Where does Hakeem Olajuwon rank on your greatest all time list?

[CourtesyFlush]

Is he a top 20? Led the Rockets to back to back titles in '94 and '95 while being the FMVP both times. Some will put an asterisk next to those because Jordan was on hiatus, but still not an easy feat by any means. Had a hell of a career and doesnt get talked about as much as he should. Just wondering where yall rank The Dream.

 

[High quality poster]

Top 10. I think he’s the greatest center of all time based on ability and skill.

 

[Shadow King]

6th

 

[Liquid]

He is definitely top 10.

The bigs he had to go through and then beat in the finals with Ewing and Shaq is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen.

I won’t even bothering posting what he did to David Robinson. There are children around

 

[CourtesyFlush]

I'm happy and shocked to see him on yall top 10 lists. I said top 20 cause I rarely see him talked about on the coli.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Just above Shaq.

 

[75 Others]

I won’t even bothering posting what he did to David Robinson. There are children around

This series actually put him on the map to me.

 

[King Jove]

top 10 in terms of skill.

but top 15 in terms of legacy because the rockets didn't put great talent around him during his entire career.

if he played with a superstar wing player for a majority of his career we would probably be talking about him as top 10 [in terms of legacy]

 

[Liquid]

This series actually put him on the map to me.

I can see that, but Hakeem was a beast from the very start. It's a shame that the rockets fell the way they did after the 86 finals. Took 8 years to finally reach the finals again and of course Jordan being out help drastically.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

top 10

if he had a equivalent of kobe, magic, penny, counterpart with him, he would have won multiple titles.

 

[Noah]

Top ten my man People are hard on his early years but he was balling out of his mind before the Rockets had a consistently well-built team and they were the one Western Conference team to make the Finals in the '80s other than Showtime (and beat Showtime to get there). He played extremely well against his contemporaries (outplayed them regularly) and was arguably the second-best player in the league in the Jordan era.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Since I've been watching basketball(Since '88)....Personally.....Best center I've ever seen with my own 2 eyes.

He's one of only three players I've actually feared going up against my team.

Michael Jordan
Dream
Kobe


Relentless killers with surgical skill.Nobody in todays game has me on pins & needles like that

 

[Dame Dash's Motor Oil]

Second best behind Kareem, Top 10 overall

 

[L&HH]

Top 10. Had the greatest run for a championship in NBA history

 

[Swagnificent]

he’s the greatest center of all time based on ability and skill.

Exactly. He's #3 on my list.

1. Jordan
2. Kobe
3. Hakeem
4. Shaq
5. LeBron