"All the critics can shut up" - Hakeem Olajuwon defended LeBron James from his haters after he won his first NBA Championship ...

Olajuwon would go on to win his second-straight NBA title and Finals MVP. He eventually got his trophy – even if that trophy wasn’t a regular season MVP award.

The names you'll most often hear in the top 10 players of all time are almost always Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe ...

"He's a player to the level of Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain" - Hakeem Olajuwon believed James Harden would win a ...

Olajuwon was a back-to-back winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1992-93 and 1993-94 and was named All-Defensive First Team five times and Second Team four times. He is the NBA’s ...

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The NBA announced in December 2022 that the Defensive Player of the Year award has been renamed “The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy” in honor of the Hall of Famer and former Rockets star. Read more here.

Robinson accepted the MVP trophy in a ceremony before Game 2 -- but Olajuwon abused the Admiral for 41 points and 16 rebounds as the Rockets took a commanding 2-0 series lead.

Their leader, regular-season MVP David Robinson received his trophy (won by Olajuwon the year before) in front of Hakeem prior to Game 2 of the series. Big Mistake.

The Rockets won the series in six games but it was Olajuwon's dominance against Robinson that stood out. He averaged 35.3 points, 12.5 rebounds 4.2 blocks and five assists on 56 percent shooting.

Michael Jordan never squared off against Hakeem Olajuwon with the Larry O'Brien trophy on the line, as Olajuwon and the Rockets reached the Finals in 1994 and 1995 between the Bulls' pair off ...