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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.
Top Filmography

3.3
Stand
2023 // MOVIE

6.5
Phi Slama Jama
2016 // MOVIE

7.3
Basketball: A Love Story
2018 // TV

8.2
Arvydas Sabonis 11
2014 // MOVIE

7.0
Going Big
2012 // MOVIE

6.0
The '84 Draft
2014 // MOVIE
6.0
Beyond the Glory
2001 // TV

0.0
Hakeem Olajuwon - Hakeem the Dream
1995 // MOVIE

0.0
Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters
2017 // MOVIE

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NB80s
2011 // MOVIE
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Clutch City
2015 // MOVIE

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Mount Mutombo
2025 // MOVIE