Wetagua hakeem olajuwon biography
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- Honorable Mention: Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon – The most athletic, agile player at the center position.
- His hometown Houston Rockets featured college teammate Hakeem Olajuwon.
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Portland Trail Blazers: Top 10 NBA Draft picks in franchise history
1. Clyde Drexler (SG) – No. 14 pick in 1983 NBA Draft
Career stats (with the Blazers,1983-95): 867 GP, 20.8 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.7 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.7 BPG, 47.8 FG%, 30.3 3P%, 78.9 FT%
Clyde Drexler sits atop the list as the best Blazers draft pick of all-time because of his production, longevity with the team, and the distances in the playoffs that he took the team.
Drexler started his career on the bench behind then-All-Star Jim Paxson. However, he quickly supplanted Paxson and became the bigger star of the two. Paxson left the team in 1988 as the franchise’s leading scorer. After eight and a half seasons, Drexler stood at the top of the list with 18,040 total points.
His best stretch came during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons. Over those two seasons he averaged 27.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.6 steals per game on 50.1 percent shooting. Drexler was fifth in MVP voting in 1988.
But Drexler was needed most during the Blazers’ Finals runs in 1990 and 1992. He averaged 21.4 points, 7.2 rebounds,
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April 5, 2017
[...] Teams went small when going big was futile. And this futility was in large part due to Shaquille O’Neal.
Shaq’s career went on for so long that it is somewhat difficult to remember his prime. Towards the end, he was a plodder, an absolute monster of a man but a flat-footed one who travelled far more than he was ever called for (superstar calls have a legacy), who would camp in the paint and call for the ball, normally getting it, but not running or jumping like he could. Old Shaq was still good and effective when healthy, especially because old Shaq was even more mammoth than young Shaq, but he looked little like
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My Top 10 Allstar G.O.A.T. List
Reflection: The “G.O.A.T. conversation is one that continues to be debated amongst basketball lovers everywhere. I personally don’t think the debate can ever be definitively settled because there are too many changes within the game from era to era.
From the implementation of the 3-Point line, rule changes, the way games are refereed, etc., choosing one player as the G.O.A.T. over the other would strictly be a hypothetical guess. With that being said, no matter which player one prefers, there’s no doubting the greatness of each player on this list.
Much love and respect to all of the players for their unique contributions to the game of basketball… Thank you!!!
“I love this game”
Feel free to list your Top 10 G.O.A.T.’s in the comments below.
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