Hakeem Olajuwon (1 Viewer)

[Natebishop3]

Michael Wilbon just said on the ESPN halftime show for LA/PHX that Dwight Howard worked with Hakeem this summer, and if you watched the game you saw that Dwight's overall offensive game is MUCH improved.

We need Hakeem. I love Buck, but Hakeem would be great for Aldridge and Oden. I don't care what he costs. Get him here Paul!

 

[MickZagger]

We don't need to hire him on the staff, just have him work with Oden in the offseason.

 

[Natebishop3]

We don't need to hire him on the staff, just have him work with Oden in the offseason.

Whatever works. I just want him working with our big guys.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Kevin McHale is another candidate that I think would do a lot for Greg and LMA's games.

 

[STOMP]

Kevin McHale is another candidate that I think would do a lot for Greg and LMA's games.

I prefer to have the guys who worked with McHale and Hakeem on staff... hopefully they bottled their magic and aren't dead

STOMP

 

[KingSpeed]

Kobe worked with Hakeem last summer too. I'd love Hakeem to work with our guys. Hakeem is a top 10 player all time for me. He was incredible.

 

[Minstrel]

Kobe worked with Hakeem last summer too. I'd love Hakeem to work with our guys. Hakeem is a top 10 player all time for me. He was incredible.

I completely agree. And, for me, Hakeem was somewhere in the middle of the top-ten, not near the back end. Just an amazing player.

 

[MickZagger]

Hakeem was really fun to watch. I liked watching his "dream shake" and the crazy moves he'd do on the baseline.[video=youtube;SxDopaqTxiY]

 

[MickZagger]

Then we got Kobe's version:[video=youtube;z16ij3Fbqc4]

 

[Natebishop3]

Wouldn't you just to see ANY of our big guys pull something like that off?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Michael Wilbon just said on the ESPN halftime show for LA/PHX that Dwight Howard worked with Hakeem this summer, and if you watched the game you saw that Dwight's overall offensive game is MUCH improved.

We need Hakeem. I love Buck, but Hakeem would be great for Aldridge and Oden. I don't care what he costs. Get him here Paul!

Who needs one of the greatest centers in NBA history when we have Hersey Hawkins and offensive jugernaught Buck Williams working with Greg. It's a shame that Portland doesn't care enough about the kid to get him an obvious willing tutor like Hakeem or Walton to work with him

 

[Kaydow]

Wouldn't you just to see ANY of our big guys pull something like that off?

Only problem is our guys don't have the physical tools to pull that off. You have to have be quick, fluid, and balanced for those types of moves. Now that I think about it, it kind of makes me chuckle trying to imagine Greg or LA attempting "Dream Shakes".

 

[andalusian]

LMA is the only one that is an obvious candidate for Hakeem like treatment - but he still needs to work on his face the basket put the ball on the ground skills to really benefit. At this point, Greg needs to develop basic post move skills before he will really benefit from Hakeem like moves...

 

[Natebishop3]

I think LMA could easily develop moves like that, but he just needs the desire. The thing is, I didn't see Dwight Howard bust off any dream shakes, but his offensive repertoire was vastly improved. It definitely couldn't hurt.

 

[bodyman5001]

Who needs one of the greatest centers in NBA history when we have Hersey Hawkins and offensive jugernaught Buck Williams working with Greg. It's a shame that Portland doesn't care enough about the kid to get him an obvious willing tutor like Hakeem or Walton to work with him

The sarcasm makes me sad. Not that you are being sarcastic, but that what you are being sarcastic about should be so obvious to the Blazer's management.

Some of these guys are saying that LA and Oden aren't agile enough to pull off Hakeem's moves. Well, if they aren't, have Hakeem work with them until they get as close as they can. They won't know until they try.

I saw Howard look like a player with offensive skills last night and if that doesn't scare the rest of the league, they aren't paying attention.

 

[Rhal]

Michael Wilbon just said on the ESPN halftime show for LA/PHX that Dwight Howard worked with Hakeem this summer, and if you watched the game you saw that Dwight's overall offensive game is MUCH improved.

We need Hakeem. I love Buck, but Hakeem would be great for Aldridge and Oden. I don't care what he costs. Get him here Paul!

Hasn't Howard worked with Hakeem for the last three years in the summer?

 

[Natebishop3]

Hasn't Howard worked with Hakeem for the last three years in the summer?

Hmmm, I don't know.... they didn't say on ESPN. Even if it IS the last three summers, he is seeing some major results from working with Hakeem. I would love to see what he could do with Greg.

 

[andalusian]

Greg is not ready for Hakeem, imho. The guy still needs to master the simpler post moves. There is no point in sending a 3rd grader to college to learn differential equations. Greg is not there.

 

[Natebishop3]

Greg is not ready for Hakeem, imho. The guy still needs to master the simpler post moves. There is no point in sending a 3rd grader to college to learn differential equations. Greg is not there.

Man, Howard's offensive game was EXTREMELY limited too though. His game pretty much consisted of dunks.... and dunks.

 

[bodyman5001]

Greg is not ready for Hakeem, imho. The guy still needs to master the simpler post moves. There is no point in sending a 3rd grader to college to learn differential equations. Greg is not there.

No, you are so right. Why don't they get Chris Dudley to teach him some basic stuff and then each year get him another coach with a higher level of skill? That way he can learn from 12 different guys over a period of years instead of learning from one of the all time greats one step at a time.

 

[andalusian]

Man, Howard's offensive game was EXTREMELY limited too though. His game pretty much consisted of dunks.... and dunks.

True, he was limited, but not that limited. He was much more mobile than Greg was on offense, he had a running hook shot and every once in a blue moon - a good drop-step. You have started to see these things with Greg at the start of last year - but he still has a bit of a way to go.

I want to see Greg healthy for a year doing what he did last year and improving on it before he goes to work on some of the stuff Hakeem can teach him.

 

[andalusian]

No, you are so right. Why don't they get Chris Dudley to teach him some basic stuff and then each year get him another coach with a higher level of skill? That way he can learn from 12 different guys over a period of years instead of learning from one of the all time greats one step at a time.

Please. We have already seen Greg's offensive game taking a big step up by working with Bayno - all he needed was some more time to refine that and he would be ready for big improvements, but until this happens - this is really just a silly thing to send him to Hakeem.

 

[Natebishop3]

Please. We have already seen Greg's offensive game taking a big step up by working with Bayno - all he needed was some more time to refine that and he would be ready for big improvements, but until this happens - this is really just a silly thing to send him to Hakeem.

We don't really know the extent of Hakeem's teaching abilities. He might be more than qualified to teach the basics, as well as the advanced post moves to Greg. I just think it couldn't hurt, and I would love to see Hakeem on our coaching staff working with Aldridge and Oden.

 

[andalusian]

Hakeem does not seem like he wants to be a coach full time, I would love to see him as well - but it seems that if he was available - Houston (where he still lives, to the best of my knowledge, and where he still is an icon) would have used him in this capacity.

 

[Natebishop3]

Hakeem does not seem like he wants to be a coach full time, I would love to see him as well - but it seems that if he was available - Houston (where he still lives, to the best of my knowledge, and where he still is an icon) would have used him in this capacity.

Maybe he'll start running a big man camp.

 

[MickZagger]

Weren't Kobe and Hakeem both soccer players in their youth? Could that have to be why they are nimble on their feet to pull off the dream shake?

 

[Natebishop3]

Weren't Kobe and Hakeem both soccer players in their youth? Could that have to be why they are nimble on their feet to pull off the dream shake?

Oden played a lot of Foosball.... does that count?

 

[bodyman5001]

Maybe he'll start running a big man camp.

He should, it would be great to see some more big guys with skills in this league.

I can tell you that a big man would take more away from Hakeem than Bayno. I can teach someone to drive a car, but even Danica Patrick could teach you how to drive a race car better than I can. It is just a different level altogether.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think there's been a void since Pete Newell died.

 

[FeloniusThunk]

If you haven't seen the video, it'll make you want to go practice. Not much fancy, but attention to detail on lots of stuff.[video=youtube;mArHU1ewSog]

That's the kind of teaching anyone could use.