 5.0 stops 🛑 per game
4. DPOY 🏆 Alvin Robertson 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
5. Charles Barkley 3.8 stops 🛑 per game
1986-87
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 5.3 stops 🛑 per game
2 Mark Eaton 4.6 stops 🛑 per game
3 Michael Jordan 4.4 stops 🛑 per game
4 Manute Bol 3.9 stops 🛑 per game
5 Patrick Ewing 3.7 stops 🛑 per game
6 Alvin Robertson 3.6 stops 🛑 per game
7 Ron Harper 3.5 stops 🛑 per game
8 Clyde Drexler 3.4 stops 🛑 per game
9 Larry Nance 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
10 Charles Barkley 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
1987 DPOY 🏆 Michael Cooper 1.5 stops 🛑 per game
1987-88
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1 DPOY 🏆 Michael Jordan 4.8 stops 🛑 per game
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 4.8 stops 🛑 per game
3 Patrick Ewing 4.3 stops 🛑 per game
4 Mark Eaton 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
5 Benoit Benjamin 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
1988-89
Blocks + Steals per game Leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.0 stops 🛑 per game
2 Patrick Ewing 5.0 stops 🛑 per game
3 Manute Bol 4.4 stops 🛑 per game
4 DPOY 🏆🏆 Mark Eaton 4.3 stops 🛑 per game
5 Michael Jordan 3.7 stops 🛑 per game
I believe 84-85 Eaton did rightfully deserve the award for the #6 seed Utah Jazz... Olajuwon was a mild version of his later defensive wizardry... And he had Sampson's prime athletic assistance here in the post. So Olajuwon was not yet otherworldly credible to have deserved this honor over Eaton. Although I do believe already he was the best defender in the league, Eaton just the most intimidating shot blocker... But Eaton's 5.6 bpg was something special to commemorate with a trophy 🏆
In 85-86... Alvin Robertson was a freak.. statistical anomaly... With 3.7 spg... But he was on the 85-86 lowly Spurs. He wasn't even a member of the respectable defensive squad Milwaukee Bucks yet... Hakeem was the no. 1 defender on a top 5 defensive unit in Houston in 85-86. He led the league in blocks and steals and he played more extensively than Manute Bol while managing more offensive workload than Bol. He defended more ferociously and aggressively and versatilely than Eaton who came back down to EARTH with his shot blocking. Houston was a no. 2 seed, Division Champion 🏆, eventual Western Conference Champion 🏆, and NBA Championship Finalist... Playoffs not counting where Hakeem's defense actually accelerated in effectiveness... He still was further evidenced from 84-85 to 85-86 to be the best defender in the league.
Furthermore what is shocking, I believe they hated on him bcuz he was African, a former soccer ⚽ player, or a teammate of another no. 1 pick Ralph Sampson bcuz apparently and maybe it's a statistical error by basketball reference.com bcuz I can't believe it unless David Stern and Adam Silver and Hakeem Olajuwon and Alvin Robertson themselves could confirm it ... But I don't think Olajuwon even got any DPOY award votes his first two seasons in the league as if he was banned from ballot recognition in order to ensure a less usage offensive player role focused defensive minded player got the award... Bcuz it makes no sense that at the least Olajuwon got a lion's share of the DPOY award votes for his performance defensively in his first two seasons. Olajuwon in year 2 had a defensive season stronger than Kareem in the 70's defensively in most if not all his Bucks and Lakers 10 seasons in the 70's during his youthful dominant prime.
Hakeem was almost immediately a defender like no one else had seen and it is almost as if it was disallowed to communicate such fact aloud in the NBA until after Jordan sold a certain amount of units of Jumpman Nike gymshoes
So u can argue Robertson's 3.7 spg was freakish enough to deserve the 86 DPOY award but also you can as easily argue Olajuwon was also a deserving 86 DPOY 🏆... And that would be no. 1 for him in 2 possible seasons.
I would revise,
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
From
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Alvin Robertson
With the future Defensive Player of the Year Award namesake Hakeem Olajuwon, not yet an honoree despite leading the league in defensive stops average... And second in total volume stops defensively.
1986-87
Michael Cooper wins the DPOY 🏆 award...
This one is the first real perplexer with all respect to the hustle guys , in your face lockdown defenders, long armed, guys who could guard Jordan, Drexler, Bird or Magic guys 94 feet and "make em work". To the guys like Dumars, and Rodman, and Cooper and Moncrief and Dennis Johnson etc...
I think even Moncrief was more of a defensive playmaker than Cooper or Dumars or Rodman.... So I don't want to disrespect the worth of any of these guys defensively... But Cooper doesn't even register in 86-87 as a defender... Among the vote getters, he is less disruptive then near all of them. He doesn't seem to even deflect the ball, knock the ball out of bounds, strip the ball off kneecaps, force travels, take charges, force turnovers like a good 30% to 50% of the eligible NBA players secure in their team's 7-8 men rotations..
I mean Jordan in 86-87 was scoring 37.1 ppg and rebounding 5.2 times and averaging 4.6 apg while stopping the basketball or turning it over 4.6 or so times a game in 86-87 and he doesn't even get the DPOY 🏆 award in 86-87.
Oh yeah and Olajuwon is no. 1 in block in steals straight up in average and total volume for the 86-87 season. He is already outright the best defender most active defender and most consistent defender in the league by year 3.
With his 23 ppg to Jordan's 37.1 that's the only area he lacks best two way player status to Jordan after maybe taking it from him in 85-86 with Jordan's injury absence. But Hakeem is the greater defensive threat already by year 3 then virtually anybody who has ever played the sport.
86-87 is my 2nd trophy 🏆 for Hakeem Olajuwon
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
1986-87 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
Maybe u can even go
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Alvin Robertson
1986-87 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
But Hakeem after his Finals appearance in 85-86 and Sampson only playing 43 games in 87, I believe Hakeem had established himself by himself outside of his co-anchor's conjoined shadow.
Hakeem was the man, Sampson was the sidekick as was being established even in 85-86 with both healthy and confident and aggressive.
Michael Cooper hardly played more than 30 mpg if that in 86-87 for he best offensive team in the league. And he won DPOY for keeping the energy the first unit established in games. Cooper is a nice all time role player... He looks sexy as a sleek running coyote 🐺 too sheepish to be considered the Dobermans Pippen and Jordan always were, and Cooper could run and Slenderman slamma jamma and pop the occasional open clutch threes....
But the man was NEVER EVEN POSSIBLY a defender the likes of Olajuwon, Jordan, even Barkley. He had very little thunder ⛈️⚡ clap defensively
At least Alvin Robertson harassed the ball 🏀... Cooper watched it real closely with James Worthy and Magic Johnson picking pockets and Abdul Jabbar boxing out rebounds for Rambis, Worthy, Magic and Cooper... The 86-87 DPOY 🏆 is the first joke 🤣 told at the NBA award ceremonies and it's charity for the Lakers who must have bought a lot of seats at the charity event
1987-88 belonged rightfully to Air Jordan on top of 35 ppg he led the league in defensive stops 🛑 per game 4.8 and total volume defensive stops 🛑... Bulls were 50-32 and a top defensive unit I believe and Houston was 46-36 first season without Sampson...
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon or Alvin Robertson
1986-87 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
1987-88 🏆 Michael Jordan
And even still Jordan very well probably was the certified best two way player in the NBA by 86-87 & 87-88... But Olajuwon was still tied with Jordan at his peak defensively in total stops 🛑 per game... So you can still conceivably argue Olajuwon could have won the DPOY 🏆 award even in 87-88 for what could have been very realistically his hypothetical 3rd straight in just 4 yrs professionally
How Eaton had 2 DPOYs in Hakeem Olajuwon's career is a travesty even if Utah was a 2nd seed with a strong defense in 88-89 Eaton's 4.3 pales to Olajuwon's prowling 6.0... in 85-86 with Houston 2nd seed and a carbon copy 51 wins as Utah in 89 were, why wasn't Olajuwon eligible for the award in 86 as Eaton was in 89? And Olajuwon averaged 5.4 to Eaton's 4.3 in 86 to Eaton's 89 campaign....
Unjustified....
1984-85 🏆 Mark Eaton
1985-86 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon or Alvin Robertson
1986-87 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
1987-88 🏆 Michael Jordan
1988-89 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon
He could have 2,3 or 4 @ this 👉 point. First 5 seasons. No less than 2 minimum and he somehow had zero... And this is a gentleman the league would eventually name the award after retrospectively... Hakeem was putting up defensive numbers like Jordan scoring titles. The award should have been his to lose from 86 onward
Olajuwon/Sampson Vs Eaton 😶
Is taht Bill Worrell announcing??
i don't think so...and honestly...it wasn't such a big deal back in the day....plus he has been consistently a classy player throughout his career...there were something going on with both players that's all.
@2:34
Akeem with the block
Eaton made everyone look small...if that’s possible
I recall the rockets lost the game that the akeem punched paultz. The jazz won the game in the 4th quarter and pautz had 6pts and i remember the announcer said "aged methusalah" billy paultz led comeback. Lots of good plays by young rockets but unfornately for them not a victory. Go whopper
1st,i said "maybe" for that non-usa hypothesis and it's not the only reason that i gave.2nd,it doesn't matter if jabbar did it late in his career,3rd,for this video,it was not a vicious punch there is a clear explanation,4th ewing was american all his career,5th stockton case is different since he was not as great as olajuwon,who is not THAT popular because he is not THAT famous.usually when younger fans discover him,they are surprised that he is not more talked about...and they love his game.
Hakeem Olajuwon
1984-85 1.2 spg 2.7 bpg es igual a 3.9 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 20.6 ppg and 11.9 rpg
Houston Team Offensive Rating: 12th
1985-86 2.0 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 5.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 23.5 ppg and 11.5 rpg
Houston Team Offensive Rating: 5th
1986-87 1.9 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 5.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 23.4 ppg and 11.4 rpg
Houston Team Offensive Rating: 15th
1987-88 2.1 spg 2.7 bpg es igual a 4.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 22.8 ppg and 12.1 rpg
Houston Team Offensive Rating: 13th
1988-89 2.6 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 6.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 24.8 ppg and 13.5 rpg
Houston Team Offensive Rating: 19th
(84-85 thru 88-89) 36.2 mpg, .518 shooting %, .672 ft %, 4.5 orpg, 7.6 drpg, 12.1 trpg, 1.9 spg, 3.1 bpg, 5.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 23.0 ppg
1989-90 2.1 spg 4.6 bpg es igual a 6.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 24.3 ppg and 14.0 rpg
1990-91 2.2 spg 3.9 bpg es igual a 6.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 21.2 ppg and 13.8 rpg
1991-92 1.8 spg 4.3 bpg es igual a 6.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 21.6 ppg and 12.1 rpg
1992-93 1.8 spg 4.2 bpg es igual a 6.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 26.1 ppg and 13.0 rpg
1993-94 1.6 spg 3.7 bpg es igual a 5.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 27.3 ppg and 11.9 rpg
(89-90 thru 93-94) 38.8 mpg, .515 shooting %, .746 ft %, 3.4 orpg, 9.5 drpg, 12.9 trpg, 1.9 spg, 4.2 bpg, 6.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 24.4 ppg
1994-95 1.8 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 5.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 27.8 ppg and 10.8 rpg
1995-96 1.6 spg 2.9 bpg es igual a 4.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 26.9 ppg and 10.9 rpg
(94-95 thru 95-96) 39.2 mpg, .515 shooting %, .740 ft %, 2.4 orpg, 8.4 drpg, 10.8 trpg, 1.7 spg, 3.1 bpg, 4.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 27.4 ppg
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1984-85
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1. DPOY 🏆 Mark Eaton 6.0 stops 🛑 per game
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 3.9 stops 🛑 per game
3. Sam Bowie 3.4 stops 🛑 per game
4. Michael Jordan 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
5. Michael Ray Richardson 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
1985-86
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1. Manute Bol 5.4 stops 🛑 per game
2. Hakeem Olajuwon 5.4 stops 🛑 per game
3. Mark Eaton 5.0 stops 🛑 per game
4. DPOY 🏆 Alvin Robertson 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
5. Charles Barkley 3.8 stops 🛑 per game
1986-87
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 5.3 stops 🛑 per game
2 Mark Eaton 4.6 stops 🛑 per game
3 Michael Jordan 4.4 stops 🛑 per game
4 Manute Bol 3.9 stops 🛑 per game
5 Patrick Ewing 3.7 stops 🛑 per game
6 Alvin Robertson 3.6 stops 🛑 per game
7 Ron Harper 3.5 stops 🛑 per game
8 Clyde Drexler 3.4 stops 🛑 per game
9 Larry Nance 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
10 Charles Barkley 3.3 stops 🛑 per game
1987 DPOY 🏆 Michael Cooper 1.5 stops 🛑 per game
1987-88
Blocks + Steals per game leaders
1 DPOY 🏆 Michael Jordan 4.8 stops 🛑 per game
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 4.8 stops 🛑 per game
3 Patrick Ewing 4.3 stops 🛑 per game
4 Mark Eaton 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
5 Benoit Benjamin 4.2 stops 🛑 per game
1988-89
Blocks + Steals per game Leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.0 stops 🛑 per game
2 Patrick Ewing 5.0 stops 🛑 per game
3 Manute Bol 4.4 stops 🛑 per game
4 DPOY 🏆🏆 Mark Eaton 4.3 stops 🛑 per game
5 Michael Jordan 3.7 stops 🛑 per game
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1984-85 1.2 spg 2.7 bpg es igual a 3.9 defensive stops (2nd in league) 🛑 per game with 11.9 rpg
Houston Team Defensive Rating: 4th
1985-86 2.0 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 5.4 defensive stops (T-1st avg, 2nd total in league) 🛑 per game with 11.5 rpg
Houston Team Defensive Rating: 14th
1986-87 1.9 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 5.3 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game with 11.4 rpg
Houston Team Defensive Rating: 3rd
1987-88 2.1 spg 2.7 bpg es igual a 4.8 defensive stops (T-1st avg, 2nd total in league) 🛑 per game with 12.1 rpg
Houston Team Defensive Rating: 4th
1988-89 2.6 spg 3.4 bpg es igual a 6.0 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game with 13.5 rpg
Houston Team Defensive Rating: 4th
(84-85 thru 88-89) 4.5 orpg, 7.6 drpg, 12.1 trpg, 1.9 spg, 3.1 bpg, 5.0 defensive stops (1st in avg, 2nd total in league) 🛑 per game
1989-90 2.1 spg 4.6 bpg es igual a 6.7 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game with 14.0 rpg
1990-91 2.2 spg 3.9 bpg es igual a 6.1 defensive stops (1st in avg, 2nd total in league) 🛑 per game with 13.8 rpg
1991-92 1.8 spg 4.3 bpg es igual a 6.1 defensive stops (2nd in league) 🛑 per game with 12.1 rpg
1992-93 1.8 spg 4.2 bpg es igual a 6.0 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game with 13.0 rpg
1993-94 1.6 spg 3.7 bpg es igual a 5.3 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game with 11.9 rpg
(89-90 thru 93-94) 3.4 orpg, 9.5 drpg, 12.9 trpg, 1.9 spg, 4.2 bpg, 6.1 defensive stops (1st in league) 🛑 per game
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1989-90
Blocks + Steals Leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game
2 David Robinson 5.6 defensive stops 🛑 per game
3 Patrick Ewing 5.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
4 Scottie Pippen 3.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
5 Michael Jordan 3.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game
6 Manute Bol 3.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game
7 Benoit Benjamin 3.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game
Jordan & Pippen 7.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game vs Hakeem Olajuwon 6.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1990 DPOY 🏆 Dennis Rodman 1.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1990-91
Blocks + Steals Leaders
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game
2 David Robinson 5.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game
3 Patrick Ewing 4.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game
4 Michael Jordan 3.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game
5 Scottie Pippen 3.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1991 DPOY 🏆🏆 Dennis Rodman 1.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1991-92
Blocks + Steals Leaders
1 DPOY 🏆 David Robinson 6.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game
3 Patrick Ewing 4.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game
4 Larry Nance 4.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
5 Dikembe Mutombo 3.6 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1992-93
Blocks + Steals Leaders
1 DPOY 🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon 6.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
2 David Robinson 4.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game
3 Shaquille O'Neal 4.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game
4 Dikembe Mutombo 4.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
5 Alonzo Mourning 3.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
6 Michael Jordan 3.6 defensive stops 🛑 per game
7 Shawn Kemp 3.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game
8 Vlade Divac 3.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game
9 Larry Nance 3.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game
10 Clifford Robinson 3.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game
11 Ron Harper 3.1 defensive stops 🛑 per game
12 Scottie Pippen 3.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
13 Patrick Ewing 2.9 defensive stops 🛑 per game
14 Derrick Coleman 2.9 defensive stops 🛑 per game
15 Nate McMillan 2.9 defensive stops 🛑 per game
1993-94
Blocks + Steals Leaders
1 DPOY 🏆🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon 5.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game
2 David Robinson 5.0 defensive stops 🛑 per game
3 Dikembe Mutombo 4.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
4 Shawn Kemp 3.9 defensive stops 🛑 per game
5 Patrick Ewing 3.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
6 SHAQuille O'Neal 3.8 defensive stops 🛑 per game
7 Scottie Pippen 3.7 defensive stops 🛑 per game
8 Oliver Miller 3.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game
9 Chris Webber 3.4 defensive stops 🛑 per game
10 Nate McMillan 3.3 defensive stops 🛑 per game
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Hakeem Olajuwon playoffs
(84-85 thru 95-96) 41.1 mpg, .530 shooting 🌠* %, .716 ft %, 3.5 orpg, 8.2 drpg, 11.7 trpg, 1.7 spg, 3.5 bpg, 5.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 27.8 ppg
(84-85 thru 88-89 playoffs) 38.7 mpg, .546 shooting 🌠*%, .673 ft %, 4.8 orpg, 7.6 drpg, 12.4 trpg, 1.8 spg, 3.4 bpg, 5.2 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 27.6 ppg
0-1 in 85 vs Utah @ #3 seed,
3-1 vs Sac, Den, LA, Bos in 86 @ #2 seed,
1-1 vs Por, Sea in 87 @ #6 seed,
0-1 vs Dal in 88 @ #6 seed,
0-1 vs Sea in 89 @ #5 seed
= por overall record de = 4W-5L in 9 playoff series from 85-89
and 1 Western Conference Championship 🏆 '86
0-1 in NBA Finals
(vs Jordan from 85-89) 3W-5L playing 42.7 mpg, .501 shooting 🌠%, .832 ft %, 1.8 orpg, 5.0 drpg, 6.8 trpg, 6.6 apg, 2.4 spg, 1.1 bpg, 3.5 defensive stops 🛑 per game with 35.4 ppg
Damn dude
they where a nice combo and to not be on a nba game with the whole team with all the money to be made and let them film at tha great summit that would be great for once theydeserve that at least
@Survivor87 HAHAHAHA are you serious!? Have you watched any Karla Malone?
second thing that i disagree is when he says that is the reason he is not that famous."dream" isn't as famous as celebrated as some others BM because the nba didn't marketed him that much.. it was all about magic and bird and then jordan's shadow eclipsed everybody,and then hakeem won but ewing and robinson were still more celebrated,exposed in the media,so maybe the fact that he wasn't american had something to do with it.but jabbar threw some bad elbows or punches too...it was happening a lot.
Oh, I was wrong. I should put 275 on Olajuwon. Sorry my bad.
Anyone knows why Hakeem made that punch?
jmav622 yeah I know Billy Paultz and he said he was blowing in Olajuwon's ear and poking him in the ribs with his elbows! His job was to get Olajuwon pissed so he would retaliate but the refs didn't see the punch!
The Jazz were not to be trifled with .
@3:55
It was routine for him. Easy. Too easy. Akeem #1 Nique #2 best tip dunkers. Why this is forgotten? Lord only knows the shadows Akeem Olajuwon lives in to even Hakeem Olajuwon in any part of the country and world not named Houston, Texas.
7:12 Hakeem punch that guy?
Late response but u saw it correctly. Akeem was a young angry player who got in several fights but when he changed his name to Hakeem as a result of his religious faith, he was more humble. I always hear how chill and nice Hakeem is but many don't mention is younger days
+Thomas Le that guy he punched is Billy Paultz! We work together, he's a giant!
Billy was getting outworked and was shoving and elbowing the whole time on Akeem. The refs didn't call shit so Akeem threw something they didn't call.
@@CraZzy3n3rGy common misconception. Hakeem was always muslim. He added the H because that was how it was really pronounced
Nah, that's a Nigerian love tap.
Olajuwon had a serious attitude problem in his early years. He was a jerk in the court.
and they say players are now more athletic today...being athletic is not just having big muscles...
Its always fun to watch the original twin towers going to work....just punishing these guys..
Gosh dang those texas twin towers were good