Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian and American former professional NBA 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 regarded as one of the greatest players and centers of all time.

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